Overview
- A fight announced Tuesday between WBC light-welterweight champion Dalton Smith and Alberto Puello is set for June 6 at Sheffield's Utilita Arena.
- Smith’s first defence comes as a mandatory assignment, turning his homecoming into an immediate test against an experienced southpaw.
- Smith won the belt in January with a fifth-round stoppage of Subriel Matias in Brooklyn and enters 19-0 with 14 knockouts at age 29.
- Puello, 31, is 24-1 with 14 knockouts and owns former reigns with the WBA and WBC titles, with his lone loss coming to Matias last July.
- Promoter Eddie Hearn is staging the event with broadcast on DAZN, and coverage frames the bout as a high-profile return to the UK for Smith against a top-10 opponent.