Liverpool fan Callum Smith clinched the WBA world title against George Groves in the desert — and set up a dream appearance at Anfield. In this new era of stadium mega-fights, Smith teed-up his boyhood ambition by achieving the first of his lifetime goals. Before the fight, the perceived wisdom was that Smith, 28, might still be a tad short of the big-fight experience to upset Groves. For Smith — in addition to a world title unification fight against one of the other belt-holders in his Liverpool back yard — the world is his Gulf oyster. Smith, 28, has claimed that he hopes to stage his next fight closer to home — on Merseyside

Source: Daily Mail September 29, 2018 21:33 UTC