brendon smith. worst cornerman ever?

Kat should send a S.O.S. to johnny lewis

if he wants to get his career back on track he cant do it with smith in his corner.

 

The whole trainer thing is off beam and irrelevant.

Brendan's job is primarily to prepare Katsidis for battle. He does a pretty good job of it. Katsidis lost yesterday becaue Juan was just too good.

Mick changed things up at the half way point and got some more distance and movement and it helped to a degree...he took less punishment and sneaked a few rds in my opinion. He was getting beaten too much in close.

So what was Brenadan supposed to say to him in between rds that was going to make him a better fighter than Juan? Tell him he is getting his ass kicked and he needed a ko to win? Rarely works.

He knows his fighter. I wont stomp on him for maybe trying to preserve his fighter a little by applauding his work on the outside. It worked alot better for him and he did less damage to himself.

Brendan couldn't transform Mick in to a better fighter than Juan in between rounds. End of story.

 

I was a bit surprised with the lack of advice from the corner but I doubt it would have made much difference to the end result.

 

nobody knows kat like Brendan.it was good the way he guided kat from exploding like the way he did last time.
it didnt seem to be a close fight and diaz won it because he was a better boxer and as said before brendan stopped him from getting hurt.

 

i can't believe how tough you are on brendan. he took the kid to the championship of the world. he's boxed some of the biggest names out there and he must know what his fighter responds to and that is the key. not every trainer has to slap the face and chest to get their point through. Brendan and Katz have an understanding like all close Boxer / trainer relationships. Brendan would be different to another fighter he has it all depends on their specific makeup / personality. Not only does he have to remain calm in a place screaming for Diaz he also must ensure the cuts and bruisers are being sorted in between other duties. We cannot hear what is being said for the whole min while Brendan is talking to his charge. Peronsally I felt Katz was doing well from the outside and fought a little to much on the inside but he knew he needed to take the fight from Diaz as he would have never got a decison. I also thought he was falling over his punches a little and wasnt sitting on his punches but its very easy to say from here. Diaz was sharp and quick and won the fight with his jab.
Dino Billinghurst

 

maybe he knew the hand was broken so he didn't want to crack the whip on Katsidis too hard, maybe Kats was freaked out to have a broken hand so smith had to calm him down

just speculating

I wondered the whole fight why Smith wasn't telling him to step on it, no urgency at all, losing rounds and not doing that much damage to Diaz

weird

 

What's this about a broken hand :huh

 

There are reports he either sprained or broke his hand in the fourth.