**With a right gameplan Callum Smith should beat Canelo**

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  1. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    As skilled as Canelo is, this is boxing, and skills can take you so far in boxing.

    This has the potential to end up like Mikey vs Spence.

    I wouldn't be surprised the least bit of Smith finds a way to keep Canelo far away enough to neutralize his offense or even hit him hard enough where Canelo shells up most of the time.

    With that said, Canelo is a special kind of fighters and on Saturday we'll see if he beats the Physical odds.

    How confident are you guys that Canelo finds a way to beat Smith?
     
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  2. seansanashee

    seansanashee Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Smith is very good but Canelo is on another level. Canelo by stoppage.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    This is something I wrote in a PM to a friend asking about the fight.

    "The John Ryder fight is indicative of nothing, Canelo brings nothing to the table that The Gorilla does. The only reason he had as much success as he did it's because he's a Southpaw, closes the distance very well, defends well on the inside, and is a persistent body puncher. Canelo is not going to get in his grill and work the body like John did. Canelo didn't want to get too close to Kovalev, or Golovkin in the first fight. Sure he might be able to slip the jab, but he's also still tends to be flat-footed and will possibly eat a few counter hooks on the way inside, Canelo tends to be risk averse and looks for the perfect shot so he'll probably keep his distance, and if pitty patting Kovalev can stun him, so can Smith. Callum is far better at defending his body than Rocky Fielding is. This match is going to be a lot harder than people think it'll be."
     
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  4. sid

    sid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Going to be a great watch I feel this fight, & I'm looking forward to this one.
     
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  5. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Toughest fight since GGG. If Smith can keep Canelo on the outside he could rack up some rounds here. But i think once Canelo adjusts to the size, his timing and counter punching ability will break down smith towards the later rounds. I see smith meeting the same fate as his older brother Liam, going down with a wicked left hook to the liver around the 10th-11th round.
     
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    wassupjg, Aint no stoppin and pacas like this.
  6. Pakkuman

    Pakkuman I'm not hot. I'm just BIG. banned Full Member

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    If Smith wasn't handicapped by a 3 week training camp, he'd have a good shot. And most likely am NDA regarding a rehydration clause like in the Kovalev fight.
     
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  7. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I blew off a date for this fight so it better turn out to be competitive.
     
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  8. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Make her come over and get your beers out of the fridge and cook dinner
     
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  9. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Smith has never faced an opponent in the same stratosphere of Canelo. This is going to be a long painful night for Smith who will be drained and gasping for air late on.
     
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  10. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    Albeit, they both might be on the opposite end of it, Groves is in the same stratosphere.
     
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  11. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Neither had Errol Spence when he fought p4p Mikey Garcia.
     
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  12. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Callum smith could legit beat canelo but the judges arent giving him ****. He needs a KO
     
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  13. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Lets say errol is smith and garcia is canelo..........garcia gets a draw.
     
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  14. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not the Groves that got in the ring that night. The fact he retired after that shows what state he was in. Listening to his interview the other day he went to hell and back just to make it to the ring.
     
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  15. FromBuenosAires

    FromBuenosAires Active Member Full Member

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    no, smith is as orthodox and predictable as they came. i expect canelo to counter the hell out of him in the first three rounds, and then smith will fight super cautious, from that point forward its just a demolition job. Canelo ko 7-10
     
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