Joe Smith is by far the hardest puncher p4p in the sport

Joe hits hard, there's no debating that. And yeah, probably in the Beterbiev realm, especially if he lands flush.

 

Hart was actually ranked in the top 10 by all the governing bodies and was ranked as high as #3 by the WBO and #4 by the IBF. I've heard Zurdo is trying to wriggle out of his contract with Top Rank so if things get messy there we could see Smith vs the WBO #2 ranked Salamov for the vacant belt which would be a winnable fight for him from the little I've seen of Salamov.

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I think Joe could beat the entire WBO Top 5, he knocks this version of Kovalev spark the **** out. Zurdo was rocked several times by Hart and Roamer Angulo. Joe is a bad stylistic matchup for him especially this super aggressive version. The toughest opponent for him from that group is actually Vlasov.

 

It wouldn't surprise me at all if he did. I don't like Vlasov back down at this weight after campaigning up at CW for all that time. I don't think he's a natural CW but he did look strong and was on like a 11-0 (10 KOs) streak up there prior to running into Glowacki, whereas he looks a bit weak and lacking in power to me now that he's back down at 175, so Smith might have the beating of him too.

 

I agree, Vlasov is back to lacking power and you didn't look all that great against Chilemba, he looked great at for cruiserweight, and I actually thought you should have had a draw against Glowacki, but yeah, that wasn't his best performance. But I think you're right, Vlasov may very be a weight drained ktfo waiting at happen.

 

I don't remember how I scored Vlasov vs Glowacki or even who I had winning

Edit: I just dug up a post of mine from the RBR

I think Vlasov is too big for 175 now but not big enough to be considered a natural CW. I think he'd fare better up at the later than the former now though

 

Yeah, and why is that? Because Hart is a REALLY SHITTY BOXER. Like shittier than Joe Smith Jr. shitty. Where are you guys getting this quite frankly frighteningly delusional notion from that he's some master craftsman? Have you ever actually watched one of his matches?

 

How dare you! I have ZERO desire to see that. That's Sophie's Choice like for me.

 

I've moved Smith up to #3 in my official LHW rankings

1. Beterbiev
2. Bivol/Gvozdyk
3. Smith Jr./Pascal/Callum J

And I currently have Dmitry ''Money'' Bivol aka TBE P4P#2 behind Loma

Bivol vs Barrera 119-110, 119-110, 119-110
Bivol vs Chilemba 120-108, 116-112, 120-108
Bivol vs Pascal 119-109, 117-111, 119-109
Bivol vs Smith 119-109, 119-109, 118-110
Bivol vs Castillo 119-108, 119-108, 120-107

 

They happen to be 2 of my three favorite Light Heavyweights, along with Callum Johnson. And favorite boxers in general. I don't like watching people I really like beat each other up.