Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-15, boxing match not so exciting: Chris Billam-Smith vs Richard Riakporhe 2 gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2024).Riakporhe 2 vs Billam-Smith is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 15th, at the Selhurst Park Football Ground in London (United Kingdom), in a 12-round cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBO world cruiserweight title (Billam-Smith’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Chris Billam-Smith record
The current Wbo Cw champion Chris Billam-Smith entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 19-1-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Gilberto Ramirez).
He suffered his only loss when he faced Richard Riakporhe for the first time in 2019 (via split decision), since then he has won ten bouts beating Armend Xhoxhaj (Chris Billam-Smith vs Armend Xhoxhaj), Lawrence Okolie (Lawrence Okolie vs Chris Billam-Smith) and Mateusz Masternak in his last three (Chris Billam-Smith vs Mateusz Masternak).
Billam-Smith’s next fight: Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez vs Chris Billam-Smith
Richard Riakporhe record
His opponent, the undefeated Richard Riakporhe, has a perfect record of 17-0-0 (13 KOs=76%) and he entered as the No.4 in the cruiserweight division.
In his last three matches he has defeated Fabio Turchi (Richard Riakporhe vs Fabio Turchi), Krzysztof Glowacki (Richard Riakporhe vs Krzysztof Glowacki) and Dylan Bregeon.
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the pre-fight press conference video, featuring Richard Riakporhe and Chris Billam-Smith, from the official Sky Sports Boxing Youtube channel!
Weigh-in
Watch the video of Billam-Smith vs Riakporhe 2 weigh-in from the official Sky Sports Boxing Youtube channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhST-D75KWc
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Chris Billam-Smith vs Richard Riakporhe 2 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights
Result
Who won Billam-Smith vs Riakporhe 2 fight?
Chris Billam-Smith defeated Richard Riakporhe via unanimous decision. Scores were 116-111, 115-112, 115-112.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the post-fight interview video of Chris Billam-Smith and Richard Riakporhe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhg1rV_nNoc
