Stephen Smith v Lee Selby

[Realistic]

I tipped Selby as one to watch, inthink he will win this by stoppage. That said he does get caught too often so as long as he tucks up and throws his bombs he wins.

Did you have your money on this? Selby stated it was 100/1 for him to win on stoppage?

[Realistic]

Swifty will look exceptional in this fight! I fully expect him to shine! Stoppages are not the be all and end all! There great but you can still put in a great performance without stopping your opponent

Like you against Cleverly ;;-)

[MightyWarrior]

I tipped Selby as one to watch, inthink he will win this by stoppage. That said he does get caught too often so as long as he tucks up and throws his bombs he wins.

Wow great call there.

[johnnygreaves]

Feckin told you all. No one puts me down twice without being a touch of class . Lol. Well done lee!

[Realistic]

I tipped Selby as one to watch, inthink he will win this by stoppage. That said he does get caught too often so as long as he tucks up and throws his bombs he wins.

Wow great call there.

+1

[chiggsy]

swifty smith is not the same boxer as a pro as he was as an amateur.
he used to be an elusive defensive type of boxer and now he is like a 9 stone paul smith in that he is a brawler and a scrapper and he has way too much ability to be boxing like that.

[johnnygreaves]

Listen , when the favourite in boxing loses , the focus is in the name doing wrong. Let's out the focus on selby driving the masses wrong & scoring a great win. This boy really can fight , but not had the big build up. He's a really nice boy & would love you mob to get behind him.

[Boxing Pirate]

Smith got beaten, he got sparked out. In other words he wasnt good enough. Thats boxing.

Why there is an outpouring of sympathy for Smith shows me people do not know the sport.

As for Paul Smith, good fight against George Groves if it happens but he will lose.

[Neri]

Listen , when the favourite in boxing loses , the focus is in the name doing wrong. Let's out the focus on selby driving the masses wrong & scoring a great win. This boy really can fight , but not had the big build up. He's a really nice boy & would love you mob to get behind him.

All credit to Selby and the focus rightly should be on him as the rightful victor but you can't help but question the way Smith went about the fight. Anybody who has followed his career knows the way he fought tonight isn't his usual game and he was alot more reckless than usual. He was more like John Murray tonight.

[crusader]

Anyone else think that the KO blow looked like a forearm?

[Tommy Gunn13]

I missed this last night,has anyone got a link to the KO punch please
Reading this thread people should be praising Selby for what he done&not for what Swifty did wrong,sounds like Smith thought he could walk through him
Well thats one of Bombers predictions with his bubble burst,how long till Gavin&Price fall the same way?

[crusader]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Y_8kMLITE

[Tommy Gunn13]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Y_8kMLITE

Cheers that was some knockout,top marks Selby

[curtis wood]

shocking knockout, but smith was getting hit clean with so many shots it seemed just a matter of time to me,selby looked very good to me one to watch, i hope smith can come back from this i remember watching him spar a few years back when he was a amatuer and went away thinking wow hes top notch, but the few times ive seen him box as a pro he seems to have changed his style completey and become more of a pressure fighter when i watched him spar he was a very sharp counter puncher, like i said really hope he can come back because he has loads of tools to work with but all credit to selby he really took his chance last night and i look forward to seeing him fight again

[DannyNaz]

I really am not sure gallagher is a top top trainer. He made John Murray into a good fighter with his marauding come forward bar brawling style. But does he push his other fighters to adopt that style?? Works for some fighters but when you have the class boxing of s smith etc you don't need to just Plowright forward in straight lines!!
Selby was great let's not forget that!! But smith in the amateurs was far more elusive skilful than what he showed last night!

[billy nelson]

John Simpson called me from his honeymoon in cyprus and has begged us to try and get him selby! Credit to Stephen who's a very dignified man and a credit to our sport.

[leforge]

John Simpson called me from his honeymoon in cyprus and has begged us to try and get him selby! Credit to Stephen who's a very dignified man and a credit to our sport.

That be a cracking fight!

[sgtcecil]

John Simpson called me from his honeymoon in cyprus and has begged us to try and get him selby! Credit to Stephen who's a very dignified man and a credit to our sport.

Hope you get it set up billy. Would be nice for this to happen in scotland but I very much doubt that would happen.

Has Frank Maloney still got options on John?

[los2]

I really am not sure gallagher is a top top trainer. He made John Murray into a good fighter with his marauding come forward bar brawling style. But does he push his other fighters to adopt that style?? Works for some fighters but when you have the class boxing of s smith etc you don't need to just Plowright forward in straight lines!!
Selby was great let's not forget that!! But smith in the amateurs was far more elusive skilful than what he showed last night!

good post

[Gray-Fox]

LOL, looking back at some of the predictions and what actually happened just confirms that most of you are heart over head fans.

Swifty looked dead in that weigh-in picture. Not to mention he was just overrated from day one anyway.

[billy nelson]

LOL, looking back at some of the predictions and what actually happened just confirms that most of you are heart over head fans.

Swifty looked dead in that weigh-in picture. Not to mention he was just overrated from day one anyway.

I agree he may move up in weight i thought he looked drawn in the ring but this lad is very very talented and his balls were firmly placed correctly,good luck swifty!

[Josh1111]

I really am not sure gallagher is a top top trainer. He made John Murray into a good fighter with his marauding come forward bar brawling style. But does he push his other fighters to adopt that style?? Works for some fighters but when you have the class boxing of s smith etc you don't need to just Plowright forward in straight lines!!
Selby was great let's not forget that!! But smith in the amateurs was far more elusive skilful than what he showed last night!

I was going to post something very similar. I think Gallagher needs to take a long hard look at his tactics and come up with a plan B. All his fighters in recent months have fought the same and have all come off second best. Macklin, Murray and now Swifty. Smith looked like a completely different fighter than he did in his last fight.

[allahsnackbar]

I missed this last night,has anyone got a link to the KO punch please
Reading this thread people should be praising Selby for what he done&not for what Swifty did wrong,sounds like Smith thought he could walk through him
Well thats one of Bombers predictions with his bubble burst,how long till Gavin&Price fall the same way?

bellew also predicted cox would go all the way.

bellew will predict that anyone from liverpool will win the fight so dont take his predictions too seriously

[Tommy Gunn13]

I missed this last night,has anyone got a link to the KO punch please
Reading this thread people should be praising Selby for what he done&not for what Swifty did wrong,sounds like Smith thought he could walk through him
Well thats one of Bombers predictions with his bubble burst,how long till Gavin&Price fall the same way?

bellew also predicted cox would go all the way.

bellew will predict that anyone from liverpool will win the fight so dont take his predictions too seriously

I only mentioned it as he has said on this forum at differant times Gavin,Price&Smith will be world champions,a loss isnt the end of the world but that was a bad knockout..(none of the above will be world champions)

[Counter-puncher]

Selby saying he'll beat Swifty at whatever game he chooses.

Let's hope you fight then, Lee. Don't run.

aye, don't run, Lee. stand there and fight, you neevr know what might happen............