Liam Williams (boxer) in what has been described as a gruesome grudge match. Williams was controversially defeated by former WBO super-welterweight world champion Liam Smith on 8 April 2017 at the Manchester Arena. Owing to incorrect weight for the bout,Smith was ineligible to inherit the interim WBO super-welterweight world title (held by Canelo Álvarez who is moving to a higher weight and expected to vacate the title). Liam Williams (boxer) Liam Williams (born 26 May 1992 in Church Village), is a Welsh professional light-middleweight boxer. , he held WBO European, British and Commonwealth titles in the super-welterweight/light-middleweight (154 lb) division, being ranked as
Jorge Arce Jorge Arce Jorge Armando Arce Armenta (; born July 27, 1979), best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the second boxer from Mexico to win world titles in four weight divisions (after Érik Morales, who first achieved the feat two months prior). In a storied career, Arce held the WBO light flyweight title from 1998 to 1999; the WBC and lineal light flyweight titles from 2002 to 2004; the WBO super flyweight title in 2010; the WBO junior featherweight title in 2011; and