Dalton Smith has been dominated out of his WBC super-lightweight title defence towards Alberto Puello after he sustained an damage in camp.
The battle was speculated to headline on June 6 in Smith’s hometown of Sheffield and mark the primary defence of his title following his win over Subriel Matias in January.
Smith joined British compatriots Fabio Wardley (heavyweight), Lewis Crocker (welterweight), Jazza Dickens (super-featherweight) and Nick Ball (featherweight) as a present male world champion with the win.
Nonetheless, with Smith’s battle now off, Galal Yafai’s WBC and WBA world flyweight unification championship problem towards Ricardo Sandoval will now headline on the Utilita Enviornment.
The 28-year-old maintained his unbeaten profession file with an emphatic fifth‑spherical knockout of Matias in Brooklyn to seize the belt.
It was a proper hook that dropped Puerto Rico’s Matias and prolonged Smith’s file to 19-0 because the referee referred to as for the stoppage, regardless of Matias making an attempt to get to his toes.
He had rocked his opponent with one other proper hand earlier in the identical spherical.
Smith’s debut battle on American soil was in peril after Matias examined optimistic for a banned substance final November, however it was determined a month later that the 33-year-old was not responsible of violating the drug coverage.
Matias’ uppercuts and mixture punches challenged Smith early on however the Brit rallied because the dethroned champion was knocked out for the primary time and noticed his file as a professional dip to 23-3.
