‘It would be a Cinderella story’published at 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time
Billam-Smith v Ramirez
No one knows Chris Billam-Smith’s boxing capabilities like trainer Shane McGuigan.
The Bournemouth native is looking to become the first Briton to unify since David Haye and McGuigan has been with him every step of the way.
“It would be a Cinderella story if he can win. It already is one,” McGuigan said.
“We’ve got this far, he’s changed his life financially and goes in the history books as being a world champion, he can beat Ramirez and he will win the fight.
“That being said I don’t want too many more of these training camps, he’s a friend and you can only keep winning and putting your body through so much, and you can only bite down on the gum shield so many times.
“I know that this is not the night it catches up with him but I don’t want to see that happen – I want to see him go out with his brain still intact, he’s got a beautiful family.”