Joe Smith Jr. Is Hard As Nails and Artur Blew Him Out

He never ran or held. He tried to fight fire with fire and immediately continued to do so after every KD. He even ran at Artur after the first KD.

Whilst it only lasted two rounds he ate a lot of flush bombs in quick succession and I don't care who you are or how tough you are if Artur is catching you clean like that with that many full power bombs in quick succession, especially round the temple area, you're going to be in a world of trouble.

I said beforehand that I kept seeing imagery of Smith on wobbly legs flash through my mind when I thought about how it would play out and as big a fan as I am of Artur I really didn't enjoy being proven right about that because Smith is such a genuinely nice and humble guy and he's a warrior too.

 

When you have an iron chinned fighter on your hands, just club them over the back of the head repeatedly when they're bending forward, lunging in with a punch. Every knockdown Beterbiev scored tonight was questionable. Was Joe hurt? Yes, slightly. Did Joe ever do anything but touch a knee down or slump along the ropes? Nope. DId Joe ever leave his feet? Nope. But Beterbiev's countless nudging blows that knocked Joe off balance certainly helped to paint the picture in the ref's mind that it needed to be stopped. Beterbiev aside from the clubbing rabbit punches he landed on Gvozdyk, that were so numerous that they caused bruising to the back of The Nail's brain, has learned a new wrinkle. Sidestep your opponent as he rushes in like a bull, clonk your opponent in the back/side of the head, using their own momentum against them, since it was clear he couldn't drop him with pure clean punches to the face, they lose balance, go down and voila! Match over. We got a Chechen Andre Ward on our hands. He's going to be unstoppable. Next up, he'll go on a savage rampage of ballshot KO's.

 

Exactly, in regards to a potential Bivol match, and him utilizing these dirtish tricks as tactics, I already beat you to it in the RBR.
https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/artur-asilbekovich-beterbiev-vs-joe-smith-jr-robeisy-ramírez-vs-abraham-nova-rbr.688166/page-41#post-21770625

I also went in hard on him on the Gvozdyk RBR right after that match ended for the intentional rabbit punches. Yeah, he's a very sly dirty fighter, because he makes it look like it's an organic part of his fighting style, and his opponent's fault, when the reality is, he's putting them into the position to do that to them, and sneakily gets away with it.

 

Being repeatedly clubbed on the back and side of the head will do that to you. Go back and watch, every shot that put Joe down on a knee, was a borderline questionable one.

 

I'm calm as a cucumber, open your eyes, and maybe you'll see the same thing many of us have seen.