Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán vs. Callum Smith & Frank Sánchez Faure vs. Julian Fernandez RBR.

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  1. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joe Gallagher's game plan was to go for uppercuts and bodyshots.....against a smaller fighter with amazing defence?

    Why not the jab and right hand? He gave up every asset he has.

    Gallagher is an awful boxing coach. Why do the Smith brothers feel loyalty to him?
     
  2. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    No way Smith won 3 rounds
     
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  3. The Professor

    The Professor Socialist Ring Leader Staff Member

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    119-109
    119-109
    117-111

    UD, Alvarez
     
  4. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    You don't understand how a fight against an older Kova (whose also a considerably bigger name than Beterbiev) makes more sense and is more understandable for a midget that doesnt belong at 168 let alone 175?

    Canelos handicap is that hes new to the weightclass, so hasnt adjusted yet, and is the far smaller fighter. Kovas handicap is that hes older and he didnt get the rest he felt he needed between camps.

    Canelo was making an intriguing fight with a name fighter in which both were handicapped in different ways, at a weight he was never going to campaign at.

    Calling for him to fight the inactive and almost unknown Beterbiev just because he fought Kova doesnt make sense. Canelos not campaigning at 175. Why would he fight someone he has almost no shot at beating, against someone casuals have no idea who they even are, at a weightclass he doesnt belong, in a fight where Beterbiev holds insurmountable physical advantages?

    Makes no sense.
     
  5. nervousxtian

    nervousxtian Trolljegeren Full Member

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    Wow. Let the hate flow through you I guess.

    that was quality work from Canelo
     
  6. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  7. Sap1en

    Sap1en Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Alvarez is like a lower case Andy Ruiz Jr. His Handspeed is underrated and he parried so many punches. Truth be told that was the deciding factor however unlike Joshua Smith stood on his fight like a proper fighting man. All respect to you former champ Callum Smith.
     
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  8. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    P4P Updated rankings according to boxing logic
    1. GGG
    2. Canelo
    3. Crawford
    4. Lopez
    5. Inoue
     
  9. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They kept saying Smith was getting badly hurt but I didn't see that at all. Still a total schooling 118-110 job.
     
  10. Goose

    Goose Russian oligarch Full Member

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    Smith came with no game plan and has only himself to blame
     
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  11. Manu Vatuvei

    Manu Vatuvei Active Member Full Member

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    Smith has some chin and conditioning...which tends to support the theory he makes 168 well enough
     
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  12. JMotrain

    JMotrain Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, he did lose to GGG.

    By your logic, Floyd maybe only won a draw since it was an MD.
     
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  13. Diddy

    Diddy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Eh. This is true. But their fight wasn’t close. Transport that Floyd to today to fight Canelo and Floyd still wins. Just closer.
     
  14. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Fight was awful. Smith didn't commit to anything.
     
  15. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    2 of the scorecards matched mine. 119-109 was absolutely correct for me.