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GETEM said:
All the clowns in the comments on social media saying Smith was rattled all week.

This was Bellew/Haye all over, where all the casuals thought Haye was gonna batter him but ended up getting smacked up twice.
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Not a bad comparison to be honest , be interesting if the rematch plays out the same .

Won a couple of quid but but Rather he’d took it the distance and made a bit more !
 

steven said:
Plenty of potential. Great hand speed, decent footwork, good engine and very good inside. The problem is I don’t think he’s improved that much since the Saunders fight. Too much of an ego and not willing enough to be told what to do by a top trainer.
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Understand he’s got good hand speed and great engine but disagree on the footwork, he stands very flat footed and relies on his jab and hand speed. Doesn’t have a great shot selection, very predictable and once he steps up in competition, always looks very average. Agreed on him, not having a trainer early on, cost him but he’s where he is because of his name, nothing more, nothing less. I thought he’d beat Beefy with been fresher and bigger but he got made to look average off basic skills tonight.
 
widnesblue said:
Understand he’s got good hand speed and great engine but disagree on the footwork, he stands very flat footed and relies on his jab and hand speed. Doesn’t have a great shot selection, very predictable and once he steps up in competition, always looks very average. Agreed on him, not having a trainer early on, cost him but he’s where he is because of his name, nothing more, nothing less. I thought he’d beat Beefy with been fresher and bigger but he got made to look average off basic skills tonight.
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I always thought smith would be a huge test for him. Top operator and massively underrated. Just proved that eubank isn’t where he thought he was, and probably isn’t coming back to win a world title after this.
 

Harryflashman said:
Yep , I don’t think there was much doubt who was the better boxer . Power and physicality was the worry but that ko showed maybe that was misjudged .
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Thought Eubank needs to look at himself there that was a bad unravelling.
Don't know if it was the weight, overconfidence but that was a bad loss.
Maybe he did bring 50% of himself, and came a cropper the big head.
 
edge said:
Thought Eubank needs to look at himself there that was a bad unravelling.
Don't know if it was the weight, overconfidence but that was a bad loss.
Maybe he did bring 50% of himself, and came a cropper the big head.
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I think the weight drop played a part - can’t go up and down in weights like that at his age. Considering the controversy surrounding benn, has to be fortunate that fight didn’t happen at 157lbs…could have been a disaster.
 
Harryflashman said:
Smith is a very decent boxer , who’s he lost to ?
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Only lost 3 mate,
Isn't it?
he won that fight in Russia don't care what the cards said.
Other defeats were world class fighters.
Don't get to be world champ and box for 15 years or so without being decent.
Problem for him is his boxing skills don't appeal to the masses.
Guard up he blocks more than get through easily. , good head movement relentless pressure.
Thought he might have got beat tonight saying that
Fighting a bigger man at his age.
 

I get that YouTuber boxing is bringing a lot more people to the sport. But I really cannot stand it. I don’t like Tommy Fury but I really hope he knocks Jake Paul out to hopefully put the brakes on this a bit
 

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