British cruiseweight Chris Billam-Smith has been on a run these days, however he’s nonetheless conscious of his sole loss coming by the hands of Richard Riakporhe again in 2019, and tells Sky Sports activities that he’s trying ahead to a rematch the place he can show how a lot he’s grown as a fighter since then.
Billam-Smith says a win over Riakporhe would get up these nonetheless sleeping on his capacity, a lot of which he believes goes unnoticed to the untrained eye, and that he’s developed greater than Riakporhe since then. The truth is, he believes the one benefit Riakporhe would have in a rematch is his energy, which he says gained’t be sufficient.
“That’s actually the one factor he’s acquired on me, his punch energy and he’ll should give you much more than that to have the ability to beat me and I don’t assume he’ll have it,” he mentioned.
“It is perhaps totally different when individuals can take these punches or deal with his energy a bit higher,” he added. “I’ve boxed him earlier than and I used to be by no means damage within the first battle and I took some fairly absolutely fledged punches.”
At this level Billam-Smith is coming off a stoppage win over Mateusz Masternak final December, marking his tenth straight win for the reason that cut up choice loss to Riakporhe at London’s O2 Enviornment.
