Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev vs Callum John Smith & Jason Moloney vs. Saul Sanchez Round by Round.

Who Khataev? Yeah, I'm still waiting for him to fight someone with a pulse before I proclaim him that. No doubt he's good though.

 

I hadn't seen this before the last post. I might do an Educate Yourselves thread on him in the near future. So I'll save my thoughts for that exclusive.

 

It's 50/50. Sure, I'll be rooting for Bivol, but the lack of power does worry me, and he is in perfect rabbit punch range.

 

There's a lot of all action guys who go balls to the walls throughout that I'm not all that high on, because their matches become repetitive and a bit dull to me. There's a dynamism and creativity of a Golovkin or Kovalev that he lacks. You're right, he is vulnerable, which is why I think a guy who is as sharp of a counter puncher as Callum, can exploit those vulnerabilities perfectly, same thing I thought when I picked the other Callum, who inexplicably took his foot off the gas after he dropped Artur. I'm hoping we get the Smith of the Fielding match tonight and it's guns blazing until someone is flat on their back. As far as Gvozdyk goes, that match infuriates me, not sure if you've rewatched it, but I have twice, the sheer amount of rabbit punches he landed on The Nail was obscene. So I view that win as tainted, the ref was terrible and should've warned him countless times, but didn't and almost cost Oleksandr who is tough as nails, his career and potentially his life. Of course he's better than those vomits. Still, you and I both prefer guys like BJS and Kovalev, who are just a little bit assholish.

 

I like a band you don't like, you get pissy.
I don't like a band you like, you get pissy.
I like a fighter you don't like, you get pissy.
I don't like a fighter you like, you get pissy.

Now that's beyond settled, and there's site wide evidence to back that up. But, I guess I am that flattered that my opinion means that much to you.

As far as your actual comment. The only thing that's settled is, I will occasionally do that with fighters I really don't like or have a blindspot for, because I like them so much. That's something I've readily and you've readily acknowledged. You take the emotion out of it, I'm brilliant at calling a fight, and you damned well know it.

As far as who I've picked to beat Beterbiev, the length of that list might surprise you.

Gvozdyk
Johnson
Smith Jr.
Smith

That's it.