Would Joe Smith Jr. be an acceptable opponent for Ward's interim fight before Kov

[sicko]

NO need to do that now, wait for the winner of Stevenson vs Williams!

[elgu]

Any opponent will do the trick. Whatever it takes so Ward has no excuse but to face Kovalev. But I doubt Ward will fight Kovalev in 2016.

[j0zef]

I hate that term "lucky punch"

these guys are professional athletes...they train to land punches....so he landed by mistake? he threw the punch attempting to land it...thats not luck

His legs were wobbly, he shelled up and threw a punch in the direction of his opponent. He wasn't even looking where he was throwing.

This kid has never even fought a 12 rounded in his career. His best opponent outside of Fonfara is some 80th ranked dude on boxrec.

He'll get his ass kicked by anyone in the top20, even JCC Jr.

[therealpugilist]

His legs were wobbly, he shelled up and threw a punch in the direction of his opponent. He wasn't even looking where he was throwing.

This kid has never even fought a 12 rounded in his career. His best opponent outside of Fonfara is some 80th ranked dude on boxrec.

He'll get his ass kicked by anyone in the top20, even JCC Jr.

i'll rather see it than assume...sometimes all a fighter needs is a chance....ive seen some guys get better when things got tougher....Look at Badou Jack, I bet no one thought he'd be one of the top guys at 168, I know I didnt.

[Scipio2009]

The guy came out of no where and upset Fonfara....I havent seen enough of him, but he mad a splash into the division.


It would be wise for Ward to get an interim fight in. He has until the end of July and Smith just had a short night.

What do you guys think?

Sure.

Won the New York Golden Gloves (showing that he's got at least decent boxing skills), is a right handed fighter and 6' tall (matching the look to get from Kovalev), and seemingly can punch (Fonfara doesn't go down and out easy).

Would Star Boxing take that fight? Not sure.