Opetaia shreds Billam-Smith for ducking him

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  1. JDub

    JDub Active Member Full Member

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    Hahahah, as someone that lives in NSW this made me laugh. NSW gotta be one of the most suburban, middle class safe havens on the planet.
     
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  2. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    I live in Rockdale lad you live in Sydney? You been to the Druitt? Bankstown? Campbelltown? Anywhere is Western or South Sydney?
     
  3. JDub

    JDub Active Member Full Member

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    Haha yeah live Sydney too. Beautiful place. Know Rockdale a bit. Have friends that live close by in Kogarah and Sans Souci.

    Wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Even the “rough” areas are hardly the Gaza Strip ey. And the nice areas out in the eastern subs and northern beaches are really f***ing nice. Hard to find a city as beautiful as Sydney tbh.
     
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  4. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Correct , hence his reluctance to get in there with Opetaia, people sound surprised by this but it been going on for centuries.
     
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  5. Max Thunder

    Max Thunder Proud member of the Cult of Vikings Full Member

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    This is slander. CBS has consistently been fighting his heart out, many times with the deck stacked against him while Jai has been on a bum of the month tour.
     
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  6. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    its odd when the Ring champ calls out a challenger and they don't want it

    is CBS pricing himself out or just outright not even negotiating
     
  7. kingcracker

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    And it'll be even bigger if they have two belts each, this is all just blabber
     
  8. Camps

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    I for one was very happy to see not just Opetaia but everyone on DAZN yesterday calling Billam-Smith out. The Cruiser belts need to be consolidated; too much alphabet-soup going on there.
     
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  9. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Billam Smith is busy filling out his local arenas and headlining Sky Sports events and making good money.

    He isn't even bothered about unifying or fighting Opateia.

    Plenty of money to be made domestically for him.
     
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  10. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Then he should stop referring to himself as the best cruiserweight on the planet. He’s not. And he’s running from the guy who is.
     
  11. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agree

    But he is going to milk his chance and go to Opateia when all over avenues have been exhausted
     
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  12. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Opetaia will be long gone by then. Probably to heavyweight.
     
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  13. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    Yea, it is disappointing though. If the guy is making good money already and doesn’t want his head bounced around the canvas then Jai is the guy to stay away from. It is a horrible stylistic matchup for Smith after all.
     
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  14. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    It's not a matter of marinating the fight. It isn't really particularly nuanced, what I am saying. CBS doesn't want the smoke. That is definitionally what the thread is about. Instead of crying about it, Jai can collect a couple of the other belts and build demand for the fight.
     
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  15. catchwtboxing

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    And again, and again, and again...its not about the fighters, its about the belts. build momentum. He can't insist CBS fight him right now, so go to plan B. Collect belts and build momentum.