On September 2, 2023, a 35-year-old Liam Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) and a 33-year-old fellow British boxer Chris Eubank Jr. (32-3, 23 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a middleweight bout.
Smith came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 12 days. Eubank Jr. was on a -1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 12 days.
In the rematch, Chris Eubank Jr. stopped Liam Smith via TKO in the 10th round. Eubank Jr. improves his record to 33-3 (24 KOs), while Smith adds a loss to his record at 33-4-1.
On May 7, 2021, a 32-year-old Liam Smith (29-2-1, 16 KOs) and a 25-year-old Russian boxer Magomed Kurbanov (21-0, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Smith came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 17 days. Kurbanov was on a 21-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months.
Magomed Kurbanov defeated Liam Smith via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-welterweight fight. Kurbanov improves his record to 22-0, while Smith adds a loss to his record at 29-3-1.
On July 21, 2018, a 29-year-old Liam Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight WBO title held by 21-year-old Mexican boxer Jaime Munguía (29-0, 25 KOs).
Smith came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 10 days. Munguía was on a 29-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 9 days.
Jaime Munguía defeated Liam Smith via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO super-welterweight title. Munguía improves his record to 30-0, while Smith adds a loss to his record at 26-2-1.
On September 17, 2016, the 28-year-old WBO super-welterweight world champion, Liam Smith (23-0-1, 13 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez (47-1-1, 33 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Smith came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days. Canelo was on a 5-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
Canelo Álvarez stopped the champion via KO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO super-welterweight champion. Canelo improves his record to 48-1-1 (34 KOs), while Smith adds a loss to his record at 23-1-1.