Advertise / Partner With Us
boxen247@gmail.com
Europe's No.1 Boxing Website
  • Home (News & Results)
  • Articles
    • 5 Boxing Betting Strategies That You Should Know
    • Five quickest knock outs in boxing history
    • How to bet on boxing matches – A simple guide
    • How to choose an athlete when placing a bet: Boxing edition
    • NFL players who boxed
    • Who are the top five heavyweight boxers of all time?
  • Fight Articles
    • Bert Cooper vs. Joe Savage
    • Donovan Ruddock vs Dillon Carmen
    • Danny Williams vs Sergei Kharitonov
    • Emanuel Steward
    • Evander Holyfield vs. Bert Cooper
    • Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe 1
    • Joe Louis vs Tony Galento
    • Herol Graham vs Julian Jackson
    • Kronk Gym
    • Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko
    • Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton
    • Mike Tyson vs. James Tillis
    • Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes
    • Roy Jones Jr. vs Enzo Maccarinelli
  • Advertise / Partner With Us
  • Support Boxen247.com
10 January 2022

Focus on: UBO World Title Challenger “Lightning” Lonnie Smith

Boxen247.com Stories El Negro Mexicano, Lightning” Lonnie Smith, Lonnie Smith, UBO, Universal Boxing Organization 0

Focus on: UBO World Title Challenger "Lightning" Lonnie Smith | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

Focus on: UBO World Title Challenger "Lightning" Lonnie Smith | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)Boxen247.com YouTube Channel

Making his professional debut in 2006 and retiring in 2013, “Lightning” Lonnie Smith, challenged for the Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) World Lightweight title in 2012.

AKA “El Negro Mexicano”, due to his exciting fighting-style, Smith appeared to have it all to become a star in the sport: Looks, talent, a great trainer in Hall of Famer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, and more than solid pedigree.

His father was former WBC World Super Lightweight Champion Lonnie Smith Sr. (44-7-2, 26 KOs), from whom he inherited the “Lightning” moniker.

Unfortunately for the younger Smith, who regularly sparred with former two-division world champion Zab Judah, bad luck probably prevented him from going all the way.

He started boxing at thirteen, and compiled a good 51-10 amateur record, winning numerous national and international tournaments against tough competition before entering the paid ranks at nineteen.

However, he didn’t take the professional scene by storm in his first eighteen months as a prize-fighter, and after nine bouts his record stood at a mediocre 5-2-2 (4), which he has blamed on poor management.

But then things started to come together for Smith, as he won his next nine straight before losing to world class campaigner Vicente Escobedo (24-3, 15 KOs) in March of 2012.

Not long after, in June, he got a second shot at glory, when he fought reigning UBO World Lightweight Champion Mason Menard (19-1, 14KOs) in Louisiana.

Menard won a unanimous decision, but Smith proved that he belonged on that stage.

He would go on to prove it again, twice, but unfortunately Smith never got a second chance to emulate his fathers achievement of becoming a world champion.

In March of 2013 he appeared on his way to beating 18-1-1 Michael Perez on the the Bernard Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud undercard in New York, when a clash of head forced the fight to be stopped and declared a technical draw.

Two months later he floored another contender, Cornelius Lock (20-6-1, 13 KOs), twice, but was not awarded the decision after ten rounds in Detroit.

He retired with a record of 14-5-3 (10), and a lot of unfulfilled potential.

Subscribe to our new YouTube Channel with the latest boxing news and results, gossip and information from around the world. Just click the image below or any of the images for all our social media:

YouTube Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)Facebook Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

For the list of the latest boxing news and boxing results, click the following latest boxing news & results

Share This Boxing News:

  • Tweet
  • WhatsApp

Related

Daniel Dubois targets Trevor Bryan’s WBA heavyweight title Adrian “Tonka” Sosa to headline “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” Feb.12

Related Posts

Stories

Stories: When “The Fish” survived the bite of “The Cobra”

Stories

Focus on: Former UBO World title challenger Suriya Tatakhun

Stories

Stories: 10 years ago today, Rances Barthelemy faced Hylon Williams Jr.

You must log in to post a comment.

Recent Posts

  • Juan Francisco Estrada tops world title triple-header on Sept. 3
  • Aussie super lightweight Stevie Spark signs with Matchroom
  • Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua 2 final press conference quotes
  • Rage on the Red Sea undercard press conference quotes
  • Cacace, Essuman, Heaney, Chapman & Heffron added to Sept.24

Recent Comments

    Archives

    • August 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • April 2021
    • March 2021
    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • August 2009
    • December 2008

    Categories

    • Amateur Boxing
    • Boxing News
    • Boxing Results
    • Boxing Stories
    • Femaie Boxing
    • Fight Weights
    • Historic Boxing
    • MMA
    • Stories
    • Uncategorized
    • Women's Boxing

    Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    Europe's No.1 Boxing Website
    © 2022 Boxen247 Media | Boxen247.com | boxen247@gmail.com | All Rights Reserved
    en English
    en Englishde Germanja Japanesero Romaniancs Czechfr Frenchga Irishes Spanishsv Swedishru Russianpl Polishsq Albanianuk Ukrainianit Italianpt Portugueseda Danishhr Croatiantr Turkishsk Slovaklt Lithuanianid Indonesianis Icelandicnl Dutcham Amharicfi Finnishar Arabichy Armenianaf Afrikaansaz Azerbaijanieu Basquebe Belarusianbn Bengalibs Bosnianbg Bulgarianca Catalanceb Cebuanony Chichewazh-CN Chinese (Simplified)zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)co Corsicaneo Esperantoet Estoniantl Filipinofy Frisiangl Galicianka Georgianel Greekgu Gujaratiht Haitian Creoleha Hausahaw Hawaiianiw Hebrewhi Hindihmn Hmonghu Hungarianig Igbojw Javanesekn Kannadakk Kazakhkm Khmerko Koreanku Kurdish (Kurmanji)ky Kyrgyzlo Laola Latinlv Latvianlb Luxembourgishmk Macedonianmg Malagasyms Malayml Malayalammt Maltesemi Maorimr Marathimn Mongolianmy Myanmar (Burmese)ne Nepalino Norwegianps Pashtofa Persianpa Punjabism Samoangd Scottish Gaelicsr Serbianst Sesothosn Shonasd Sindhisi Sinhalasl Slovenianso Somalisu Sudanesesw Swahilitg Tajikta Tamilte Teluguth Thaiur Urduuz Uzbekvi Vietnamesecy Welshxh Xhosayi Yiddishyo Yorubazu Zulu