Who will Callum Smith 🇬🇧 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Dmitry Bivol🇷🇺 (70%, reported).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Callum Smith's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 70%chance next opponentCallum Smith beat Joshua Buatsi on 22 Feb 2025 (UD). Terms agreed, according to the WBO. A WBO rule on fights in Russia could still block it.12 Dec 2026 · Yekaterinburg, Russia (reported)
Field / other: 30%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Joshua Buatsi · UD · 22 Feb 2025
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Callum Smith: frequently asked questions
When is Callum Smith's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Dmitry Bivol (Yekaterinburg, Russia (reported)).
Who did Callum Smith fight last?
Callum Smith beat Joshua Buatsi on 22 Feb 2025 (UD). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Callum Smith likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Dmitry Bivol (70%), field / other 30%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Callum Smith's record?
31–2 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 22 Feb 2025, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Callum Smith hold?
WBO interim light heavyweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other light heavyweight boxers
- Dmitry Bivol🇷🇺 · WBA (Super) light heavyweight · next: Callum Smith 70%
- Joshua Buatsi🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Willy Hutchinson Booked
- Artur Beterbiev🇷🇺 · No world title listed · next: Dmitry Bivol 10%
More: Light Heavyweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Callum Smith · record and last fight (revision 1375412778)
- The Ring: WBO confirms Dmitry Bivol, Callum Smith agree to fight terms
- BoxingNews24: WBO Russia ban threatens Bivol-Smith title fight
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.