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I understand the original opponent pulled out but Clarke's matchmaking hasn't been very good considering his amateur background, Sokolowski was a step in the right direction but I think they've gone backwards.

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Beterbiev's age and miles on the clock will always be a factor (hundreds of amateur fights and tendency to get injured); so it's very possible, the timing could be perfect for Smith who's now filled out at the weight and seems to hit harder.

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Let's see what he learned after his loss, I think he sees himself as a boxer puncher but he's probably more of a pure boxer. He also doesn't have much power or size for 135.

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It was only a matter of time before the blocking punches with his face strategy wouldn't work, but it's only 1 loss and he's a fun style so he'll be in entertaining fights.

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For Plant to stand any chance of winning he shouldn't go on the backfoot all the time and burn up his (limited) stamina, he needs to do his best Bivol (against Zurdo) impression.

However, I see Benavidez getting tagged a lot and even dropped but I see him getting a late stoppage win.

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With Benavidez squaring up all the time and his bad footwork, he'll be another big and easy to hit target for Bivol - not that I see the fight ever happening (we'll get the usual side of the street excuses).

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I agree that Taylor should win this, but Taylor could have peaked years ago and there's a question mark over the long term effects from his recent injuries (he seems injury prone).

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It's good that he's now more active, and with him being vocal like this he needs to up his competition. But he shouldn't be in a rush, he still needs to develop his offense and gain experience in full 12 round fights.

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Hopefully he's now more active, but he's had a very stop start career and he's admitted it's been due him going off on holiday or having injuries.