Joseph Smith, Jr. vs. Steven Geffrard & Abraham Nova vs. William Encarnación Alcántara RBR.

Smith has a very good gas tank, tbh.

 

Smith needs to fight the other champions not Bivol

 

That kayo didn't actually happen, by Stussy logic, because all two dozen or whatever of those punches from Smith in his finishing salvo were partially blocked which means apparently, by the certified bonkers transitive property of pugilistic analysis, they were a hundred percent blocked.

So let's stay tuned for the start of R10, guys, once they clear this up.








Aaaaaaany minute now.

 

Didn't Vlasov actually beat him, though? I just can't stand guys holding onto belts when the are clearly not the best or even second best in the division. Sign the Bivol rematch, or Beterbiev, and let's get him out of the way.

 

Geffrard looked really slick for a few very short periods but he didnt want it anywhere near enough and took the first opportunity he had to get out. Disappointing ending but not a terrible fight for a late replacement

 

I have no idea why the odds on this were only -1000. I’ve seen guys with much more chance of victory be 2-3x the underdog. Geffrard had little hope on a full camp. He had zero chance on 8 days notice.

 

Post of the day! I literally laughed out loud.

 

Still the worst champion in boxing

 

That other champion is a fella named Beterbiev

 

The problem with resting on stats(compubox) in boxing, is it byiself is still subjective. These punch counts are still manually counted by guys ringside, so its possible for them to see a punch we might not see, or even not see a punch that we might see. Its the reason judges dont rely on compubox to score fights.


"The system calls for two operators. Each operator watches one of the two fighters and has access to four keys, corresponding to jab connect, jab miss, power punch connect, and power punch miss. The operators key in the different punches as they happen, collecting punch counts and hit percentages along the way."

 

I am too but he is dangerous more importantly if he fights Beterbiev he is fighting another juggernaut but what makes Smith great to watch is he is like Marciano he believes in his power and effort as long as the man can fight he is dangerous....after all their arent alot of men who can land most of their punches on the gloves of an opponents and break them down anyway he has some serious thud

 

Yes, I understand. But it's a pity.

geffrard looked like he had enough to try at least. The little bit he showed us was not bad. He got only 8 days to prepare the fight too, so, well... probably I'm too harsh on him.

 

Steve Geffrard

Not even a top 100 fighter @ light heavyweight
Never fought more than 8 rounds
Only ever had 1 fight scheduled for 12 rounds
Only ever had 1 fight scheduled for 10 rounds
Never done anything remotely notable as a pro

What the hell was anyone thinking put him in the ring with the champ, even as a late notice replacement. This was a monstrosity.

 

So I suppose the common view here is that Beterbiev spanks Joe Smith jr and jr is just a come forward plodder with heavy hands. I think he's a better technician than given credit for within his obviously limited toolbag and think its a close fight either way