Comments Thread For: Joe Smith Busts Up Eleider Alvarez, Knocks Him Out in Ninth

[BigZ44]

Smith vs Shabranskyy or Pascal would be epic stylistically

Oh god, or Smith vs Yarde at the Copper Box so I can see Frank's eyes bug out of his head when Yarde gets knocked into another dimension

[MaksBox]

I don't know if he has lost his legs but ever since that first Kovalev fight, Eleider has been seeking KOs. It seems like he started to believe his own KO hype. He was a straight boxer vs the likes of Bute and Pascal.

YEP... He was traditionally a boxer then the media made him a KO artist...

[Superbee]

WAR Smith! Beterbiev V Smith would be insane.

You're joking, right... I could see him dicing it and possibly beating Pascal or Kovalev (the version we have now)...

Beterbiev would destroy him, but he would destroy anyone at LHW as we speak...

[BigZ44]

Fun day of boxing, 1 more fight on FS1 to check out

[BigZ44]

You're joking, right... I could see him dicing it and possibly beating Pascal or Kovalev (the version we have now)...

Beterbiev would destroy him, but he would destroy anyone at LHW as we speak...

There is legitimacy to what he is saying though. What LHW's would you give a better shot of beating Beterbiev at this point? Smith at least has the power to make that interesting and we've seen Beterbiev dropped multiple times before. Smith also has arguably the best jaw at 175, so if anyone can stand up to Beterbiev's shots it would be him. Smith winning a slugfest or Bivol out boxing Beterbiev are the 2 most likely L's for Beterbiev right now imo.

[Kannabis Kid]

You're joking, right... I could see him dicing it and possibly beating Pascal or Kovalev (the version we have now)...

Beterbiev would destroy him, but he would destroy anyone at LHW as we speak...

Beterbiev been dropped before he's not untouchable

[DeeMoney]

Hate to play the Transitive Theory here, but this kind of takes some of the luster off of what Kovalev is as of late

[ShoulderRoll]

You're joking, right... I could see him dicing it and possibly beating Pascal or Kovalev (the version we have now)...

Beterbiev would destroy him, but he would destroy anyone at LHW as we speak...

Beterbiev isn't God.

A blue collar, hard working, hard punching guy like Smith could have a chance against him.

[Afi23]

YEP... He was traditionally a boxer then the media made him a KO artist...

It irked me so much to see US boxing media painting him as a KO artist since the first Kovalev fight.
Anybody who has seen him move up the ranks on the Quebec scene know that he is not a power puncher but yes, at 175lbs, anybody can go with a well placed/timed rear hand.

The Eleider from the Bute/Pascal era would have never tried to "slug it out" with Joe Smith, he would have moved and boxed and if the right hand presents itself...

That being said, huge props to Joe Smith!

[anonymous2.0]

This was pretty much an unofficial WBO eliminator, I can see Smith's team and Top Rank pushing for the WBO LHW title shot.