Smith, 31-2 (22 KOs) from Liverpool, U.K., holds the secondary version of the WBO 175lbs title but has not fought since dethroning countryman Joshua Buatsi last February 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The same show was headlined by the Dmitry Bivol-Artur Beterbiev undisputed light heavyweight championship rematch, won by Bivol, 24-1 (12 KOs), via majority decision to avenge his lone defeat and leave as the fully unified light heavyweight king.