Gareth Davies: Reliable source tells me Canelo vs Callum Smith is confirmed

[Shadoww702]

It's kind of hard to call isn't it..BJS tends to fight to the level of his opposition...and has had some poor performances in the last few years...but on his day he is great.

And I would have said Smith was number 1 at 168 as well...until this last fight with Ryder, so I really can't put him there anymore and have to drop his stock a good bit.

Not a terrible fight...I'm just not really excited about it.

To be fair, I can't think of a very exciting fight for Canelo now other than something at 175..or GGG or maybe Benevidez..or Charlo or Andrade would be good too actually.

I don't even really hate on Canelo, imo anyway lol...with BJS I just would hate to watch a fight where he outworks Canelo and maybe deserves a 7-5 win, only for Canelo to win 8-4 on the cards...I just can't get excited about watching it.

And after Smith's recent fight I am not excited about that one either at the moment.

Is see you filled out the scorecard before the fight AGAIN... smh

[Stev3]

He’s #1 rated by Ring Magazine and ESPN. No one pays you for your rankings so I’m gonna gonna take their opinion over yours.

He is ranked #1....but he arguably lost vs Ryder

Good fight though if true

[SplitSecond]

He is getting Smith right after Smith looked terrible/very vulnerable against a discount version of Canelo.

Call it a cherry-pick or you can use different terminology if you want...but it is, as you said, a case of Canelo trying to get a scalp and acclaim, with the victory on paper looking better than it really is in actuality.

Let's see what happens and if there are any weight clauses as well...if he fights him straight up, I won't hate on it really...just not super interested in the fight after Smith's last fight...and yes it seems to be a bit of a cherry pick...if you can't see that then idk what to tell ya man.

You’re acting like Smith should be deflated for some reason. Like he got beat pillar to post. Salido lost to Gamboa then wrecked Lopez right after. Lomachenko lost to Salido then beat Russell jr. Right after. Smith is still the same fighter, he’s not deflated from the fight with Ryder, and likely shows up better vs Canelo. A note. Do you know how many southpaws Callum Smith has faced in his career? One prior to Ryder. And that’s what it looked like, he hadn’t a clue how to fight a southpaw.

He’s not likely affected(like Wilder getting wrecked by Fury), he still has the “W” over Ryder and the belt so I don’t know wtf they are cherrypicking when he’s still arguably the #1 SMW. Saunders on the other hand has done **** all ever, never done anything as impressive as what Smith did to Groves, nullified, dominated and KO’d. And he’s been looking like sht against bums.

I’d have to study Saunder’s(the misery), but I’ve veiwed it going like deathofaclown said, Saunders would be a nothing fight, he’ll run around, doing *** all, I doubt he really wins, but all he has to do is make it a non-event with the 1-2 jabs to separate them for him and the canelo haters to cry robbery afterwards when the real travesty will be a shtshow of a fight, not to mention that Saunder’s brings no real worth. No clue why people prop the guy up so much. Not as good as Fury.

[Shadoww702]

You have pure hate for Canelo no matter who he beats or faces. Canelo out here facing killers and making it look easy. History is being made by the P4P King and Cash Cow.

Yup! He fills out his cards before fights and then after he looks at compubox and makes some adjustments. His scorecards SUK!!! And some don’t even make sense like he didn’t even watch the fight???

[Sparked_26]

I’d prefer BJS just because Smith is coming off a loss as far as anyone who watched his last fight is concerned.

I feel sorry for Ryder. It’s looking like his career defining performance isn’t even going to be turned into a payday

[Tatabanya]

The man who in the minds of many became a quasi-ATG by vanquishing Rocky Fielding and a shot George Groves is soon returning to his real level.

Canelo by brutal beating. And I'm not even a fan of him.

[Zaxspeed]

Canelo's only chance is robbery

He has a good chance then....

[Boxing_1013]

Is see you filled out the scorecard before the fight AGAIN... smh

Only fights I've ever scored against Canelo were vs GGG...shoulder shrug...never scored him vs Floyd or Kovalev though.

[Shadoww702]

#1 SMW

ESPN - Smith
Ring Magazine - Smith
BoxRec - Smith

[Shadoww702]

Only fights I've ever scored against Canelo were vs GGG...shoulder shrug...never scored him vs Floyd or Kovalev though.

I thought you had Canelo losing to

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