liam smith was he a real world champion

No way, some of the guys you listed are legit world champions. Burns I think is a 3-4 weight champ, sure not exactly lineal in any but he is a genuine champ.

Brook I would take the backlash and say he is a world level guy with a paper belt. Think he won a title from porter who was green as hell might have Been a vacant belt, can’t remember but then went on to defend against 3-4 horrific opponents when he could have fought the big boys and unified.

Bellew picked up an easy belt against a weak opponent think it was makubu then realised the division was stacked so retired and fought a heavily injured Haye and let all the cruisers compete in a super 6.

Selby could never figure out what his correct weight should be but he was legit as was degale.

 

Porter v Brook was one of the most boring fights you could ever watch. Brook went on to fight complete nobody’s while Porter fought loads of big names. Kell had the ability but was happy to milk the sky ppv at the time.

 

Huh? Spence, Crawford, GGG and Khan lol.

 

doubleg95 you cannt call quigg a world champion he won the wba regular belt anyone who wins that is a contender not a world champion they need the proper wba belt sonny might have showed heart against the wee ginger but lets be honest that doesnt make you a world champion he won it against unknown randomers ive never heard of them its like the blokes frank warren pulls in to face folk like yarde random mean with a lot of wins and not many losses there crap

 

Jo Jo Dan, Bizier and Gavin I believe he fought back to back after the Porter fight.

 

Quigg is one I forgot

Selby, Degale, Brook and Groves were all more talented so I didn’t include them.

Bellew ducked the WBSS but iced the boogeyman Makabu in front of 20 thousand Tonymaniacs

Burns is a weird one as he never looked like much to me on the eye test, apart from having an iron mandible, yet he had success for a long time at multiple weights.

Brook was a real talent who threw it away by getting stabbed in Tenerife. Beat Shawn Porter handily in his home state years before Spence and Crawford did, something American commentators pretend never happened

Barker was limited but deserves respect for winning his title in the US and getting up from a nasty body shot to do so

 

Mcdonnell?? No no no. Mcdonnell was a quality fighter, proven world level

 

The most pathetic performance from any world champion. Ever.

Took 3 body shots and went down laughing after each one.

 

Bellew paid Briedis step aside money and a slot on his undercard so he could fight a crap voluntary in BJ Flores, then vacated his belt straight away.

He wouldn’t have made it past the semis in the WBSS.

 

fielding never held world champ belt though he had wba regular smith had wbo

 

I'll never get over the fact he has a win over John Ryder

 

Groves world title was ridiculous. A vacant super belt, when you are only supposed to qualify for one of those when you already have another recognised world title and have unified. Makes a mockery, anything to get a sanction fee.

 

Facts idk how anyone can like cocky Eubank Jr. who tries to ruin Smith’s career by taking the gay joke way out of proportion. Then talks about Smith’s wife after Smith only talking about his tattooed head when Eubank previously insulted Smith for having grey hair. Then begs Shalom for a rematch because he was wobbling like jelly and couldn’t handle the embarrassment of the loss. The guys a clown end off.

 

One reason Fielding was so bad against Canelo is that Canelo demanded a crippling hydration clause on Fielding, even though he probably would have won anyway. But Fielding had a dangerous punch, so Canelo crippled him.
Liam Smith didn't get the hydration clause, though they tried it on Callum.
It's amazing Canelo actually has fans with all the underhanded tactics that are out in the open.

 

Didn’t know that about the Fielding fight. Cheers for the info.