Stephen Smith will fight Jose Pedraza for IBF super-featherweight world title in New York

<div style="text-align: justify;"> STEPHEN SMITH will face IBF super-featherweight champion Jose Pedraza in his first world title fight. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div><script src="//go.padstm.com/?id=480802"></script> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlQFrPuKXabL99AWPR9RE8ntoZvSEFCkhX79BvSboBR3rbJRlgRg9HNj3Sc8lPGvomqr791z6wk8_LarQIGB6E1wen18wKhp2r27QhA_6-mR5EJsWUP85nEDM3x26d-CmIx1M8GFzMmw/s1600/Stephen+Smith+will+fight+Jose+Pedraza+for+IBF+super-featherweight+world+title+in+New+York.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Stephen Smith will fight Jose Pedraza for IBF super-featherweight world title in New York" border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlQFrPuKXabL99AWPR9RE8ntoZvSEFCkhX79BvSboBR3rbJRlgRg9HNj3Sc8lPGvomqr791z6wk8_LarQIGB6E1wen18wKhp2r27QhA_6-mR5EJsWUP85nEDM3x26d-CmIx1M8GFzMmw/s640/Stephen+Smith+will+fight+Jose+Pedraza+for+IBF+super-featherweight+world+title+in+New+York.jpg" title="Stephen Smith will fight Jose Pedraza for IBF super-featherweight world title in New York" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephen Smith will face Jose Pedraza for the IBF super-featherweight title</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> </div> <br /> The 30-year-old Liverpool fighter will travel to New York on March 26 as he looks to emulate brother Liam, who became WBO light-middleweight champion this year.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Smith – one of four fighting brothers – beat Devis Boschiero in September to secure his mandatory shot against the Puerto Rican.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The purse bids for the fight were cancelled on Tuesday after both sides struck a deal, the IBF confirmed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Smith – who has lost one of 24 fights – has only fought outside of the UK on one occasion when he beat Arpad Vass in Germany in 2012.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His brother Paul challenged Arthur Abraham twice for the WBO super-middleweight title but came up short.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But Liam was crowned light-middleweight champion in October when he stopped John Thompson and made his first defence this month against Jimmy Kelly.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Callum is closing in on a WBC super-middleweight title shot after his impressive first-round stoppage of local rival Rocky Fielding in November.</div> <script src="//go.padstm.com/?id=480802"></script><div class="p402_hide htmlappend"><section class="text-description"><div class="fb-page" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/NewsNewsBlog" data-width="640" data-small-header="false" data-adapt-container-width="true" data-hide-cover="false" data-show-facepile="true" data-show-posts="false"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/NewsNewsBlog"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NewsNewsBlog">News News Blog Sport</a></blockquote></div></div></section></div>

Stephen Smith will fight Jose Pedraza for IBF super-featherweight world title in New York

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