Callum will walk through him
Im thinking the other way that Canelo will take him apart over rounds and get a late stoppage, Callum is good fighter but I think in this his size will work against him because Canelo will be too quick getting inside, they both need to dictate the range and they have different effective range, its going to be interesting who wins the range war as it will win the fight.
Good fight good luck to both of them.
Physically the toughest opponent for Canelo so far,and probably the hardest puncher since he’s a light heavyweight (except kovalev but that’s not a real fight.) is with no rehydration clause canelo’s taking some tough challenge this time. But technically smith’s not that much of a threat to dethrone canelo , smith doesn’t bring his jab back fast enough ryder countered smith’s jabs easily ,canelo’s not a southpaw but better defense and counters ,hits much harder than ryder, sure canelo would time his jab and land some hard counters ,and smith fights on the line alot ,canelo’s gonna land a lots of bombs on the body and finally stops smith.don’t think there will be much head shots cuz when the opponent comes up smith has a one punch ko left hook. canelo by late tko.and becomes super middleweight champ.
canelo doesn't have the foot speed or aggression to close the gap and rough up callum. canelo is slower on his feet and throws very little.
an old past prime kovalev was outworking and outboxing canelo using his long reach and height. while canelo was stationary in front of kovalev. kovalev just gassed himself out and careless with his defense getting caught by one of canelos steroid punches. callum is fresher, taller and rangier than kovalev, and can use the same game plan with much more success and covers up well to avoid canelos steroid punches.
I just don't know what to think of Callum after the Ryder fight. I have to think Canelo is overall better than Ryder. Only advantages Ryder seems to have are in workrate and that he is a lefty.
Maybe those were enough to give Smith the big problems though. We will see how it goes.
I smell an upset. I just saw Callum's highlight videos and the height difference. The fact the Smith's still undefeated makes me interested in this fight. I can see Smith giving canelo problems with Jabs and uppercuts.
Canelo just recently deal with His promotional lawsuit. Its been Rocky for him lately.
I hear ya and you’re right no biggie.
But it’s clearly just another way for the folks here to discredit canelo sad and pathetic but that’s what they do.
And at the end Of the day Smith is the legit #1 smw that’s a fact.
Before Ryder I would have agreed 100%. Am interested to see how he looks vs Canelo. Think Canelo is too much for him, would be a good scalp for Canelo
Smith is the Ring magazine champ he’s #1 Mods should correct TS post.
I hear ya and you’re right no biggie.
But it’s clearly just another way for the folks here to discredit canelo sad and pathetic but that’s what they do.
And at the end Of the day Smith is the legit #1 smw that’s a fact.
No one is discrediting Canelo, but Smith is clearly coming off a gift decision, we can't just forget that Ryder picked up 8 or 9 rounds against Callum Smith, I can't just rank him #1 coming off a loss
Lol Canelo fans getting salty that Smith is only listed as 3rd on the TS poll lol. Like who cares, it's one guy's opinion. Calling for the mods, really
I think Canelo wins this by wide UD. That being said, Canelo has to be careful - Smith has real power also when going backwards - several of his KOs happened like that, his hooks are very fast and accurate.
yeah I see it exactly the same, I got Canelo winning a 119-109/120-108 type fight but Smith knocked out Blackledge going back with a left hook, and he was losing that fight in a lot of people's eyes
If Ryder clearly beat Smith why do you rank Smith over Ryder?
But I got Canelo by KO. Callum is too damn basic & is gonna get counter KO'd into hell tomorrow. I think its most likely to be mid round-ish, but honestly I could see it happen early, mid or late. Whenever Canelo gets that good opportunity to land some sh^t Callum doesn't see coming its nighty night. I think this will be a nice highlight KO in fact.
cause he holds the "official win" but in my eyes Ryder is now the lineal champ and will stay in the top 5 for now, I got him beating Plant and Saunders
I think Canelo wins this by wide UD. That being said, Canelo has to be careful - Smith has real power also when going backwards - several of his KOs happened like that, his hooks are very fast and accurate.
Canelo and Smith are clearly #1 and 2. Fix the poll options.
Smith just clearly lost to Ryder and Canelo only has win at 168 2 years ago, depending on the winner and how they win, they'll be at #1 after the fight
my top 6 atm is
1. Benavides
2. Plant
3. Smith
4. Ryder
5. Saunders
6. Canelo