Ishe Oluwa Kamau Ali Smith is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2019.
26 Facts About Ishe Smith
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Ishe Smith held the IBF junior middleweight title in 2013, and is the first boxer from Las Vegas to become a professional world champion.
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Ishe Smith was a strong prospect early in his career, he won his first fourteen fights while facing generally strong opposition.
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Ishe Smith won via a controversial unanimous decision in a four-round fight.
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In 2004, Ishe Smith won his first belts, beating the former world champion Randall Bailey by a controversial unanimous decision.
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Ishe Smith took a chance and signed on to do The Contender reality show.
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Ishe Smith was assigned as a roommate to his former adversary Alfonso Gomez.
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Ishe Smith won by unanimous decision against Kaddour in a tough fight.
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Ishe Smith criticized Anthony Bonsante for fighting Brent Cooper, whom he did not think was an appropriate competitor.
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Ishe Smith faced his nemesis Bonsante in a "Fan Favorite Fight".
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Since appearing on The Contender, Ishe Smith has criticized the show's management company for trying to force him to fight Jesse Brinkley at a severe weight disadvantage for a relatively small fight purse.
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Ishe Smith left the Contender promotions and signed a contract with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.
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Ishe Smith has been under Bernard Hopkins' guidance since joining that company.
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Ishe Smith was featured on a June 7,2006, fight card promoted by Bernard Hopkins on ESPN Friday Night Fight, where he dominated his opponent Patrick Thompson through 10 rounds to get a unanimous decision.
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Ishe Smith fought Sechew Powell, a junior middleweight contender on February 17,2007, and lost a unanimous decision, potentially halting his hopes of landing a title shot.
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Ishe Smith lost a razor-close decision to Joel Julio on April 30,2008.
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Ishe Smith returned to the ring on August 1,2008, winning by unanimous decision over the previously undefeated Pawel Wolak.
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Ishe Smith followed that with a workmanlike unanimous decision win over Chris Gray in a stay-busy fight.
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Ishe Smith lost to Danny Jacobs on August 22,2009, but he had his moments in the fight and was definitely crowd pleasing.
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Ishe Smith vowed to go back to Jr Middleweight and make a run at the title, but his next fight was again at middleweight July 16,2010, in Memphis, Tennessee against Fernando Guerrero, an explosive southpaw Middleweight prospect.
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Ishe Smith had a very strong Round 9 and a good Round 10, though Guerrero had his moments in the final round as well.
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Ishe Smith went on a long layoff, during which he stayed in the news mostly doing various boxing mailbags: commenting on the sport for websites such as BoxingScene and BoxingTalk.
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On February 23,2013, Ishe Smith won a majority decision victory over Cornelius Bundrage to become the new IBF junior middleweight champion.
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On September 14,2013, Ishe Smith lost his title to Carlos Molina by split decision.
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Originally, Ishe Smith was supposed to face Erislandy Lara, but ultimately ended up facing Ryan Davis on May 2,2014, after Lara elected to instead challenge Saul "Canelo" Alvarez directly.
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Ishe Smith knocked Davis out at the end of the second round.