Chris Billam-Smith has a chance to avenge two amateur losses to Chev Clarke on November 7. The danger is that Clarke’s best punches may come exactly where Billam-Smith likes to fight: up close.
Their 12-round cruiserweight bout will headline Zuffa Boxing 12 at London’s Copper Box Arena. Billam-Smith (22-2, 14 KOs) brings the world title experience. Clarke (12-2, 9 KOs) brings the amateur wins and the confidence of a fighter who has already beaten him twice.
Billam-Smith tends to make fights physical. He leans on opponents, works along the ropes and keeps punching when the exchanges get ugly. That served him in June against Ryan Rozicki,
