Dalton Smith

Dalton Smith (born 8 February 1997) is a British professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-lightweight title since January 2026. Previously, he held the European super-lightweight title in 2025, the British title between 2022 and 2024, and the Commonwealth title in 2023. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division, and won the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight.

Amateur career As an amateur Smith won multiple national titles at the junior and senior level, including the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight. At the international level he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division. the 2014 World Youth Championships, losing in the round of 8; and the 2016, 2017 and 2018 World Series of Boxing as part of the British Lionhearts.

Professional career

Early career After deciding to forgo the 2020 Olympics – due to rule changes regarding weight categories, along with several injuries suffered throughout his amateur career – Smith signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing in May 2019, making his professional debut two months later on 10 May, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Luka Leskovic at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.

In his next fight he defeated Ibrar Riyaz with a second-round stoppage via corner retirement (RTD) on 21 July as part of the undercard for Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas. Smith became only the fourth man to stop Riyaz, a career journeyman who at the time had a record of 6–165–4. Three months later he travelled to Italy, defeating Marko Radenovic via third-round technical knockout (TKO) before ending the year with a third-round TKO win against Michael Carrero in November.

On 7 March 2020 at the Manchester Arena, Smith fought Benson Nyilawila, winning by fourth-round TKO in a bout that was streamed live on Facebook.

Domestic success On 6 August 2022, Smith defeated Sam O'maison via 6th round TKO to win the British super lightweight championship.

On 1 July 2023, Smith knocked out Sam Maxwell in round 7 and won the Commonwealth super lightweight championship. Smith vacated the title one month later.

On 23 March 2024 in Sheffield, England, Smith was scheduled to face Jose Zepeda. He won the fight by knockout in the fifth round with body shot, winning the vacant WBC Silver super lightweight title.

Smith was originally scheduled to face Jon Fernandez for the vacant European super lightweight title in Sheffield, England on 28 September 2024, However, the bout was cancelled on September 6 due to unclear reasons.

On 25 January 2025 in Nottingham, England, Smith defeated Walid Ouizza by knockout in the first round to defend his WBC Silver super lightweight title and win the vacant EBU European super lightweight title.

Smith faced Mathieu Germain at Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield on 19 April 2025. He won the fight by unanimous decision.

WBC Super lightweight champion Smith vs. Matias Smith challenged WBC super-lightweight champion, Subriel Matías, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA, on 10 January 2026. Smith won by technical knockout in the fifth round.

Smith vs. Puello Smith was scheduled to make the first defense of his WBC super lightweight title against Alberto Puello at Utilita Arena Sheffield in Sheffield, England, on 6 June 2026. On 27 April 2026, Smith pulled out of the fight due to an elbow injury. The card was still scheduled to go ahead with Galal Yafai vs. Ricardo Sandoval as the new main event, but Yafai also suffered an injury and the whole card was cancelled. Dan Rafael reported that Smith's fight with Puello had been rescheduled to 24 October 2026 at the same venue.

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