Former boxer turns to property development

Former professional boxer Paul Smith has formed a joint venture with Liverpool City Council’s housing company for a property development in his home district of Kirkdale.Paul Smith was British super-middleweight champion from October 2009 until December 2012. He retired from the fight game last year with a 38-7 record and is now, aged 36, looking to move into the property business.Advised by London-based Lacey Capital Partners, he has formed a joint venture with Liverpool Foundations Homes to develop a derelict railway cutting and neighbouring canalside site that run along Melrose Road and Commercial Road in Kirkdale.The proposed Kirkdale Canalside scheme would provide affordable new homes, community facilities, elderly care accommodation, an eco-park and a new boxing academy to be run by Smith and his three brothers (Stephen, Liam, and Callum), who are also all boxers.