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He started
boxing at thirteen, and compiled a good 51-10
amateur record, winning numerous national and
international tournaments against tough
competition before entering the paid ranks at
nineteen.
However, he
didn't take the professional scene by storm in his
first eighteen months as a prize-fighter, and
after nine bouts his record stood at a mediocre
5-2-2 (4), which he has blamed on poor management.
But then
things started to come together for Smith, as he
won his next nine straight before losing to world
class campaigner Vicente Escobedo (24-3, 15 KOs)
in March of 2012.
Not long
after, in June, he got a second shot at glory,
when he fought reigning UBO World Lightweight
Champion Mason Menard (19-1, 14KOs) in Louisiana.
Menard won
a unanimous decision, but Smith proved that he
belonged on that stage.
He would go
on to prove it again, twice, but unfortunately
Smith never got a second chance to emulate his
fathers achievement of becoming a world champion.
In March of
2013 he appeared on his way to beating 18-1-1
Michael Perez on the the Bernard Hopkins vs.
Tavoris Cloud undercard in New York, when a clash
of head forced the fight to be stopped and
declared a technical draw.
Two months
later he floored another contender, Cornelius Lock
(20-6-1, 13 KOs), twice, but was not awarded the
decision after ten rounds in Detroit.
He retired
with a record of 14-5-3 (10), and a lot of
unfulfilled potential.
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