Comments Thread For: Joe Smith: I Thought Bivol Had a Great Chance To Beat Canelo

**hugh grant** · 05-18-2022, 06:24 AM

Originally posted by Slowhand

Tell me why at least. Bivol got 4 inches in height also. Of course PAC was favourite against guys ,4 divisions bigger and rightly so. But you need to take each case on its own merit. Nelo arguably lost to GGG X2 when stepping up, and bivol beats everyone on nelos resume and is 4 inches taller and unbeaten himself

**Clegg** · 05-18-2022, 06:43 AM

Like all boxing fans, I knew for sure Bivol would win, I just forgot to tell anybody until after the fight.

**Liondw** · 05-18-2022, 06:56 AM

It's fair to say Joe Smith is one of the top five light heavyweights.

So, Hopkins should be given a lot of credit for the time he fought a hard hitting Smith when he was 50 yrs and 11 mths old. That took some cajones.

Beterbiev would seem to be too much for Smith, and he isn't hard to hit, so that could be a tko.

**eco1** · 05-18-2022, 07:08 AM

Originally posted by hugh grant

Why would you make someone stepping up 4 divisions from natural weight class favourite. Nelo might as well not fight bivol as if nelo loses he's not as good as you thought he was.
There's no incentive to move up. So make bud favourite against Callum Smith, that's going to scare bud as he will think he can't live up to expectations and buds got more to gain not fighting smith

Funny how everyone has a change of opinion.

Wasn't Clenelo the guy to clean up 175 destroying Beterbiev and then take on Usyk.... Easy work you guys said.

**hugh grant** · 05-18-2022, 07:48 AM

Originally posted by eco1

Funny how everyone has a change of opinion.

Wasn't Clenelo the guy to clean up 175 destroying Beterbiev and then take on Usyk.... Easy work you guys said.

I think nelo should try unify and I think he can but might have to lose a .few. But nelo is all about legacy so that's way he should go. Nothing more to see at 168
No, in all threads made about nelo possibly losing to bivol I agreed

**P to the J** · 05-18-2022, 09:55 AM

Originally posted by eco1

Funny how everyone has a change of opinion.

Wasn't Clenelo the guy to clean up 175 destroying Beterbiev and then take on Usyk.... Easy work you guys said.

I said this too, till I went and watched some Bivol fights the night before. Lol. From on now, I'll STFU till I do the homework.

Probably a good principle for everyone to live by. But not if you want to live in a highly entertaining world of maniac statements and opinions constantly contradicting each other from one day to the next.

**BustedKnuckles** · 05-18-2022, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by eco1

Funny how everyone has a change of opinion.

Wasn't Clenelo the guy to clean up 175 destroying Beterbiev and then take on Usyk.... Easy work you guys said.

But, ultimately, that was all light work, because he was really gunning for Fury.

**Madison Boxing** · 05-18-2022, 02:58 PM

bivol completely embarrassed him

**JakeTheBoxer** · 05-18-2022, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by Clegg

Like all boxing fans, I knew for sure Bivol would win, I just forgot to tell anybody until after the fight.

Speak for your self, I have said it many times, but nearly all guys here laughed, lol.

Only total boxing ignorants predicted Bivol being an easy fight for Canelo.

**eco1** · 05-18-2022, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by hugh grant

I think nelo should try unify and I think he can but might have to lose a .few. But nelo is all about legacy so that's way he should go. Nothing more to see at 168
No, in all threads made about nelo possibly losing to bivol I agreed

BS, he is all about making easy money.