Dalton Smith (boxer)

As an amateur Smith won multiple national titles at the junior and senior level,[2] including the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight.[3] At the international level he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division.[2] He also competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships, reaching the quarter-finals;[4] the 2014 World Youth Championships, losing in the round of 8;[5] and the 2016,[6] 2017[7] and 2018 World Series of Boxing as part of the British Lionhearts.[8]

After deciding to forgo the 2020 Olympics – due to rule changes regarding weight categories, along with several injuries suffered throughout his amateur career – Smith signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing in May 2019,[9] making his professional debut two months later on 10 May, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Luka Leskovic at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.[10]

In his next fight he defeated Ibrar Riyaz with a second-round stoppage via corner retirement (RTD) on 21 July as part of the undercard for Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas.[11] Smith became only the fourth man to stop Riyaz,[12] a career journeyman who at the time had a record of 6–165–4.[13] Three months later he travelled to Italy, defeating Marko Radenovic via third-round technical knockout (TKO)[14] before ending the year with a third-round TKO win against Michael Carrero in November.[15]

His first fight of 2020 came against Benson Nyilawila in March, winning by fourth-round TKO in a bout that was streamed live on Facebook.[16]