Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Callum Smith - 19 December 2020

[My T Sharp]

Is Canelo finally going to show the world how to beat someone who is taller and has a nice jab

[Counter-puncher]

Is Canelo finally going to show the world how to beat someone who is taller and has a nice jab

Like Kovalev

[DrDuke]

Is Canelo finally going to show the world how to beat someone who is taller and has a nice jab

Kovalev actually fit this description.

[rd350lc]

Any ideas of ringwalk time for this ?

Can't be many giving Callum any chance here but I hope he acquitts himself well .Comes across as a decent lad .
Haven't really followed Alvarez's career in depth , Mayweather aside , who's given him any trouble ?

[My T Sharp]

Is Canelo finally going to show the world how to beat someone who is taller and has a nice jab

Like Kovalev

Yes good call

[Ruthless-RKO]

Any ideas of ringwalk time for this ?

Can't be many giving Callum any chance here but I hope he acquitts himself well .Comes across as a decent lad .
Haven't really followed Alvarez's career in depth , Mayweather aside , who's given him any trouble ?

It’s Texas.. i wanna say between half 3 til half 4.. will know more closer to the time.

[rd350lc]

Any ideas of ringwalk time for this ?

Can't be many giving Callum any chance here but I hope he acquitts himself well .Comes across as a decent lad .
Haven't really followed Alvarez's career in depth , Mayweather aside , who's given him any trouble ?

It’s Texas.. i wanna say between half 3 til half 4.. will know more closer to the time.

Thanks Ruth , catch it on Sunday morning in that case .

[dr_devious]

Haven't really followed Alvarez's career in depth , Mayweather aside , who's given him any trouble ?

Off the top of my head Lara, GGG, Jacobs and Kovalev outboxed him imo before getting KOd.

[DrDuke]

Haven't really followed Alvarez's career in depth , Mayweather aside , who's given him any trouble ?

Off the top of my head Lara, GGG, Jacobs and Kovalev outboxed him imo before getting KOd.

I had Lara winning, GGG winning the 1st fight and Kovalev up before the KO. In all those cases the judges' scores obviously were pro-Canelo.

I won't be surprised, if Smith edges the fight objectively, but he definitely will be behind on the cards. However, maybe it was Oscar's influence and without it Canelo won't be judge-aided anymore. We'll see.

Anyway, it's hard for me to imagine Smith hearing the final bell.

[dr_devious]

Smith will be hearing bells all right but not the final one.

[MightyWarrior]

Didn’t realise it was this weekend, it seems to have come round very fast for Smith...Hardly any preparation time, I know some say this is typical Alvarez tactics...Well at first glance Smith seems to have all the tools to give the Mexican a very hard night, let’s hope he’s got some serious self belief to go with his reach, chin and a very decent punch

[stujones]

Haven't really followed Alvarez's career in depth , Mayweather aside , who's given him any trouble ?

Off the top of my head Lara, GGG, Jacobs and Kovalev outboxed him imo before getting KOd.

I'd add Cotto to the list, thought he gave him problems with his speed and movement. No real qualms about the decision but Miguel Miguel definitely won some rounds

[garethhop]

Crikey, have you seen the undercard for this. Absolutely unbelievably bad

Canelo is going to be rinsing every penny for himself for this one isn't he?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Crikey, have you seen the undercard for this. Absolutely unbelievably bad

Canelo is going to be rinsing every penny for himself for this one isn't he?

Yeh. There’s literally just prospects.

[rio]

Great main event but as stated......what a shower of s**t the undercard is

[Omerta]

Haven't really followed Alvarez's career in depth , Mayweather aside , who's given him any trouble ?

Off the top of my head Lara, GGG, Jacobs and Kovalev outboxed him imo before getting KOd.

I'd add Cotto to the list, thought he gave him problems with his speed and movement. No real qualms about the decision but Miguel Miguel definitely won some rounds

Could arguably say khan too before he got smoked

[Finkel]

Off the top of my head Lara, GGG, Jacobs and Kovalev outboxed him imo before getting KOd.

I'd add Cotto to the list, thought he gave him problems with his speed and movement. No real qualms about the decision but Miguel Miguel definitely won some rounds

Could arguably say khan too before he got smoked

Good call!
Khan should have definitely been up on those cards.
He wasn't, but he should have been.

https://www.badlefthook.com/platform/am ... scorecards

[Ruthless-RKO]

[brilo33]

i think this is saul toughest test , i think the best smith can beat canelo , if this was smith after the groves win v ggg i would go smith, smith ups his game for bight fights , he has a good rangey jab aslo good one 2 power aswell , hes a tough and is good on the inside yea his last couple of fights he has been bellow par, but saul has had his off days too, austin trout, lara, saul is probblay my most favourite fighter of all time , but i think smith can win this

[Jimmy2020]

Most people buying won't give a fornicate about the undercard. They never do. I don't even know why they still bother with them, bit of exposure and experience of a big event I suppose. Be far better if the shows started at a reasonable hour, had 30 mins build up, main event and 30 minutes analysis and discussion. End.

