Why does Paul smith get such a rough time on here?

[Rexob]

I like him, he is bolshy but then he is a scouser so there we have it. His good points are he is smart, quick witted and had good points to make, if I remember rightly, he left here after being needled off a few of the ESB crew (who have now long gone) who were led by an arsehole named robpalmer135.

So you have to be a Scouser to be Bolshy? bit of a generalisation if I ever heard one

Fuvck off you twat - how's that for bolshy?

I am not a scouser either.

Now now fatty, calm down,

[handsofstone]

Isn't there another weigh in today?

Smith has boobed big time with this one,especially as he was pushing for the fight to be made at 170,this happened to Ward last time out against Rodriguez who weighed 190+ come fight night,Andre was complaining quite rightly so that this is a regular occurrence these days,I can't believe Paul would be so stupid,only yesterday on here people were questioning his dedication and unwillingness to move down to MW,now this,its beggars belief

I'm not clued up on weight and hydration etc but I heard Eddie say something about the flying and water retention, surely it can't be that bad that Smigga comes in at Cruiserweight??

[Tarkus]

Love handles and man boobs. Clearly Paul did not even bother to train. Ward stoppage is suddenly looks like a sure thing.

[expe]

Isn't there another weigh in today?

Smith has boobed big time with this one,especially as he was pushing for the fight to be made at 170,this happened to Ward last time out against Rodriguez who weighed 190+ come fight night,Andre was complaining quite rightly so that this is a regular occurrence these days,I can't believe Paul would be so stupid,only yesterday on here people were questioning his dedication and unwillingness to move down to MW,now this,its beggars belief

I'm not clued up on weight and hydration etc but I heard Eddie say something about the flying and water retention, surely it can't be that bad that Smigga comes in at Cruiserweight??

For every lb Smith is above 12st 13 at 11 US time today he loses another $5k.

In all honesty I don't think Smith's made much effort to make the weight, flying does mess with the body because of the changes in air pressure, but he flew out last week so if that was true they would have known as soon as he got on the scales after landing.

[banjo]

He got a rough time on here because he started arguments all the time, a user of the old classic "If you've never boxed you can't comment" line.

[tony1234]

Gifted a shot he didn't deserve and then doesn't train properly, shameful

[Yes We Can]

the dream fight we've been waiting yeeeeeeears to experience thinking it may be nothing more than a mythical figment of our wildest dreams is now on the cards thanks to this glorious tactical decision by team Smith



Smigga vs Bellew.

World title eliminator,

in the words of kurt angle, oooooohhhh its true, its true.

[Bosh Dorigo]

the dream fight we've been waiting yeeeeeeears to experience thinking it may be nothing more than a mythical figment of our wildest dreams is now on the cards thanks to this glorious tactical decision by team Smith

Smigga vs Bellew

What a horrible thought, can you imagine the build up to that?

[chiggsy]

Paul stopped posting on here the day before the degale fight.

He told everyone on here they were in for a shock and then lost every minute of every round before getting stopped in his home town and obviously didn't fancy the endless amount of smug pisstaking that lay in store on his return.

No shame in that mind as degales proven himself one of the best in the world.

To be honest if i was a fighter i wouldn't come on here either,even floyd mayweather gets stick !!

[Tarkus]

I like a new poster from fake Frank

[Kingfield]

They should just cancel the fight and ward should sue smith for loss of earnings.

[rd350lc]

Be funny if after all that he knocked Ward out in the 1st.

yep ,thats's really likely to happen is that

[palooka]

It is not a fair situation, Smith and his training team should be ashamed; Ward will hammer him any way but now I'll be urging him on.

[tony1234]

If he carries on eating he will be David Price's next opponent

[bripez]

I understand that the fight was originally to be made at 172 pounds but was moved to 170 at the insistence of Smith.

Just read that the day before the weigh in Smith was 8 pounds over the weight.

This is at least the third time one of Eddie's boxers have come in over on a big fight (Fielding and I think that Purdy was over?) and it won't do his reputation any good on the top stage if his boxers are missing the agreed weights.

As many others have said, it is not as if Smith looks like Randal Munroe used to look or a Carl Frampton without an ounce to spare, so what is he playing at ?

[Tomasino]

Paul stopped posting on here the day before the degale fight.

He told everyone on here they were in for a shock and then lost every minute of every round before getting stopped in his home town and obviously didn't fancy the endless amount of smug pisstaking that lay in store on his return.

No shame in that mind as degales proven himself one of the best in the world.

To be honest if i was a fighter i wouldn't come on here either,even floyd mayweather gets stick !!

Aye but fornicate Floyd, who's he ever fought? He's been ducking Amir Khan for years

[tony1234]

I could understand if his ribs were poking through his skin but when he is as fleshy as that it is so unprofessional

[Ricky_]

Shouldn't the title of this thread be Cruiserweight Paul Smith?

[kamicazze]

Robin Reid, Gary Lockett, Smith the latest in a long honourable tradition

The robin Reid instance?

[Boxerbeetle]

They should just cancel the fight and ward should sue smith for loss of earnings.

The last thing Ward needs is more time out of the ring to fight another legal battle

[Counter-puncher]

Robin Reid, Gary Lockett, Smith the latest in a long honourable tradition

The robin Reid instance?

Fat and undertrained for the Lacy fight in the USA

[MrJasonM]

I am trying to think of an excuse why Smith is so over the weight, it's clear he knew he was never going to make the weight.

Has he just not trained? Is this a deliberate tactic to try and outmuscle ward and be the stronger man?

It's poor form and the fact he has lost 45k seems odd if it is the first one, as if it is just a payday for him then you would have thought that he would want every penny.

And if its the latter one and he wants to try and outmuscle Ward then you would have thought he would have more muscularity to him, to be polite.

[JimJim2009]

If you've fought at 160lbs and then 168lbs all your career I don't understand why you would want to face a formidable opponent weighing more than you usually do. It will not sharpen your own skills. Look at cleverly, he was poor with the added weight against bellow. If weighing 175lbs means the best Paul smith then he should have been campaigning at light heavyweight...

[Pugilist-specialist]

Shouldn't the title of this thread be Cruiserweight Paul Smith?

Yep, he's above light-heavy. Poor from Smith and Gallagher.

[Boxerbeetle]

Robin Reid, Gary Lockett, Smith the latest in a long honourable tradition

The robin Reid instance?

Fat and undertrained for the Lacy fight in the USA

Didn't Reid claim he could only train by the hotel pool for that one?