What middleweight in history could have beaten a fighter as big and as powerful as Callum Smith?

Neither of them would have had a prayer of beating Roy.

Ward was great, but there's never been a better SMW than Roy at 25/26.

Ward and Calzaghe would have been a very intriguing fight. Ward and Hopkins too.

 

Based on what?

I really like Callum. But let's see his career progresses a bit first.

He's hardly done anything yet.

How is he like Gerald?

He's not as powerful as what you believe.

 

Okay. But why not just start with the ones who did actually move up to SMW and beyond?

 

Toney looked good at SMW in the lead up to his fight with Roy. He knocked out Tim Littles.

Nunn never beaten a guy on Smith's level?

He had a very close fight with Frankie Liles at SMW.

As of yet, Smith has never beaten a guy on Nunn's level.

We don't know how Groves would have fared against a big southpaw with Nunn's movement. We only saw him fight DeGale when they were young, and there was nothing in that fight.

Reggie didn't fight at SMW, but he could have done had he have wished too. He knocked out a young prospect in Guthrie at LHW, and he gave a good account of himself against Tarver. It's not really relevant that Roy outclassed him. That version of Roy was capable of outclassing almost anyone.

 

Look, you asked the question:

Which MW could beat Smith?

COULD

A lot of the fighters who I listed accomplished things beyond SMW.

Not all of them were past their best. And even if they were they would have given Smith a fight. As of yet, Smith hasn't done a deal. We don't even know how good he is.

It doesn't matter if Hopkins bypassed SMW. What difference does that make? We know that he accomplished things at LHW. You personally think that he would have toyed with Tarver in the early 00's. You said that to me yesterday. So Bernard has to go on the list, as we know that because he was a big guy who was successful at MW and LHW, we know that he had the capabilities of being a force at SMW, had he have chosen to have fought there. It's only logical to assume that.

The standouts are:

Roy
Bernard
Toney

 

George had nowhere near the movement that Nunn had. Yes, he had the power to have knocked him out had he have been given the opportunity. Yes, Nunn was faded at SMW and LHW. But again, George only fought one world class southpaw in his career, and as of yet, Smith hadn't fought one.

It's a bold statement to say that George would have beaten him.

 

Well that just tells me that you never saw the guy.

He may not have been a great fighter, but he was nowhere near crappy.

 

Gerald was huge at both MW and SMW.

Smith doesn't have the power that Gerald did.

Gerald had a great physique. What are you talking about?

 

You're all over the place.

We weren't even discussing Roy vs Ward and Smith. But it's okay, we can do.

Ward and Smith are orthodox SMW's.

Del Valle was a big southpaw who fought at LHW, and who was Roy's former sparring partner.

Despite Roy being caught with a great shot, he won every other round. It wasn't even close.

"IF" is the biggest word in the dictionary.

Also, you should know that triangle theory logic doesn't get you anywhere, as styles make fights.

Predicting a Smith victory over Roy, based on the opinion that you think Smith was better than Del Valle, is really something.