Callum Smith has a boxing bucket list but fatherhood has tightened the timeframe for his dreams to be fulfilled. "I was the man of the moment for 20 minutes and then Ruiz stole all the headlines," jokes Smith. Amid it all, Smith sat fuss-free, seemingly keen to wrap things up so he could get home to six-month-old Alba. Taylor has not yet defended her world titles in her homeland. He knows he must respect Londoner Ryder, a man who has found four stoppage wins in a row to become the WBA's mandatory challenger.

Source: BBC November 19, 2019 06:22 UTC