Callum Smith vs Hassan N’Dam fight result: Liverpool boxer powers through first title defence

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Callum Smith continued to strengthen his claims as one of the best super-middleweight boxers in the world with an emphatic third-round knockout of Hassan N'Dam to make a successful first defence of his WBA title. Smith’s camp were already in a celebratory mood after watching Liverpool secure Champions League glory in their 2-0 victory over Tottenham, and the reigning world champion lived up to his end of the bargain with a dominant display in New York’s Madison Square Garden on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr. Smith never looked in trouble from the first bell, holding a noticeable size advantage over former middleweight champion N’Dam, and the Cameroonian was knocked down for the first time right at the end of the opening round. But when the inevitable third came from a thumping right, the referee had seen enough and waved off the fight to give Smith his first victory in nine months since his World Boxing Super Series triumph over George Groves. Smith’s trainer Joe Gallagher immediately called out Canelo Alvarez, who remains the WBA’s regular champion at super-middleweight but also holds the WBA, WBC and IBF titles at middleweight, for a potential showdown at 168lb at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium.