Man, Joe Smith is hard to rate

[Mammoth]

He improves with every fight and he is not limited. He has a great attack throwing a large number of near perfect punches with real power in damn near every punch. Some guys hit hard with some punches but most of their punches are not that hard. Very few hit hard with damn near every punch the way Smith d Smith oes. his punches are also fairly fast and accurate. He beat the hell out of Alvarez round after round. Bivol easily beat him but Bivol easily beats everyone he has ever fought. Smith hurt Bivol and nobody else has ever hurt Bivol. Smith always attacks and has a high work rate and puts tremendous pessure on his opponents and usually knocks them out. He can knock guys out with one punch or a number of punches. he has been outboxed and beat a few times but I think he is better now. I think only Beterbiev and Bivol can beat him and he probably beats the rest at 175. His defense has improved a lot.

Nah, he's limited

[M Bison]

Totally limited fighter who should never get this far but does. Has like 4 wins on his record I never thought he'd have but he's just super powerful. Massive overachiever. That Alvarez win still so unexpected to me...

I was gonna bet on him koing him but the site i use didnt have any options gutted, just had a feeling he'd be all wrong for alvarez

[Boxing Goat]

Totally limited fighter who should never get this far but does. Has like 4 wins on his record I never thought he'd have but he's just super powerful. Massive overachiever. That Alvarez win still so unexpected to me...

He peaked when he was the white boy that launched the racist Cheatkins out of the ring and retired him

That said, I knew he had a chance against Alvarez and think he would KO Kovalev easily at this point. Beterbiev is another story

[Boxing Goat]

I thought it would be an easy UD for Alvarez, I always pick against Smith. Picked Hart and Hopkins both to beat him. The only time I actually picked him to win was against Barrera.

I picked him in that one too!

He did fight almost the whole fight with a broken jaw tho so it kinda made sense that he was off his game

I give him a legit shot to win a rematch

[Boxing Goat]

Limited contender who achieved much more he should have based on his skills.

175 is not really a great division, but he can`t be a world champ even there.

Bivol, Beterbiev, Cornelo and Kovalev would disagree with that

[Mammoth]

I picked him in that one too!

He did fight almost the whole fight with a broken jaw tho so it kinda made sense that he was off his game

I give him a legit shot to win a rematch

Barrera is shot to ****. Joe beats him easy right now.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I knew Barrera would beat him. Been a sharp decline for Berrera after that though. All the rest yeah, I picked against him, too.

I just thought he’d catch him, I think he dropped him early but then got soundly outboxed.

[Boxing Goat]

I just thought he’d catch him, I think he dropped him early but then got soundly outboxed.

Yeah, once he got his jaw broken (probably a fluke)

[Fangedgrowl]

Would love to see him fight Beterbiev. I know he would be a huge underdog , but it would be fun while it last. He can crack and Beterbiev has been down a couple of times. Canelo would school him. Bivol beat him but he had that one outburst that hurt Bivol pretty good. He would drill Kovalev now.

[boogbx]

Always 20/20 hindsight but I also picked Alvarez and like
Many including Vegas were Miserably wrong.

Smith is exactly what you said, a very strong and determined fighter with limited ability, but a determination that’s very rare today. That’s what makes Joe Smith special, the intangibles.

But he’s still a very limited fighter a notch below elite.

He should lose to Beterbiev and already lost to Bivol but can beat Jack, Pascal and Zurdo Ramirez.