Callum Smith is mad at Eddie Hearn

[Motorcity Cobra]

Dominated N'Dam to a third round tko on the Ruiz-Joshua card; helped keep his name out there.

If he didn't remember that fight how did it keep his name out there? Hell, I forgot about that fight too

[Eff Pandas]

Hes not a very sexy B side for a big fight. Hes got very lil heat on him outside the UK despite the Ali trophy. He's too UK-centric basically & in the wrong division. So he either needs a big UK fight or wait for when Canelo wants to avoid GGG again. Or move up to 175.

Only fight thats seemingly realistic currently is BJS for a big UK fight & good luck getting BJS to not just agree to a deal but then also not f#ck sh^t up before the walk to the ring

[Eff Pandas]

but smart on Smith to exercise his options. It can't hurt for Smith to ask around

Very true. Always good to test your value. Mikey is basically doing this after every fight these days which might be a lil excessive or genius idk for sure. Definitely more guys should be playing out their deals to free agency to find their market value. Too many boxers are comfortable with the devil they know in this sketchy ass business.

[Mooshashi]

Personally I think Smith is the best Brit boxer and should be fighting in marquee bouts. Fan friendly style, power and good movement.

[Eff Pandas]

I don't think he wants to fight Billy Joe tbh.

Why not?

I'd think it'd be harder to get BJS to sign a deal than Callum. Callum seems like hes still flying under the radar so beggars cant be choosers with big fights.

That said I think Callum loses all the big fights hes likely to get. Hes right up there with Andrade & to a lesser degree Hughie as being massively overrated by fans to me. I mean they clearly dont suck, but I dont think any are as good as advertised. And the only reason Callum is #1 at 168 is cuz most of the guys who coulda beaten him didnt enter the WBSS likely cuz their promoter/manager didnt see the benefit in fighting in a UK-centric tournament as fighters largely fighting in the US.

[KTFOKING]

He probably just is putting pressure on Hearn to get him a big fight soon and/or to get him more money.

For those mentioning BJS, I'm pretty sure I read or heard Hearn say he wants to build that fight up a bit and make it bigger before matching those two up. I would LOVE the Bivol showdown either at 168 or 175. Smith is a big 168 pounder and will soon be at 175, so we could get some great match ups with the ESPN 175 pounders.

Smith's resume' is truly lacking even though he seems like a top talent.

[_Rexy_]

Has he had a fight since groves? He’s lost all the momentum since wbss

yeah, they had N'Dam's shot ass move up to SMW because he falls pretty

It was on the AJ/Ruiz undercard.

[KTFOKING]

Why not?

I'd think it'd be harder to get BJS to sign a deal than Callum. Callum seems like hes still flying under the radar so beggars cant be choosers with big fights.

That said I think Callum loses all the big fights hes likely to get. Hes right up there with Andrade & to a lesser degree Hughie as being massively overrated by fans to me. I mean they clearly dont suck, but I dont think any are as good as advertised. And the only reason Callum is #1 at 168 is cuz most of the guys who coulda beaten him didnt enter the WBSS likely cuz their promoter/manager didnt see the benefit in fighting in a UK-centric tournament as fighters largely fighting in the US.

BJS was willing to fight him but it was Smith's side that turned down the offer and then a few weeks later we see BJS signing with Matchroom.

I actually think Smith would be a pretty awful match up for BJS. He would have to take more risks in that fight as Smith could get his shots off from the outside on him all fight long.

Maybe Smith figured once BJS signed with Matchroom that Hearn would make the fight happen instead of coming out and saying it needs to be built up more?

[Mammoth]

He probably just is putting pressure on Hearn to get him a big fight soon and/or to get him more money.

For those mentioning BJS, I'm pretty sure I read or heard Hearn say he wants to build that fight up a bit and make it bigger before matching those two up. I would LOVE the Bivol showdown either at 168 or 175. Smith is a big 168 pounder and will soon be at 175, so we could get some great match ups with the ESPN 175 pounders.

Smith's resume' is truly lacking even though he seems like a top talent.

Smith-Bivol is the fight to make I think....

[_Rexy_]

Smith-Bivol is the fight to make I think....

Bivol wins 11 rounds IMO