{"id":347275,"date":"2026-06-07T22:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=347275"},"modified":"2026-06-07T22:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:50:35","slug":"chris-billam-smith-and-ryan-rozicki-released-from-hospital-after-brutal-cruiserweight-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/chris-billam-smith-and-ryan-rozicki-released-from-hospital-after-brutal-cruiserweight-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Billam-Smith And Ryan Rozicki Released From Hospital After Brutal Cruiserweight War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:12px; flex-wrap:wrap;\">\n<picture style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google.png.webp\"><\/source><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;\n            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/follow-google-news.png\"><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Billam-Smith later reassured fans with a message posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI even have been taken to hospital but it is extremely precautionary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m absolutely high-quality, they are only going to do some tests but all is well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks on your support tonight. One other unbelievable night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove you all, thanks a lot, and see you all soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The image shared by Zuffa Boxing on Sunday showed the extent of the damage suffered by each men. Billam-Smith and Rozicki posed together after the fight with badly marked-up faces following one of the crucial punishing cruiserweight contests of the yr.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ABSOLUTE WARRIORS \ud83e\udee1 \ud83e\udd4a<\/p>\n<p>Nothing but respect between Chris Billam-Smith and Ryan Rozicki! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ZuffaBoxing07?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#ZuffaBoxing07<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5CoPqJGLdG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5CoPqJGLdG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Zuffa_Boxing\/status\/2063593512306631029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zuffa Boxing chief Dana White explained that neither fighter was allowed to talk to the media after the bout as he wanted each men checked immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sent them each to the hospital, they\u2019re each getting checked out,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got my guy, Dave Lewis, and I said, no interviews, no nothing. I would like each these guys to go straight to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White added that fighter safety stays considered one of his biggest priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 30 years of the UFC, there\u2019s never been a death or serious injury. And it\u2019s necessary for me to maintain that run alive, especially with boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The victory puts Billam-Smith in line for one more major fight at cruiserweight. Nevertheless, after the quantity of punishment absorbed by each fighters in the course of the seven-round war, many fans shall be interested to see how long the Bournemouth native takes before returning to the ring.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sabox-authors\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-tab saboxplugin-tab-about\">\n<div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\">\n<div itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><strong>Olly Campbell<\/strong> is a boxing journalist who has covered the game since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical evaluation of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the small print that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billam-Smith later reassured fans with a message posted on social media. \u201cI even have been taken to hospital but it is extremely precautionary. \u201cI&#8217;m absolutely high-quality, they are only going to do some tests but all is well. \u201cThanks on your support tonight. One other unbelievable night. \u201cLove you all, thanks a lot, and see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":347276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[47498,3106,1183,16407,2393,2344,49334,3007,571],"class_list":["post-347275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-billamsmith","tag-brutal","tag-chris","tag-cruiserweight","tag-hospital","tag-released","tag-rozicki","tag-ryan","tag-war"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347278,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347275\/revisions\/347278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}