I usually always bet on Black, but Joesph Smith the 2nd aka Joe Smith Jr. is the mutha****ing truth in the flesh. I don't see anyone really stopping his will power in 2017, not Son Of God Ward, not Krusher Kovalev, Not Superman Stevenson, not The Nail, no one. Something is real about this guy. He is fresh off the job site with concrete dust on his mitts. He sleeps on Walmart sheets, he drives a late model car/truck, he looks like he has never seen the inside of a Versace store outside of building the roof. The guys we named are millionaires, this is the real life Rocky!!!
Willie has a point ^ Sometimes the hungry fighter is the better fighter, even if he lacks the skills the other guy has. On paper you have to say Stevenson wins, but if a guy has a fire under his ass to succeed ... well, that can make a guy do things others never thought possible.
Smith so hungry he going to chow down on a left hand knuckle sanmich, get full and get Rocky to sleep.
Stevenson will time Smith and KO him. However if Smith can find his way past round 3 or 4 his work rage and power may see him to victory. But I would pick Stevenson.
Assuming Stevenson is still the guy from his last fight(he is getting older), he KOs Smith. Although I'm pretty sure hes fighting the winner of Alvarez/Bute in April
EASY work for Stevenson and not even worthy of taking place before Kovalev, Ward or Beterbiev. I dislike these non-competitive waste-of-time match-ups. Bring on the real deal fight with either; -Stevenson Vs Ward Or -Stevenson Vs Kovalev Meanwhile, put Smith in with Beterbiev so they both can pay their dues and work their way up.