How to watch Liam Smith vs Hassan Mwakinyo
‘Beefy’ faces a ‘Tornado’ in his next fight
BBN have provided viewers with all the details needed to tune in to watch Liam Smith (31-3-1, 18KO) returns home to face Hassan Mwakinyo (20-2,14KO) in his 36th professional bout.
Date
The contest takes place on Saturday, September 3, 2022.
Venue
Smith gets the home advantage at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
Rounds scheduled
12 three-minute rounds at super-welterweight (154lbs).
Titles
There are no titles on the line, just a chance to increase world rankings.
Ringwalks
Ringwalks can be expected from around 10pm.
TV Coverage
Coverage starts live on Sky Sports YouTube and Facebook channels at 5:30pm.
Then move over to Sky Sports Arena (Sky channel 408) from 7pm-11pm.
Live Stream
You can watch online via the Sky Sports website here: https://www.skysports.com/watch
There is one other way that you can watch if you are not a Sky TV customer, or if you are just out and about on Saturday night by simply finding a suitable pub that is showing the event by visiting pubfinder.sky.com
BBN will be providing LIVE round-by-round results on fight night HERE
Tickets
Tickets for this event are on sale now at BOXXER.com starting from £40.
Undercard Highlights
Dan Azeez (16-0, 11KO) vs Shakan Pitters (17-1, 6KO) for the British light-heavyweight title will be a cracker of a contest! Lewisham's 'Super' Azeez defends the Lonsdale belt he won against Hosea Burton last year to Birmingham's Pitters, who is a former English and British champion who lost the title in his first defence to Craig Richards in 2020, which remains his only career defeat. 'Shak' will have a significant height advantage from the away corner at 6ft 6in, but the 5ft 10in South Londoner has been simply superb since stepping up to championship level. It's a real 50-50 pick'em fight.
Background
Making his way to Merseyside to face the hometown hero is the heavy-handed Hassan Mwakinyo, who shocked the British boxing fanbase on his 2018 visit to the UK when he demolished the infamously tough Sam Eggington in just two rounds.
Undefeated since then and coming off three consecutive stoppage victories, the former WBF Intercontinental champion has scored 70% of his victories by KO or TKO, has stopping power in both hands and is traveling to the UK intent on upsetting the home fans once again.
Currently ranked in the top five by three of boxing’s major sanctioning bodies, ‘Beefy’ Smith – who won the WBO World Light-Middleweight Championship in 2015 – has blasted his name back into the world championship contender conversation with stoppage wins in his last two fights and is now set on winning a second world title as part of the BOXXER stable.
Quotes
Ben Shalom, BOXXER CEO and Founder, said: “We were delighted to sign Liam Smith, so there is no better place for him to make his debut with us than in his home city of Liverpool. Liam is a man on a mission. He wants to win a second world title and there are big fights coming his way. Coming off a defining stoppage win over Jessie Vargas at the iconic Madison Square Garden in April and returning to the M&S Bank Arena, where he stopped derby rival Anthony Fowler last October, Liam truly is in the best form of his life. This fight will be the perfect return to Sky against a proven dangerous puncher. Another big performance will set Liam up for a world title and potential box office fights.
“The fans on Merseyside will be in for a real treat with a highly-stacked card. Many boxing insiders are excited to see current British champion Dan Azeez and former champion Shakan Pitters collide. And the man who has captured the attention of every fight fan this year will be on show too, as Adam Azim takes to the ring. Adam has excelled in every fight thus far and he is developing into the superstar we all believe he will become. He has first-round stoppage wins in his last two fights – and I know he’ll be hungry to make it a hat-trick in his first defence of the WBC Youth World title. I can’t wait.”
Predictions
Tim Rickson, BBN Editor: “Liam Smith is an educated, intelligent fighter and I fully expect him to dominate in this fight to edge closer to a world title shot.” Read the full preview…
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Betting Odds (Betway)
1/18 Smith
8/1 Mwakinyo
28/1 Draw
Weights
LIAM SMITH (11st 5lb 5oz)
HASSAN MWAKINYO (11st 1lb)
Running Order
Main Event:
Liam Smith vs Hassan Mwakinyo
12×3 Super-welterweight contest
Co-Main Event:
Tasha Jonas vs Patricia Berghult
10×2 WBC & WBO World super-welterweight titles
Chief Support:
Dan Azeez vs Shakan Pitters
12×3 British light-heavyweight title
Frazer Clarke vs Pencho Tsvetkov
6×3 Heavyweight contest
Adam Azim vs Michel Cabral
10×3 WBC Youth super-lightweight title
Nathan Quarless vs Michael Webster
6×3 Cruiserweight contest
Diego Costa vs Musa Moyo
6×3 Super-middleweight contest
Paddy Lacey vs Seamus Devlin
8×3 Super-lightweight contest
Frankie Stringer vs Karl Sampson
4×3 Lightweight contest
Scott Forrest vs Dmitru Kalinovsku
4×3 Cruiserweight contest
Clark Smith vs Petar Aleksandrov
4×3 Welterweight contest
