Maybe the warren team did orchestrate the move, virus imagine smith would have to be happy with it too. He said at the time purse bids weren't working out for him, and the stage he was at in his career at that point, he would have wanted title fights. To me it seems he should be a mw though. No groves isn't smith, but he'll do just as badly against degale
Ajose is fighting Ali Chebal in Algiers on the 6th of January in the WBC final eliminator. Ajose is the number 1 contender and a win guarantees him a mandatory shot versus Devon the Great Alexander.
Thought the perfromance was 10/10, especially considering the number of fights he had.Not only was he the better boxer and winning the exchanges at long range, but to me he was winning the infighting, looked stronger and the harder puncher of the two. I wasn't sure about the stoppage as paul is a tough fighter and it was near the end of the round, but i suppose he was only gonna take more of the same. Thought it was a brave effort by smith and that de gale was just to good. Agree with people talking about smith moving down a weight. There was a noticeable difference in size and strength between the fighters i thought.