​Dalton Smith returns to make a first defense of his WBC super lightweight title against former titleholder Alberto Puello today from Sheffield, England, live on DAZN.Smith won the title in January by stopping Subriel Matias, who had won a controversial majority decision over Puello in July 2025. This bout was originally set for the summer, but was postponed due to injury, and now it’s on.Bad Left Hook will be here from 2 pm ET with live results and updates through the undercard, and round-by-round updates and scoring for the main event. Join us!Smith vs Puello live blog and resultsDalton Smith def. Alberto Puello by Split DecisionSmith retains the WBC Super Lightweight TitleSCORES: 116-112 Puello, overruled by two scores of 115-113 for SmithInstant Reaction: Think those are all fair scores! Smith had an argument, so did Puello, both guys fought about equally, it was a very close fight. Both had their moments, their strong points, both could have done some things better, in theory. It wasn’t the most exciting fight, but there was some good, mature boxing on display. Puello has made it a hard night for everyone he’s ever faced and will do it again. He’s not easy to fight. But Smith edges past him, and can look forward to a bigger, more potentially exciting fight next.Round 12: Another round where I think you can form an argument for either guy. Puello landing some decent lefts, and turning up the heat late in the round to leave the last good impression for the judges. Smith answers that by dancing, he thinks he’s got it won. I’m not sure he couldn’t do with another punch or three landing in those final 30 seconds. Smith nicks this round for me, but I think Puello won this fight. Smith 10-9, Puello 115-113Round 11: Puello coming out a bit more aggressive this round. Smith feeds off that a bit and starts punching forward and coming in with a bit more pep. Both landing shots, Puello is always just about ready to throw back when Smith starts throwing more. Smith is doing some good work in this round but it might be another one for Puello. I don’t expect that two judges agree with me right now. And on a second look, I probably wouldn’t have it all the same a second time. Puello 10-9, 106-103Round 10: Tony Bellew has the same score as me, in reverse for Smith. Everyone I’m seeing is 5-4 one way or the other, really. Another razor close round. They said at the top this would be about fine margins and it’s hard to find any finer margins than this. It’s often a choice between Best Punch of Round, just about every round is close. Puello 10-9, 96-94Round 9: Good start this round for Smith, first half of it I thought was definitely his. Puello gave himself an argument late, though. Puello 10-9, 86-85Round 8: I have an eye on the comments too and MostDangerous just led this round with a true statement: “Dalton can’t outbox him, gotta start playing checkers, not chess.” And indeed, Smith might want to try turning up the volume. And