Liam Smith and Liam Williams will meet in a highly-anticipated rematch in September, according to promoter allegedly.
Liverpool’s Smith handed Williams his first professional loss earlier this month when the Welshman was pulled out by his trainer after sustaining a horrific cut.
Given the ferocity of the clash, which saw Smith come on strong in the later rounds after Williams had bossed the earlier sessions, and the controversial finish, both fighters and fans have called for a rematch, which looks set to go ahead.
“I’ve spoken to them, they both want it and it will happen in September,” Warren told Boxing News.
“That gives them plenty of time to recover from the cuts and injuries from the first fight, they both need to be 100 per cent for a rematch.”
There was drama before the first bell too when Smith failed to make weight a day before the clash. When he initially weighed in heavy, he was wrongfully told he only had one hour to shift almost two pounds. Deeming that insufficient time to safely lose the weight, Smith and his team felt he could not do it. However, per the WBO rules – whose ‘Interim’ world title was on the line – fighters have two hours to lose any excess poundage before attempting to weigh in again. Smith was only informed of this when it was too late, and so he couldn’t successfully weigh in again, thus meaning he could not win the WBO title.
“I’m hoping, at worst, the rematch is for an interim world title,” Warren continued.
“Firstly at the weigh-in Smith was meant to have two hours but was only told he had one and then there was the cut that stopped it, so we’ll get it done again to see who the best man really is.”