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Matchroom Fight Camp 2021 Launch Event 14 June 2021 Picture By Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing \u00a0Tommy McCarthy\u00a0and Chris Billam-Smith announce their fight at fight camp for the European, British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight Titles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
‘The Gentleman’ primed for second Fight Camp outing<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Chris Billam-Smith<\/strong>\u00a0has predicted that he will “take out”\u00a0Tommy McCarthy<\/strong>\u00a0“in the mid to late rounds” when the Cruiserweight rivals collide for the European, British and Commonwealth Titles\u00a0on the first week of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex on Saturday July 31, live worldwide on\u00a0DAZN<\/strong>.

‘The Gentleman’ used the power of social media to help secure a shot at the European and British Titles when he sent the following Tweet to McCarthy on May 12: “Stop trying to avoid me. I’d punch holes in you. Don\u2019t bottle it”.\u00a0

Just more than a month later, the pair went face to face with their bout confirmed for July 31.

Billam-Smith was made to work as he dropped the Czech Republic’s Vasil Ducar twice during a hard-fought points victory that saw him claim the vacant WBA Continental Cruiserweight Title and progress to 12-1 (10 KOs) at The SSE Arena, Wembley in March.\u00a0

The former Poole ABC man, who blasted out Nathan Thorley in two rounds last year at Fight Camp, believes he will eventually wear down McCarthy to deliver another stoppage triumph as he continues to build towards a World Title shot under the guidance of trainer Shane McGuigan.

\u201cWe were calling out Tommy McCarthy after my fight at Fight Camp last year,” said\u00a0Billam-Smith<\/strong>. “I was getting interviewed after that and we were talking about it. It\u2019s been a year in the making. Obviously with Tommy boxing on Matchroom shows and myself wanting bigger Titles and him picking up the European \u2013 it was a fight that made sense. I believe it\u2019s a really fan-friendly fight and a great one for my career. I\u2019ve been asking for it for a while and we\u2019ve finally got it.\u00a0

\u201cI\u2019ve seen Tommy and I\u2019ve watched him for a few years now. He\u2019s a very decent fighter. He\u2019s got quick hands and a very good boxing IQ. It\u2019s an exciting challenge for me. Winning the European Title will be a massive achievement for me and it\u2019s one that I\u2019m really looking forward to, but also, it\u2019s a step that you plan to make on the journey.\u00a0

\u201cYou can\u2019t take too much from his last fight. He did exactly what he had to do. He boxed well, he hurt him to the body, but unfortunately there wasn\u2019t much coming back so there\u2019s not much you can really take from that win. There will be a lot of other fights of his from the past that you can watch that are better wins for him because the opponents brought out more of him.\u00a0

\u201cI sent that one Tweet out which got a lot of traction, a lot more than I expected to be honest. I\u2019m just glad he took the fight and it\u2019s got him right up for the fight which is great to see. That\u2019s what fans want to see. They want to see two domestic fighters going at it, and in the press conferences as well.

“It looks like I\u2019ve riled him up a bit so he\u2019s going to be fired up for this fight. He\u2019s going to be training very hard. I expect a very good performance from him. The fight will definitely catch fire.\u00a0Every fighter wants to win with a knockout and I think this is a really good opportunity for me to put all of my skillset to work. I can box, I can break him down and I believe that I will take him out in the mid to late rounds.”

McCarthy vs. Billam-Smith is part of a huge night of action as Fight Camp returns with a bang, rising Welterweight star\u00a0Conor Benn\u00a0<\/strong>(18-0, 12 KOs) puts his WBA Continental Title on the line against\u00a0Adrian Grandos<\/strong>\u00a0(21-8-3, 15 KOs),\u00a0WBA Featherweight World Champion\u00a0Xu\u00a0Can<\/strong>\u00a0(18-2, 3 KOs) defends his Title against Nottingham’s\u00a0Leigh Wood\u00a0<\/strong>(24-2, 14 KOs),\u00a0former World Title challenger\u00a0Avni Yildirim\u00a0<\/strong>(21-3, 12 KOs) aims to bounce back from his loss to pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez when he takes on \u2018Little Lever\u2019s Meat Cleaver\u2019\u00a0Jack Cullen<\/strong>\u00a0(19-2-1, 9 KOs), Liverpool Super-Welterweight\u00a0Anthony Fowler\u00a0<\/strong>(14-1, 11 KOs) promises to build on his huge third-round knockout win over Jorge Fortea when he takes on\u00a0Roberto Garcia<\/strong>\u00a0(44-5, 27 KOs), Manchester Lightweight\u00a0Campbell Hatton<\/strong>\u00a0(2-0) continues his young journey in the pro ranks against\u00a0Jakub Laskowski<\/strong>\u00a0(4-4-1, 2 KOs) and\u00a0former amateur star\u00a0Sandy Ryan\u00a0<\/strong>makes her highly-anticipated professional debut at Super-Lightweight against\u00a0Kirstie Bavington<\/strong>\u00a0(3-1-2, 2 KOs).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘The Gentleman’ primed for second Fight Camp outing Chris Billam-Smith\u00a0has predicted that he will “take out”\u00a0Tommy McCarthy\u00a0“in the mid to<\/p>\n

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