Comments Thread For: Vlasov: I Showed That I Was a World Champ and Joe Smith Knows I Did!

[tokon]

Flat out - Smith did not win 7 rounds.

No he didn't. Like a few others here, I like Smith but he didn't deserve that decision.

He looked flat and overtrained.

[GFunk23]

I can understand why he’s frustrated. I could see a 7-5 result his way but I don’t think it was a robbery. He was lucky in the 11th that he wasn’t KOd as he seemed to lower his head and got hit in the back of the head which a lot of refs would not have ruled a foul. Smith landed the harder shots throughout the fight and made a good, late push. I can accept the decision but could see it go either way.

[Tbone27]

I think Vlasov did enough to earn a draw but neither fighter won more than 5 rds convincingly so I don't understand how anyone can be upset about a 7-5 score for either fighter

[Sid-Knee]

Good to see the Stars and Stripes getting ANOTHER world champion and it’s good to see what has effectively been a return to boxing by the white American demographic that had been missing for so long....Plant, Smith, hopefully joined by Milnecki and Spencer in the future was well as others. It’s good for American boxing

Corruption is good for American boxing you mean. Without it, you're nothing. That, and an assortment of other things you use to stack the deck to gain advantage.

[Sid-Knee]

Yeah it was close. But Smith hit the harder punches. Volume puncher Vlasov was very awkward but never hit with matched power.
Coulda been a draw. But I think it was a fair decision.

So the winner before the fight starts should automatically go to the bigger puncher, even though they got controlled for the vast majority of the fight and clearly lost? That's not how it works. Smith barely landed anything. He looked inept all night and out of his depth.

But could you imagine Vlasov with a bit of power? He would have wiped Smith out in seconds.

[Monty Fisto]

Rematch would be fine. Winner fights Beterbiev.

Correction:winner gets KTFO by Beterbiev.

[Spray_resistant]

I thought Vlasov won the fight even if Smith did finish strong but he did look very basic and ordinary.

[theface07]

Good to see the Stars and Stripes getting ANOTHER world champion and it’s good to see what has effectively been a return to boxing by the white American demographic that had been missing for so long....Plant, Smith, hopefully joined by Milnecki and Spencer in the future was well as others. It’s good for American boxing

Wannabe gangster "Oldskoolg" talking about how it's good to see a return to boxing by the white American demographic. That's hilarious. Who gives a damn what race the guy is. If you're a good fighter you're a good fighter. I was rooting for Joe Smith all the way but not because the "white American demographic" needed to be represented more. GTFOH with that race based nonsense.

[theface07]

Yeah, this was a flat out robbery. The fight was competitive, true, but it was not close, not by the way a fight is judged. There were 7 clear Vlasov rounds imo, there should be no way a judge could have scored the fight for Smith, I had at 116-112 Vlasov and felt very good about that card. I'd like to see the WBO mandate Vlasov vs Salamov as a final eliminator

I don't think you're far off there but I don't know if it was a flat out robbery. Vlasov clearly won the first 3 rounds and most of 7-10. Smith looked out of sorts for a lot of the fight and was missing a lot of wild haymakers, walking into punches, etc. I don't know how compubox had him outlanding Vlasov. That didn't make sense to me. It probably should've been a draw or Vlasov edging it. I was going for Smith all the way but I had it 6 rounds to 5 for Vlasov and 1 even. I could see it being the other way around but 8-4 or wider for Smith is total BS for sure.

[Facsimile]

Good to see the Stars and Stripes getting ANOTHER world champion and it’s good to see what has effectively been a return to boxing by the white American demographic that had been missing for so long....Plant, Smith, hopefully joined by Milnecki and Spencer in the future was well as others. It’s good for American boxing

Hey, what's the best accelerant for a Cross?