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Callum Smith landed by far the biggest fight of his career last Saturday night, but came up short in a losing effort against Canelo Alvarez in San Antonio.
Smith (27-1, 19 KOs) lost the WBA super middleweight title in the fight, where Canelo also won the vacant WBC belt and confidently announced that he is the new best dog at 168 pounds.
While Canelo obviously has his choice of litter when it comes to upcoming fights, the 30-year-old Smith will have to decide what to do next.
“It’s not the outcome I wanted and losing for the first time is a hard pill to swallow,” Smith wrote on Instagram. “I had the dream of becoming a world champion and I was lucky to achieve it. Losing something you’ve worked for your whole life is hard. Saturday just wasn’t my night. It’s time to disconnect now and spend some time with my amazing family. I see them soon.”
Smith also struggled in his previous fight, a controversial November 2019 win over John Ryder at home in Liverpool, and will now have to decide whether he wants to try to stay at 168, where he’s huge for the weight, or move up to 175, where it will also be huge for the weight. At 168, he could have an immediate WBO title fight with Billy Joe Saunders, who is also promoted by Matchroom Boxing; if Saunders doesn’t get Canelo next, Smith would be as big a fight as Billy Joe’s. probably. At 175, three of the titles are in the Top Rank circle, but the WBA belt held by Dmitry Bivol could be Smith’s player after he tunes in, maybe.
You will have options. They’re not as glamorous as Canelo’s, obviously, but Callum Smith isn’t going away either. He will remain a 168 or 175 player for a while.
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