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Total Fights | 33 |
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Wins | 28 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 22 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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13 years and 11 months into his professional boxing career, Joe Smith Jr. has fought 33 times with 28 wins and 5 losses.
Smith Jr.'s boxing record is currently 28-5, which includes one light-heavyweight world-title win and one successful title defense fight. He has a 66.7% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 22 of his total 33 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Smith Jr. has suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Artur Beterbiev in a light-heavyweight title fight.
His latest fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Gilberto Ramírez on October 7, 2023. He is on a two-fight losing streak.
Some of Smith Jr.'s best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Bernard Hopkins, Andrzej Fonfara, Eleider Álvarez, Steve Geffrard, Maxim Vlasov, Jesse Hart, and Melvin Russell.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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33 | Oct 7, 2023 | 34 | Gilberto Ramírez | Loss | UD |
32 | Jun 18, 2022 | 32 | Artur Beterbiev | Loss * | TKO2 |
31 | Jan 15, 2022 | 32 | Steve Geffrard | Win * | TKO9 |
30 | Apr 10, 2021 | 31 | Maxim Vlasov | Win * | MD |
29 | Aug 22, 2020 | 30 | Eleider Álvarez | Win | KO9 |
28 | Jan 11, 2020 | 30 | Jesse Hart | Win | SD |
27 | Mar 9, 2019 | 29 | Dmitry Bivol | Loss * | UD |
26 | Jun 30, 2018 | 28 | Melvin Russell | Win | KO1 |
25 | Jul 15, 2017 | 27 | Sullivan Barrera | Loss | UD |
24 | Dec 17, 2016 | 27 | Bernard Hopkins | Win | TKO8 |
23 | Jun 18, 2016 | 26 | Andrzej Fonfara | Win | TKO1 |
22 | Apr 23, 2016 | 26 | Fabiano Pena | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Dec 5, 2015 | 26 | Will Rosinsky | Win | UD |
20 | Sep 11, 2015 | 25 | Shujaa El Amin | Win | TKO9 |
19 | Apr 18, 2015 | 25 | Cory Cummings | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Dec 20, 2014 | 25 | Maxell Taylor | Win | TKO1 |
17 | Jul 23, 2014 | 24 | Tyrell Hendrix | Win | TKO3 |
16 | Mar 21, 2014 | 24 | Michael Gbenga | Win | RTD2 |
15 | Feb 12, 2014 | 24 | Otis Griffin | Win | UD |
14 | Nov 9, 2013 | 24 | Lamont Williams | Win | SD |
13 | May 4, 2013 | 23 | Hamid Abdul-Mateen | Win | UD |
12 | Sep 22, 2012 | 23 | Yasin Rashid | Win | TKO3 |
11 | May 17, 2012 | 22 | James Denson | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Apr 21, 2012 | 22 | Amador Acevedo | Win | KO5 |
9 | Mar 30, 2012 | 22 | Dennis Ogboo | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Jul 30, 2011 | 21 | Santos Martinez | Win | KO2 |
7 | Aug 7, 2010 | 20 | Eddie Caminero | Loss | TKO4 |
6 | Jul 28, 2010 | 20 | Charles Wade | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Jun 26, 2010 | 20 | Walter Foster | Win | TKO2 |
4 | Apr 2, 2010 | 20 | Christopher Dammones | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Mar 12, 2010 | 20 | Carlos Adams | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Nov 20, 2009 | 20 | Brandon McGowan | Win | KO1 |
1 | Oct 31, 2009 | 20 | David Brown | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Joe Smith Jr. (The Irish Bomber) is a 34-year old American professional boxer. He was born in Long Island, New York, U.S. on September 20, 1989. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion.
Smith Jr. made his professional boxing debut against David Brown at the age of 20 on October 31, 2009, defeating Brown via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 5 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 5 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on March 9, 2019 after 26 professional fights, against Dmitry Bivol for the WBA title. He lost to Bivol via 12 round unanimous decision.
Smith Jr. has won one world title at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Smith Jr.'s world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Smith Jr. has had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against Mexican boxer Gilberto Ramírez on October 7, 2023. Smith Jr. lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 5 months and 21 days since this fight.
Smith Jr. has had a total of four world-title fights till today, which includes winning one world title and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost two.
Joe Smith Jr. has fought for a light-heavyweight world title in three fights and won once. Till today, he has won one light-heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Apr 10, 2021 | Maxim Vlasov | Light-heavyweight | WBO* | MD |
Joe Smith Jr. has had two light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won once and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 15, 2022 | Steve Geffrard | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Joe Smith Jr. has lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 18, 2022 | Artur Beterbiev | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Smith Jr. has fought a total of 33 times till today, which includes 4 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
June 18, 2016: Joe Smith Jr. puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Andrzej Fonfara via 1st round TKO.
December 17, 2016: Joe Smith Jr. beats Bernard Hopkins via 8th round TKO.
March 9, 2019: In his first world-title fight, Joe Smith Jr. loses to Dmitry Bivol via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the WBA light-heavyweight title.
January 11, 2020: Joe Smith Jr. beats Jesse Hart via 10th round split decision.
August 22, 2020: Joe Smith Jr. beats Eleider Álvarez via 9th round KO.
April 10, 2021: Smith Jr. wins the WBO light-heavyweight title from Maxim Vlasov, by beating Vlasov via 12 round majority decision.
Smith Jr. has knocked out 22 of his 33 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 66.7%. Of his total 28 wins, 22 of them have been via KO (78.6%).
Smith Jr.'s first world-title win was the WBO (vacant) belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Maxim Vlasov via 12 round majority decision to win the title.
As of March 2024, Smith Jr. has won one world title at light-heavyweight.
Smith Jr. has had a total of two title defense fight so far. He was successful one time and lost one time.