Smith has not fared well against elite pressure fighters. It is an interesting fight nonetheless.
Real boxing fans do and they acknowledge this by paying attention to weigh-ins.
Everyone knows who is the undisputed champ at 175. Who cares what WBC thinks. Alphabet bodies discredited themselves long ago.
Rematch with Benavidez - they are on the same level.
Asterisk next to Bivol's win in the first match or the rematch?
Sulaiman's lips are moving - this is how I know he is lying. WBC is worthless trinket. If Canelo dropped it so can Bivol.
Bivol-Beterbiev 2 - official scorecards: [MEDIA]
Canelo(2) would be by far the largest payday, followed by Beterbiev (3) then Benavidez as distant third.
Sometimes you gotta take a beating to earn fat paycheck. Better than winning while fighting for scraps.
Bivol employed the same tactic he used against Canelo: staying in range, absorbing leading punches and then unloading flurries and not allowing...
There are no fights left for Beterbiev outside of Bivol rematch. He is too dangerous to be a gatekeeper. Benavidez will never fight Beterbiev...
His chin has been cracked. He will have to learn to protect that glass. His defense and sense of range is way off.
He can make a come back but it is a deep hole he dug himself in.
That settles it - Bivol won.
I am talking the first 4 rounds before Vitali's shoulder got injured. Byrd was not effective in early rounds. It was a closer fight after 4th....
