OPENING SHOT SHEFFIELD STEEL: The oddsmakers, plus many fans and experts, made Dalton Smith the underdog against WBC junior welterweight titleholder and feared power-puncher Subriel Matias at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on January 10. What everyone knows now is that Smith is for real and that oddsmakers can sometimes get it wrong – very wrong. The Englishman turned in an inspired performance, battering the Puerto Rican star from pillar to post over the first four rounds before closing out with a right-hand bomb in Round 5. The victory also saw Smith installed as The Ring’s No. 1-rated contender at 140 pounds.
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