“I thought we were in a Rocky movie!”
Shane McGuigan, trainer of Chris Billam-Smith, after his protégé’s fight against Canadian Ryan Rozicki. “What a fight, what a tough opponent Ryan was,” McGuigan continued. “CBS did what he had to do and showed his skills in a grueling fight.”
Hell on earth
The cruiser duel at the BIC Center in Bournemouth (England) ended after round seven when Rozicki’s corner gave up the ring fight. Both fighters had previously given each other hell on earth and were subsequently examined in hospital as a precaution.
Dana White, head of Zuffa Boxing and Rozicki’s promoter, was also delighted: “What a damn good fight. It was an incredible fight card from start to finish, but the main fight was like a Rocky movie.”