Comments Thread For: Arum Wants Smith To Fight Alvarez-Seals Winner Next

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ATLANTIC CITY Now that Joe Smith Jr. has beaten Jesse Hart, Bob Arum has a plan in place for the light heavyweight contender his company now co-promotes. Arum revealed after Smith's victory Saturday night that he intends to match Smith against the winner of another main event ESPN will air Saturday night Eleider Alvarez versus Michael Seals. Alvarez, a former WBO 175-pound champion, will fight for the first time since Sergey Kovalev out-pointed him in their 12-round rematch nearly a year ago.
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[ceylon mooney]

smith - alvarez

would be a very interesting matchup

[js35751]

It would be amazing to watch both of them, respect.

[Afi23]

Yeah, I like this idea. The winner vs Smith for the vacant WBO belt. The winner faces Pascal in a "unification"/retirement fight for Pascal (I'll let you have your opinion on a regular WBA belt). My man Pascal retires without getting battered by Beterbiev!

[Satir]

Yeah, I like this idea. The winner vs Smith for the vacant WBO belt. The winner faces Pascal in a "unification"/retirement fight for Pascal (I'll let you have your opinion on a regular WBA belt). My man Pascal retires without getting battered by Beterbiev!

Zurdo should be somewhere in this equation as WBO's highly rated guy

[Afi23]

Zurdo should be somewhere in this equation as WBO's highly rated guy

Yep, Zurdo is rated number 1 in the WBO:

https://box.live/boxing-rankings/