Round-By-Round - Callum Smith vs. Eric Skoglund - September 16th 2017

[Loynesy]

Smith reminds me of Kelly Pavlik by how much he fights in straight lines.

I saw Kelly last night at the small hall Golden Boy card, he seemed on good form.

[punchers chance]

Smith stops the rot in the 8th.5-3 smith but its hard work

[Finn]

Smith has no answer to Skoglund's jab

How can a bloke with his height and reach he out-jabbed like that?

It's because he's standing too upright, he would be better off adopting typical gallagher tactics and just sitting on the guys chest and throwing the kitchen sink at him.

[Neil Gee]

I presume that Skoglund was ranked no 8 in the tourneyment. Funny how they never mention his ranking but keep banging on about how Smith is 2 and Groves 1.

[doctorboxing]

Smith reminds me of Kelly Pavlik by how much he fights in straight lines.

I saw Kelly last night at the small hall Golden Boy card, he seemed on good form.

Glad to hear he is doing ok, he seemed to be ready to become a real p4p contender before the Hopkins loss and then his personal problems.

[Neil Gee]

5-3-1 Smith.

[deadpan]

Do you reckon the arena is so darkly lit because it's a paltry attendance?

[Deno1986]

I'm convinced after seeing this that Groves would be a stylistic nightmare for Smith.

[diddy]

This fight is dead even for me which means Smith is up at least 3-4 points.

[Boxing Prospect]

...why is Mick Williamson working "across" Smith?
Get Gallagher out of the ring, let Mick have a clear view of Smith's cuts and work them head on...and have Gallagher give instructions over the ropes

[Neil Gee]

Joe Gallagher says Smith was coasting in the 10th but I gave it to Smith. 6-3-1.

[Counter-puncher]

Smith has no answer to Skoglund's jab

How can a bloke with his height and reach he out-jabbed like that?

Footwork and timing and head movement shifting agles

[Finn]

If smith gets through this groves will land his one twos on that static target with ease.

[TempleSlave]

Skoglund needs a KO at this stage and he's not gonna get it

[ILikeBeer]

Who was offended by the colourful language?

[Tugger28]

Has Paul Smith started offering out any Swedish women yet? The horrible c##t

[Counter-puncher]

Smiths footwork is horrible to watch

[deadpan]

Mock! Not heard that name in a few years.

[skanksta]

Entertaining win* from Smith, but I think he's shown he's not gonna be as good as we hoped.

*Unless something crazy happens of course

[Neil Gee]

Skoglund takes a knee in the 11th. Good stuff, Callum. Skoglund needs a ko for me.

[gazza8]

Smith isnt that great Groves and even Eubank could be a nightmare for him

[skanksta]

Who was offended by the colourful language?

Dear Points of View,

I am writing to say how disgusted I was to hear the language during the brutal fight between Callum Smith and Erik Skoglund - broadcast @ 11 pm. I was watching with my 7 year old daughter and my 4 year old son and I had to cover their ears. How do you explain Joe Gallagher's language during the heat of battle to young children ?!
Yours sincerely,

Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells.

[punchers chance]

117-111 Smith for me. Skoglund competitive through the fight with a good jab but didnt do enough overall.

[dookus]

Smith's stamina is unimpressive - by round 5 he was eating shots he'd been slipping away from easily in the first 4

[Andrew]

The knockdown won that for smith.

Really solid fight and the bookmakers got that very wrong.

Not impressed with smith at all. Always been suspect about him as his teams confidence in him.