| Dalton Smith | |
| Nickname: | Thunder |
| Weight: | Light-welterweight |
| Height: | 5 ft 9+1/2 in |
| Birth Date: | 1997 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | 850314 |
| Total: | 16 |
| Wins: | 16 |
| Ko: | 12 |
Dalton Smith (born 8 February 1997) is an English professional boxer. He held the British super-lightweight title between 2022 and 2024 and the Commonwealth title in 2023. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division, and won the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight.
As an amateur Smith won multiple national titles at the junior and senior level,[1] including the 2018 ABA Championships at light-welterweight.[2] At the international level he won a silver medal at the 2014 European Youth Championships and bronze at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, both in the lightweight division.[1] He also competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships, reaching the quarter-finals;[3] the 2014 World Youth Championships, losing in the round of 8;[4] and the 2016,[5] 2017[6] and 2018 World Series of Boxing as part of the British Lionhearts.[7]
After deciding to forgo the 2020 Olympics – due to rule changes regarding weight categories, along with several injuries suffered throughout his amateur career – Smith signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing in May 2019,[8] making his professional debut two months later on 10 May, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Luka Leskovic at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.[9]
In his next fight he defeated Ibrar Riyaz with a second-round stoppage via corner retirement (RTD) on 21 July as part of the undercard for Dillian Whyte vs. Oscar Rivas.[10] Smith became only the fourth man to stop Riyaz,[11] a career journeyman who at the time had a record of 6–165–4.[12] Three months later he travelled to Italy, defeating Marko Radenovic via third-round technical knockout (TKO)[13] before ending the year with a third-round TKO win against Michael Carrero in November.[14]
His first fight of 2020 came against Benson Nyilawila in March, winning by fourth-round TKO in a bout that was streamed live on Facebook.[15]
On March 23, 2024 in Sheffield, England, Smith was scheduled to face Jose Zepeda.[16] [17] He won the fight by knockout in the fifth round with body shot.[18]
Smith is scheduled to face Jon Fernandez for the vacant European super lightweight title in Sheffield, England on September 28, 2024.[19]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Jose Zepeda | KO | 5 (12), | 23 Mar 2024 | ||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Sam Maxwell | TKO | 7 (12), | 1 Jul 2023 | ||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Billy Allington | UD | 12 | 18 Feb 2023 | ||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Kaisee Benjamin | UD | 12 | 12 Nov 2022 | ||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Sam O'maison | TKO | 6 (12), | 6 Aug 2022 | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Mauro Perouene | RTD | 6 (10), | 4 Jun 2022 | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Ray Moylette | TKO | 10 (10), | 26 Mar 2022 | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Brian Pelaez | 10 | 10 Sep 2021 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Lee Appleyard | TKO | 6 (10), | 15 May 2021 | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ishmael Ellis | RTD | 3 (10), | 13 Feb 2021 | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Nathan Bennett | 5 (8), | 1 Aug 2020 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Benson Nyilawila | TKO | 4 (6), | 7 Mar 2020 | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Michael Carrero | TKO | 3 (6), | 2 Nov 2019 | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Marko Radenovic | 3 (6) | 11 Oct 2019 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Ibrar Riyaz | 2 (4), | 20 Jul 2019 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Luka Leskovic | 4 | 10 May 2019 | |||