I have a question that I am hoping someone can answer. It isn't about this fight but it is about the light heavyweight division. With that said, I was reading this article and I looked over the light heavy rankings and I noticed that Artur was not ranked at #1 by Boxrec. I was a little curious as well as slightly befuddle so I looked further. I am now really befuddled as to why Callum Smith is ranked #1 in the division by boxrec? I understand that Smith knocked cold a durable fighter in Lenin. But the dude is ranked 69th in the world. A great number for other reasons but not when it comes to world boxing rankings. It also doesn't help that Lenin's best accomplishment before Smith KO'ed him was that he won one round out of twelve against Bivol on the cards. Both Bivol and Artur have also beaten both Ring and Boxrec top ten fighters in the division and somehow Smith jumps ahead of them? And how, by beating a dude that ain't even ranked in the top fifty in his only fight in the same division? Hell, he shouldn't even be ranked above Joe Smith! So, please tell me on what planet this makes any sense?
I'm cracking up at how you just snuck this in there with your questions in a somewhat serious tone.
the virus canceling a fight has turned out to be a good thing for once as johnson will make for a better fight with smith jr. two offensive minded fighters with power! johnson gave beterbiev a good fight and dropped beterbiev in their fight before he got stopped.
And Johnson will probably do the same sort of job with Smith, possibly even dropping him before coming up short again. Great match up.
both are B-level fighters, stop pretending like this is some world level venue, anytime those 2 meet smn with skills they lose, but, this is a great match-up
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