DAZN: Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol vs. Joe Smith Jr. & Callum Johnson vs. Sean Monaghan RBR.

I thought it was quite a good fight to watch, despite it being a bit one sided. Smith had enough about him to still pose a threat and Bivol was just class. There's other fights of his he could be accused of being boring but not tonight. I thought he was brilliant, not perfect, because I do think he could've stepped it up another gear and went for the stoppage late on. But that's easy for me to say from here on the couch, Bivol is such a clever boxer, and you can see why he wouldn't go all out for the stoppage when he's a mile ahead on the cards and he got sparkled by that punch at the end of the 10th as a warning.

Anyway, not what I would call a boring fight, I found it quite enjoyable.

 

Yea this was a fun fight while it lasted. Johnson was really putting some spite in his punches. Vicious finish.

 

I always thought Smith was kind of a disappointing step back in competition for Bivol from the Barrera/Chilemba/Pascal run. If you rewind to just after the Broadhurst fight maybe Smith would be his best scalp (with Cedric Agnew nipping his proverbial heels at number two) but now he's four with a bullet.

 

You like all good guys and hate bad mofos.

 

Fo shizzle

 

That's Gennady Mashianov.

 

No, they are not even relatives. It's just that Mashianov has been his trainer almost all Bivol's boxing career (amateur + pro).

 

Cal said he'll see what he can do, and he appreciates the love and support from you guys across the pond

 

Hence the retirement mate...He got inside info on Kov imo that's why he took it, he knows Kov was half assed training

 

Fantastic news, good on you for keeping people in the loop !

 

With Smiths background all working class Americans should be backing him