[handsofstone]

Always thought this was a great match up, solid test at Super Middle for Canelo and better than the Saunders fight but the more i think about it the more i see Canelo folding Smith in similar fashion as Fielding, Canelo can be a slow starter so its crucial that Smith gets to work early, establishes the jab keeps on the outside but not to slow to gets his own shots off up close, Smith's a good inside fighter for his size and hits with enough authority to impress the judges, its always gonna be hard to win on points against Canelo but id imagine Smith's shots will impress more over there than Saunders fencing shots

Obviously rooting for Smith but Canelo is different gravy, think he brutalizes Smith to head and body and stops him in around 7

[brilo33]

Always thought this was a great match up, solid test at Super Middle for Canelo and better than the Saunders fight but the more i think about it the more i see Canelo folding Smith in similar fashion as Fielding, Canelo can be a slow starter so its crucial that Smith gets to work early, establishes the jab keeps on the outside but not to slow to gets his own shots off up close, Smith's a good inside fighter for his size and hits with enough authority to impress the judges, its always gonna be hard to win on points against Canelo but id imagine Smith's shots will impress more over there than Saunders fencing shots

Obviously rooting for Smith but Canelo is different gravy, think he brutalizes Smith to head and body and stops him in around 7

this is it though , this too me is the fight of the year ,super middelweight the best in the division
cant argue with you about saul being bisto , saul will come at him from the bell try to push callum to the ropes body shots , smith has got to try to take center of the ring and back saul with the jab and his quick 1 2 , maybe even toe 2 toe for the 1 st minute so saul knows he has power to hurt him, cause if saul starts to bully and contol the fight its over

[margaret thatcher]

who wants to bet that canelo is focused on killing that body

[DrDuke]

who wants to bet that canelo is focused on killing that body

Smith is 6′ 3″. It's higher than in cases of Povetkin, Hunter, Rivas and equals Usyk. Smith could've been a HW.

[Ruthless-RKO]

DAZN Partners With Cable Companies; Offering Fight On PPV, DAZN Sub For $69.99

The sports streaming company that predicted the demise of pay-per-view in boxing has taken on pay-per-view partners for its biggest boxing event of 2020.

BS.com has confirmed that the card headlined by the Canelo Alvarez-Callum Smith super middleweight title fight Saturday night at Alamodome in San Antonio will be made available via pay-per-view, as well as through DAZN. If consumers purchase the Alvarez-Smith show through traditional cable operators, they can watch five fights on the Alvarez-Smith card on their televisions and will receive a four-month subscription to DAZN for a suggested retail price of $69.99.

Those that purchase Alvarez-Smith via pay-per-view would receive a redeemable code to watch DAZN from January through April. Even though it defies DAZN’s message for the past 2½ years, its deal with cable operators will make the Alvarez-Smith event available to approximately 55 million cable subscribers in the U.S. and creates another revenue stream to help pay Alvarez and Smith.

DAZN’s primary strategy behind taking on pay-per-view partners, despite its consistent criticism of boxing’s pay-per-view model, is to make Alvarez’s high-profile fight available to casual and diehard boxing fans that haven’t tried DAZN to this point for whichever reason.

DAZN’s surprising pay-per-view partnership was first reported Tuesday morning by Sportico.com. BS.com has learned that DAZN could partner with DirecTV, the biggest satellite provider in the United States, in time for the Canelo-Smith event as well.

If viewers watch the Alvarez-Smith card on DAZN, the streaming service with which Alvarez has partnered for his past four fights, it’ll cost significantly less than on pay-per-view. DAZN costs $19.99 per month in the United States or $99.99 for a one-year subscription, which amounts to $8.33 monthly.

DAZN officially launched its boxing program in the United States in September 2018, when it offered a card headlined by heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s seventh-round stoppage of Alexander Povetkin from Wembley Stadium in London.

Mexico’s Alvarez signed what was supposed to be an 11-fight contract with DAZN in October 2018 that could’ve become worth $365 million for the four-division champion.

That ill-fated deal effectively ended last month after Alvarez sued DAZN and his former promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, because they couldn’t come to an agreement on his purse for his upcoming fight. The 30-year-old Alvarez wanted the $35 million purse to which he believed he was entitled as per terms of the aforementioned agreement and complete control on approving his opponents.

DAZN did not want to continue paying Alvarez that amount for his fights and repeatedly turned down proposed opponents because it was paying him so much money. Alvarez and DAZN quickly came to an agreement on the Smith fight, however, after Alvarez announced November 6 that his longtime partnership with Oscar De La Hoya’s company came to an end.

Alvarez is not contractually obliged to DAZN following the Smith fight, though he is believed to be open to working with DAZN again after facing Smith. Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) and England’s Smith (27-0, 19 KOs) will fight for Smith’s WBA “super” 168-pound championship and the vacant WBC super middleweight title.