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Artur Beterbiev produces masterclass performance to effectively bring the iron curtain down on Callum Smith's career as the reigning light-heavyweight world champion shows no signs of losing his fearsome punching power

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Callum the younger asked a lot of questions before Artur Beterbiev effectively brought down the iron curtain on the unique era of the brothers Smith in Liverpool boxing.

Unfortunately none of them in the ring in a frozen Quebec City on Saturday night.

No, the only reigning world champion who has won all his fights by knock-outs is not losing his fearsome punching power as he approaches his 39th birthday.

King Artur answered that one with a seventh round stoppage as brutal as it was beautiful to behold.

No, the surgery for dental decay which delayed this world light-heavyweight title fight for a few weeks has not crumbled Beterbiev’s concrete jaw.