When is Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith? Ringwalk times and undercard ahead of world title fight Sigmund\/UnsplashArtur Beterbiev will put his WBC, IBF and WBO world titles on the line this weekend when he defends his light-heavyweight world titles against Callum Smith in Canada\u2019s Quebec City. The two hard-hitting fighters will finally meet five months after they were originally supposed to meet in August after Beterbiev had to pull out of the fight with a jaw infection. Beterbiev has been dubbed by some experts as the scariest fighter in boxing and has stopped all 19 of his opponents during his professional career. This will be the Russian\u2019s ninth world title fight since beating Enrico Koelling for the vacant IBF strap in 2017, adding Oleksandr Gvozdyk\u2019s WBC title in 2019 and Joe Smith Jr\u2019s WBO title in 2022 to his collection along the way. However, a back and forth fight with Britain\u2019s Anthony Yarde last time out in January 2023 has offered hope that Smith could be the man to finally dethrone the 38-year-old light-heavyweight king. Smith, who held a world title at super-middleweight between 2018 and 2020 before losing to pound-for-pound superstar Canelo Alvarez, has won both of his fights at light-heavyweight via stoppage. The winner could well go on to fight WBA world champion Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed light-heavyweight titles later this year, with Saudi Arabia reportedly keen to stage the bout. Here is everything you need to know ahead of this weekend\u2019s fight between Artur Beterbiev and Callum Smith. When is Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith? Beterbiev vs Smith will take place on Saturday, January 13, at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Canada. Coverage is due to begin at 1am GMT on Sunday, January 14 (6pm PT, 8pm CT, 9pm ET on Saturday). What time will the ringwalk be for Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith? No time has yet been announced for the main-event ring walks. How can I watch Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith? The fight will be available to stream on ESPN+ in the U.S, while Sky Sports will broadcast the fight in the UK. Who is on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith? Artur Beterbiev (champion) vs Callum Smith (WBC, WBO and IBF light-heavyweight titles) Jason Moloney (champion) vs Saul Sanchez (WBO bantamweight title) Christian Mbilli vs Rohan Murdock (super-middleweight) Imam Khataev vs Rodolfo Gomez Jr (light-heavyweight) Christopher Guerrero vs Sergio Garcia Herrera (welterweight) Mehmet Unal vs Dragan Lepei (light-heavyweight) Leila Beaudoin vs Elizabeth Chavez Espinoza (women\u2019s super-featherweight) Moreno Fendero vs Victor Hugo Flores (super-middleweight) Wilkens Mathieu vs TBA (super-middleweight) What are people saying about Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith? Artur Beterbiev (champion) \u201cOne category lower he was champion,\u201d Beterbiev said of Smith to Sky Sports. \u201cFirst of all, he\u2019s coming up to our category. \u201c175lbs is 175lbs and we\u2019ll see what happens there. Maybe in the lower category, he\u2019s good there but here it\u2019s 175. After we can say how is he. We\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see. \u201cLike all my opponents, he\u2019s a good boxer. He\u2019s a good fighter, a good challenge for me. Like everyone. I try to be ready for this challenge 100 per cent, like usual. \u201cI know he will bring everything for this fight and I bring everything for this fight. And we will see who is better.\u201d Callum Smith (challenger) \u201cHe\u2019s a very good fighter, his record speaks for itself, but he\u2019s not invincible, he can be hit and he can be hurt, we\u2019ve seen that,\u201d Smith told ESPN. \u201cI believe he can be hurt and he can be put over. I know I can put him over and we have worked on that, I believe I can finish Artur Beterbiev. \u201cI don\u2019t watch him thinking I can\u2019t beat him. I believe the best version of me can beat him and I believe the timing is right on my side. We don\u2019t know if he\u2019s aging yet, but I just know that I\u2019m in with a big puncher and because of that he keeps me more switched on.\u201d Dmitry Bivol (WBA world champion) \u201cFor me, Beterbiev is the favourite,\u201d he told Sporting News. \u201cI see he has more experience and he\u2019s strong. Callum Smith is tall but he doesn\u2019t use his height. He doesn\u2019t do this. \u201cHe\u2019s trying to get inside his opponents. If we see the fight close, of course Beterbiev is better at close distance. That\u2019s how I see it, maybe I\u2019m wrong.\u201d Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing chairman and Smith\u2019s promoter) \u201cI\u2019m going because I fancy it, I really fancy it. We signed Callum Smith 13 years ago. I\u2019m going because I\u2019m supporting him, and I also believe he\u2019s going to win,\u201d Hearn told Matchroom Boxing\u2019s YouTube channel. \u201cI see him knocking Beterbiev out. It\u2019s a tough task. Beterbiev is a monster, arguably the number one light-heavyweight in the world. We think it\u2019s Dmitry Bivol or maybe even Callum Smith. Those three. You\u2019ve got Yarde. We\u2019ve got some great light-heavyweights. \u201cIt\u2019s doable. I can see it. Every time I think about the fight, I can see it, and if he does do it, it\u2019ll be a massive, massive win for a British fighter, and it\u2019ll take him straight to the undisputed shot against Dmitry Bivol.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When is Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith? Ringwalk times and undercard ahead of world title fight Sigmund\/UnsplashArtur Beterbiev will put his WBC, IBF and WBO world titles on the line this weekend when he defends his light-heavyweight world titles against Callum Smith in Canada\u2019s Quebec City. The two hard-hitting fighters will finally meet five months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}