The Smith fight was right after the loss to Charlo, he didn't have his confidence back yet. The Gallimore match he dominated.
Almost 1 year after and he had a fight in between.. I picked him to beat Hurd because I knew Hurds style was tailor made for him and he wouldn’t overwhelmed by his size.. But out of the top 5 or 6 JMW Hurd was by far the least skilled which is why I favored Jermell by KO over him if they would have fought.. All I’m stating is people are saying J Rock is going to blow him out based on 1 performance. There may be some a lot of revisionist similar to Ruiz vs Joshua 2 because the now feel J Rock is on another level and that might not be the case.