Ye if franks wanting to throw him under the bus...both them guys would retire him at this point imo. Smith would need 2018 jyst to rebuild imo. Dont think hes ready for a tough fight, at least not till the end if the year
Wud matchroom want him. So far his won English title (vacated without defending against his mandatory) and wbo European title against unknown names. His best win is at English title level wud they be interested in him.
He must have someone around that weight he wants to build a rivalry with Smith and he has no undercard fighters and he loves arrogant fighters
Martin j ward moved on to European level. Ste Smith the same. Maybe cordina depending on way weight they go with him can' think of any one else
He fought a friend of mine in James Ancliff in his first fight and kod him. It was part of BN highlight reels when they first started. He certainly did look good in his first fights. Although james was well done by then, he just had too many miles on the clock, no one was expecting him to get kod like he did.
I think everyone expected to see him at fw. I just dont think he put the effort in to shift the weight. Hes very unprofesional is Smith in his attitude to the sport. Now is the time for him to pull himself together. If we dont see a marked improvement from him in the first 6month of 2018, then im afraid wed have to say, hes not really cut out for the sport.
http://britishboxingnews.co.uk/blogs/banged-up-grown-up-mitchell-smith-bares-his-soul Good read on smith