On October 7, 2023, a 34-year-old Joe Smith Jr. (28-4, 22 KOs) and a 32-year-old Mexican boxer Gilberto Ramírez (44-1, 30 KOs) met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Smith Jr. came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 19 days. Ramírez was on a -1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 2 days.
Gilberto Ramírez defeated Joe Smith Jr. via unanimous decision in the 10-round cruiserweight fight. Ramírez improves his record to 45-1, while Smith Jr. adds a loss to his record at 28-5.
On June 18, 2022, the 32-year-old WBO light-heavyweight champion, Joe Smith Jr. (28-3, 22 KOs), and the 37-year-old WBC and IBF light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (17-0, 17 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Smith Jr. came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 3 days. Beterbiev was on a 17-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 1 day.
Artur Beterbiev made very easy work of Joe Smith Jr., stopping Smith Jr. via TKO in the 2nd. Beterbiev improves his record to 18-0 (18 KOs), while Smith Jr. adds a loss to his record at 28-4.
On March 9, 2019, a 29-year-old Joe Smith Jr. (24-2, 20 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBA title held by 28-year-old Russian boxer Dmitry Bivol (15-0, 11 KOs).
Smith Jr. came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 9 days. Bivol was on a 15-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Dmitry Bivol defeated Joe Smith Jr. via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA light-heavyweight title. Bivol improves his record to 16-0, while Smith Jr. adds a loss to his record at 24-3.
On July 15, 2017, a 27-year-old Joe Smith Jr. (23-1, 19 KOs) and a 35-year-old Cuban boxer Sullivan Barrera (19-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Smith Jr. came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 28 days. Barrera was on a 2-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
Sullivan Barrera defeated Joe Smith Jr. via unanimous decision in the 10-round light-heavyweight fight. Barrera improves his record to 20-1, while Smith Jr. adds a loss to his record at 23-2.
On August 7, 2010, a 20-year-old Joe Smith Jr. (6-0, 6 KOs) and Eddie Caminero met in the ring.
Smith Jr. came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 days.
Joe Smith Jr. lost to Eddie Caminero via TKO in the 4th round, and adds an loss to his record at 6-1.