Joe Smith vs Umar Salamov is set for October 30th

Arum totally messed up and miscalculated Beterbiev's potential star power.

This guy could have become the next Khabib of boxing and had the entire Caucus and Muslim fanbase paying to watch him on PPV.

When it comes to promotion, boxing promoters could really learn a trick or two from the UFC.

 

Smith vs. Beterbiev!!!!!









Beterbiev-lite that is.

 

Boxing politics have prevented guy from achieving true greatness. It's a disgrace. I think he probably won't get another big fight until he's a few more years older.

 

Smith didn't even win his last fight against Vlasov, Smiths not afraid of anyone, but his handlers probably want to milk as much as possible out of him before feeding him to Beterbiev or Bivol again.

 

Yup, and he'll be way past his peak then. Arum sold him out.

Young fighters need to learn lessons from promoters.

 

I still can’t believe Salamov lost to Hooper in Australia 4 years ago LOL

 

Yeah, he can't box for ****. There wasn't home cooking there either, Salamov is just very basic.

 

Crap trainer Kevin Barry ruined Salamov. It was a long road back from losing to a domestic level Aussie. Joe Smith if I had to bet.

 

Yeah but Hooper has a worse glass jaw than Ben Horn all Salamov had to do was land one solid shot.

 

Lol true, but unlike Horn it has actually helped make for some very entertaining scraps. The Quinlan fight was a barn burner. I rate Hooper over both of those bums, he actually has some skill and heart.

 

Artur didn't have a McGregor though.

Khabib was earning chump change until that fight and was the first Muslim UFC champion I believe.

They missed an opportunity after the Gvozdyk fight though. But no one wants to fight the lad. Only the dreamy Ukranian had the minerals.