Comments Thread For: Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Official For June 18 at Hulu Theater in MSG

[dukesville]

Jeff Paige Jr dropped him...btw im a Beterbiev fan, and have been since the Cloud fight. Saying he doesn't have 'the best chin' doesn't mean its glass, relax.

Relax? Ha ha ok...maybe Paige can punch but it was a flash kd anyway. I think his chin is good cus he wasn't dropped by Cloud, Gvozdyk or Brown, and Cloud and Gvozdyk were known as punchers.The only time I saw him stunned is when Johnson dropped him, another guy who was known to have a good punch but he shook it off well.

[Southpawology]

Because he’s the mandatory.

Garbage hes done nothing to deserve that

[Willy Wanker]

Hope my dude Joe Smith can pull off the win.

[elfag]

Nice, I was thinking I like to see this match up after just watching Bivol vs Smith the other day. They were talking up Smith's legendary chin, I was like I wonder if he can take Beterbiev's power, I think Beterbiev stops him.


beterbiev has been rocked too before though so it will be interesting, never know until its over if smith dont land something big.


Being that all these sideline guys have no balls and just waiting for a canelo payday - andrande, benevidez, charlo, then I think smith is an exciting fight for beterbiev


I wish we got bivol-beterbiev but seems like they will never make that fight. Bivol could be the guy to outbox and beat beterbiev, beating a massive power puncher the first step is not taking many shots which bivol is one of the few there who could do that.

[elfag]

Relax? Ha ha ok...maybe Paige can punch but it was a flash kd anyway. I think his chin is good cus he wasn't dropped by Cloud, Gvozdyk or Brown, and Cloud and Gvozdyk were known as punchers.The only time I saw him stunned is when Johnson dropped him, another guy who was known to have a good punch but he shook it off well.

This is the problem with 4-5 ABC organizations. None of them will make another belt holder their mandatory, so they always put some reject in place that is less deserving. Nobody wants to see yarde.

In a sane world, canelo-Bivol winner would be the obvious mandatory as they would be the obvious best opponent but that isnt how it works. They view other ABC orgs as competitors and so will never force a unification by using their mandatory defenses system.

[IronDanHamza]

Garbage hes done nothing to deserve that

Mandatory's are barely deserved.

Fact of the matter is, he's the WBO Mandatory.

[Superbee]

Canelo's next opponent will surely be the winner. but people will still call canelo a cherry picking duck..

Ginger won't have the chance to get there... Bivol will show him that top LHW's are a little too much for his 5'7" ... Nothing bad with that... That's called reaching your limits ... and don't bring Kovalev into the picture...

[A.B Counterhooks]

Great match up,hope to see winner 9f this one agains winner of canelo x bivol

[BZBEE]

Ginger won't have the chance to get there... Bivol will show him that top LHW's are a little too much for his 5'7" ... Nothing bad with that... That's called reaching your limits ... and don't bring Kovalev into the picture...

It's possible, Bivol is not as easy as people think, his amateur experience is vast and is just as young as canelo but much bigger.

[Superbee]

It's possible, Bivol is not as easy as people think, his amateur experience is vast and is just as young as canelo but much bigger.

Those who think as Bivol as "easy" never watched him closely... His In/Out footwork will be a problem for Canelo ... He can afford to be behind his reach/jab and score 1-2's at will... Only way for Canelo is to bully himself in and to hope Bivol won't land any of his trademarks over-hands ... I think Ginger is a generation fighter, but this is where his journey ends in higher weight classes... I don't see how he can get passed Bivol on a fair judges night...