Comments Thread For: Andrzej Fonfara vs. Joe Smith Tops PBC on NBC June 18 Tripleheader

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The full details of the June 18 edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC have been formally announced on Friday, with Andrzej Fonfara set to face Long Island's Joe Smith Jr. in the main event of televised tripleheader live from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.

Supporting the scheduled 10-round light heavyweight bout are a pair of feature attractions previously reported by BoxingScene.com. In the chief support, unbeaten bantamweight titlist Juan Carlos Payano faces Rau'Shee Warren in their long awaited rematch.
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[chicity19]

Disappointed seeing Fonfara's team put him on such a huge step back. Hopefully this doesn't ruin anything because he's been on a great run since his loss to Stevenson.

[King_]

Who the **** is Joe Smith?

[bigjavi973]

payano vs warren

[bigjavi973]

Who the **** is Joe Smith?

IDK but he got ko'd by this guy:

http://boxrec.com/boxer/386798

[Eff Pandas]

Disappointed seeing Fonfara's team put him on such a huge step back. Hopefully this doesn't ruin anything because he's been on a great run since his loss to Stevenson.

Who you wanna see him fight? Most all the notables at 175 are booked so I doubt most of the fights you & I would prefer to see aren't available.

This seems like a stay busy fight with some semi-prospect type guy. Seems like Fonfara is probably not seeing a title shot til March or later 2017. Might as well stay busy vs standing around.

[HanzGruber]

not sure why hed headline nbc.. that should be for the bigger names

[chicity19]

Who you wanna see him fight? Most all the notables at 175 are booked so I doubt most of the fights you & I would prefer to see aren't available.

This seems like a stay busy fight with some semi-prospect type guy. Seems like Fonfara is probably not seeing a title shot til March or later 2017. Might as well stay busy vs standing around.

Me, along with Fonfara's entire camp, were hoping Stevenson wasn't a ***** champ lol. Also was hoping maybe Beterbiev until he announced a fight with someone else about a month ago.

[Fetta]

not sure why hed headline nbc.. that should be for the bigger names

I think becuase he will bring a nice polish crowd in Chicago and is becoming a name player in the LHW division. All LHW are locked up so why not showcase in front of millions. He already KO'd Chavez and took Stevenson to the limit. Good fighter

[Eff Pandas]

Me, along with Fonfara's entire camp, were hoping Stevenson wasn't a ***** champ lol.

No clue why you'd think that. He's a talented guy, but he's fallen further into obscurity over the last couple years. The Alvarez mandatory is gonna be his best opponent since Fonfara I believe.