Big win dedicated to Barry McGuigan's late daughter as boxer pays tribute

Chris Billam-Smith dedicated his win over Richard Riakporhe to Barry McGuigan's late daughter Nika after successfully defending his WBO world cruiserweight title over the weekend.

READ MORE:Tyson Fury suffers rankings blow as he drops below Anthony Joshua after OIeksandr Usyk lossPaying tribute to his coach, the now 20-1 fighter told Sky Sports: "Shane's a master, he's the best coach in the world and I'd like to dedicate that win to Nika McGuigan, who passed away three days after our first fight with Richard and I was absolutely gutted to not be able to do that for the team at the time so that one's for Nika.

“She was such a great kid. She had a tough life all her life. She had fever convulsions at nine months; she was dead on arrival at the hospital and they got her heart going again; she had leukaemia at 11, they said she would never get through it and she got through it.

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