At noon on January 16, 2022, Beijing time, in a light heavyweight world champion defending title battle held at the Rolling Stone Resort in Verona, New York, usa, the current WBO light heavyweight world champion Joe Smith Jr. lived up to expectations, and in the 9th round of the game, he defeated his compatriot Steve Geflad in a TKO manner and won his first WBO light heavyweight world champion defense battle.
Because Steve Gefrad was a fire fighter who was temporarily called to the rescue, steve Gefrad only had four and a half days to prepare from the time he was notified to the official game, so no one had any luxury for him. Before the match, most of the media predicted that Joe Smith Jr. would win the game by a huge margin. And Joe Smith Jr.'s performance in the game was indeed decent and did not disappoint the media.
In the first round of the game, Joe Smith Jr. did not try too much, but took the initiative to oppress Steve Gefrad as soon as he came up. And in the first round, just about 20 seconds into the game, he played a round of completed combination punches. Steve Gwladd, who had never fought a world boxing battle before, was intimidated compared to Joe Smith Jr., and all he could do for most of the first leg of the match was to try to protect himself.
In the second round of the match, Steve Gubrad adapted to the rhythm of the game, although he was not as nervous as in the first round, but still did not dare to throw too many punches. Tight defensive defenses left defending boxer Joe Smith Jr. unable to find a good way.
In the third round of the game, Joe Smith Jr. slowed down and began looking for Steve Gefrad's flaws. So both sides were very cautious in this round.
In the fourth leg of the match, Joe Smith Jr. clearly began to pick up speed during the round, especially after the mid-season of the match, after suffering a series of attacks by Joe Smith Jr., Steve Gefrad's rhythm was also picked up and he played some stabbing counter-attacks. However, it is clear to me that Steve Gefrad's attack is not strong enough to affect Joe Smith Jr. at all. At about 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the round, Joe Smith Jr. took advantage of the flaw in Steve Gefrad's counterattack to make a series of combination punches, but the hit Steve Gefrad then opened his arms to provoke, indicating that he had not suffered a serious blow, and let Joe Smith Jr. come forward.
In the fifth leg of the match, Joe Smith Jr. began to punch steadily, and although Steve Guflad's offensive ability was not strong, his ability to resist the blow was still very good. After suffering multiple rounds of blows from Joe Smith Jr., he was still able to negotiate with Joe Smith Jr.
From the sixth round of the game to the eighth round of the game, with the decline in physical fitness, Steve Gubrad's defense was no longer tight, so under the continuous and steady heavy punches of Joe Smith Jr., the game began to develop into a one-sided form. Faced with a heavy punch from Joe Smith Jr., Steve Gefrad often fought back symbolically after two blows before immediately beginning to retreat.
In the ninth round of the match, about 25 seconds or so before the start of the match, Joe Smith Jr. seized the opportunity to block Steve Gefrad in the corner of the ring and then punched out a violent combination punch. Steve Gefrad, who had no way back, was hit directly and then fell to one knee. When referee Mark Nelson stepped forward to start reading the seconds, and when Mark Nelson read 10, news came from the field that Steve Gefrad's coach Kevin Cunningham had taken the initiative to signal to the New York State Sports Commission official in charge of the game to abandon the game.
Eventually, the referee announced that Joe Smith Jr. had successfully defended his WBO light heavyweight World Boxing Title by beating Steve Gefrad in a TKO way through 37 seconds into the ninth round.
After winning the game, Joe Smith Jr. improved his record to 28 wins and 3 losses, 22 KO opponents. In a post-match interview, Joe Smith Jr. paid tribute to his opponent and thanked him for coming to the rescue to complete the match. Joe Smith Jr. said: "Thank you very much Steve Gubrad for being here today, he didn't refuse to play because of the short time to prepare for the game. As you can see, Steve Gufrad is a very good boxer. I tried to knock him down at the beginning of the game and end the game. But his willpower was strong and I had to try more combination punches and dragged on until the last few rounds of the game to end the game.
Although Joe Smith Jr. won the game in a TKO way, considering the actual level of opponent Steve Gebrad, the victory of this game does not say much. If Joe Smith Jr. later fights Against Artur Batebiyev or Dimitri Biwall against the World Boxers, the odds are still small. Joe Smith Jr., 32, is destined to be a passer-by in the light heavyweights, unable to interfere in the struggle between the two Russian boxers for light heavyweight supremacy.
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