Titles for cruiserweights
CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH’S clash with Mateusz Masternak on December 10 was formally announced at a press conference in London on Wednesday. CBS, ever ‘The Gentleman’, rocked up in a suit carrying his WBO belt in a little briefcase.
When asked where he has been keeping the strap, he says it has found a home under his bed. “I did put it up on display in my new house,” he said. “But I took it down when we had people over for dinner because I felt like a bit of a knob.”
In fact, it was a big day for British cruiserweight ‘world’ champions both past and present as, 25 miles west of that press conference, Johnny Nelson was at Windsor Castle to receive an MBE for his services to boxing from Prince William (not currently ranked
