Subriel Ahmed Matías Matthew vs. Dalton Smith & Nestor Bravo vs. Pedro Campa RBR.

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  1. ash234

    ash234 Ash Full Member

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    Always makes me laugh when someone achieves their dream & becomes world champ and all people can say is ‘but he’ll get knocked out by this person & this person’.
     
  2. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    smith fought a good fight. i wasnt sure he was going to last long enough to see the plan through. matias gives you lots of openings, but you cant just pepper him, you got to blast him to diminish him in the early rds because he will overwhelm you if you used up your energy just avoiding him. smith put as much into those openings as he could, right from the start. worked out for him.
     
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  3. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    FTR, I picked Matias to win but I had a strong feeling Smith could pull it off, especially if he got the tactics right and he did get them right but not the tactics I had envisioned. My head said Matias and everything pointed in that direction: Much more proven and experienced at this level, had stopped a whole bunch of really good undefeated prospects and contenders, he has a crazy gas tank and volume and Smith is usually low volume and likes to fight at a much lower pace, and Smith was fighting him in his country. But my gut feeling was telling me Smith was going to be able to pull it off somehow
     
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  4. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Yeah, 1000% and that combo has bit me on the ass too many times to count, including way back before Wlad-Fury, when my gut wouldn't shut the **** up, but my logic wouldn't allow me to choose Fury. So then I'll listen to my gut for the next fight, and the logical side of me wins out and I take another L. It's thrown me off my game a **** ton of times.:lol: Matias should've played it safe for the first half, played the long game and he could've gotten him out of there late, I could tell Smith had decent pop and was hurting him, but Matias is too goddamn macho for his own good. Which is often a problem for you know who.:sisi1
     
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  5. Aburius

    Aburius Suspected Zurdo sympathiser Full Member

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    I'm pretty sure he went well off the plan. In round 2 Matias started landing, which he never usually does that early. Smith responded by mauling, brawling, and throwing bombs. Seems like he instinctively stepped up, and got his just reward.
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    You said it right. You should always trust your gut feeling. I keep telling myself this too but I go against it too often.

    Matias has fought a lot of good or big punchers and taken a lot of punishment in many fights and it will catch up to you in the end.

    One thing that also made me pause for thought is LHW Liam Cameron sparred Smith the other day as a favour to a mate and he said there's no way Matias is going to be able to walk through all Smith's shots because he was feeling the weight of them himself. Matias did walk through a ton of them but Smith has scored some pretty spectacular KOs and nice finishes

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  7. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Dalton won every round. He landed more shots, cleaner and harder, and was in full control. I won't hear anything else. Fought and been around boxing my whole life I know what I'm looking at. Pr just got outballed and outskilled by a wb
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :lol: One thing I keep telling everyone is that even though British Slickness is obviously the gold standard we Brits will often abandon our slickness in order to go to war
     
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  9. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    You could tell he was really leaning into his shots from the get go. most fighters dont commit like that against matias because it puts them in reach of subriels quick inside punches. they try to rack up points hoping they can maintain distance the whole fight. but they are usually too tired to see it pay off in the end. smith took the chances and went out to hurt matias. matias has always had leaky defense, but his offense was usually enough to make up for his defensive liabilities. obviously that wasnt going to work with everyone.
     
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  10. Aburius

    Aburius Suspected Zurdo sympathiser Full Member

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    Well if you won't hear anything else, there's probably little point in discussing it. However, while he did indeed land the better shots all the while, I doubt he was in full control when he was grabbing and spoiling and constantly improvising during rounds 2 and 3. The fact that he turned that into a devastating victory over the supposed ultimate destroyer in boxing is deserving of the highest possible praise. If you demand he gets every round also, well then enjoy.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Look at these featherfisted send a glass eye to sleep weight bullies coming out of the woodwork to gloat after they both shamelessly and undeniably ducked Matias like he had leprosy and let others do their dirty work for them. Have some semblance of honour and self-respect goddammit :facepalm:

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  12. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    He won every round.
    When he held what'd matias do? He allowed it. He shoulda hit behind the head, hit low, elbows up,
    Nope he just allowed it. Yes dalton was in full control and won every round. If you don't think so, udksa how to score a boxing match
    Sorry
     
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  13. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Idiots on social media saying that Matias lost the first time he popped and drawing a comparison between Ryan losing to Rolly to help them cope with seeing their god Haney getting his ass handed to him by Ryan.

    Even if you believe Matias was previously on the juice after popping for minuscule amounts of ostrich how did him not being on it tonight manifest itself in the ring?

    Did his punch resistance suddenly disappear? Nope he displayed a hell of a beard yet again

    Did he mysteriously run out of gas? Nope he didn't look tired at all

    Did his shots suddenly look lighter than usual? Nope Smith was clearly feeling the weight of them and he's always been a volume guy

    He lost because he ate a ton of flush bombs from a big puncher who would not be denied
     
  14. Dagnaldinho

    Dagnaldinho Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Turns out hes what i thought he was. Big summer Sheffield homecoming, find your pen Azim its time to bring your head to the chopping block.
     
  15. hoopsman

    hoopsman Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've always thought Smith dusts Azim.
     
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