Artur Beterbiev vs. Joe Smith Jr. | Sky Sports - 18 June 2022

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[brilo33]

joe looks 6ft 3 to me no way is beter is 5, 11 joe 6ft ,

[gregregegg]

Both look in great shape. weirdly i think beterbiev looks more weight drained than smith, even though smith looks bigger and they both made 175...

wonder what there fight night weight will be, gotta be near 200lb.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Stats and Stakes

Artur Beterbiev

Age: 37
Titles: IBF Light Heavyweight (2017-Present, 5 Defenses); Lineal/TBRB/WBC Light Heavyweight (2019-Present, 2 Defenses)
Previous Titles: None
Height: 5’11 ½
Weight: 175 lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Khasavyurt, Russia
Record: 17-0, 17 KO
Record in Major Title Fights: 6-0, 6 KO
Last Five Opponents: 101-3-1 (.967)
Notable Outcomes, TBRB and/or Ring Rated Foes: Tavoris Cloud KO2; Gabriel Campillo KO4; Oleksandr Gvozdyk TKO10; Marcus Browne KO9
Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: None

vs.

Joe Smith Jr.

Age: 32
Current Title: WBO Light Heavyweight (2021-Present, 1 Defense)
Previous Titles: None
Height: 6’0
Weight: 174 ½ lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Long Island, New York
Record: 28-3, 22 KO, 1 KOBY
Press Rankings: #2 (TBRB), #3 (Ring, BoxRec), #4 (ESPN)
Record in Major Title Fights: 2-1 (1 KO)
Last Five Opponents: 129-8 (.942)
Notable Outcomes, TBRB and/or Ring Rated Foes: Andrzej Fonfara TKO1; Sullivan Barrera L10; Dmitry Bivol L12; Jesse Hart SD10; Eleider Alvarez TKO9
Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: Bernard Hopkins KO8

[Dioufy]

Joe getting banged. Probs 7-9 I reckon.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Finally here!!

Will be doing a proper RBR thread on the CS..

Will post the details on here too, but if you Brits wanna jump over to the other side for that. I know most usually do.

[jimmystone]

joe looks 6ft 3 to me no way is beter is 5, 11 joe 6ft ,

Joe's listed height is more likely to be genuine. Artur's listed height will be when he's wearing his trainers, same as Fury and pretty much all the NBA up until a year or two ago.

[gregregegg]

80-1 jo smith round 1 KO.... also 1-4 and 1-6 and just to win.... but round 1 is the real dream.

[handsofstone]

There Will Be Blood

[samwbr]

Really looking forward to this, should be vicious stuff.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Really looking forward to this, should be vicious stuff.

Flippin hope so.

[ThereByTheGrace]

What's the ring walk time around 4? Will set alarm for half 3 but sometimes New York is 3?

[Ruthless-RKO]

What's the ring walk time around 4? Will set alarm for half 3 but sometimes New York is 3?

The main card is starting at 10 pm NY time.

We have a 10 rounder which will likely go the distance.

Then the main event.

10pm ET is 3am UK, however Sky Sports will begin broadcast at 2am. Maybe show one of the prom fights.

I’d say half 3 to 4am is main event. Just to be safe.

[Glass Joe]

I will Leave my window open, the birds will wake me up near 4am

[ThereByTheGrace]

What's the ring walk time around 4? Will set alarm for half 3 but sometimes New York is 3?

The main card is starting at 10 pm NY time.

We have a 10 rounder which will likely go the distance.

Then the main event.

10pm ET is 3am UK, however Sky Sports will begin broadcast at 2am. Maybe show one of the prom fights.

I’d say half 3 to 4am is main event. Just to be safe.

Thank you. Half 3 it is!!

[Manchester Hitman]

I just saw that Arum said it’s a done deal for Beterbiev - Yarde next if he wins. I hope Arthur gets
the job done.

[Glass Joe]

Yarde goes from Fighting British level fighters to world-class fighters, there's no in-between

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Date: Saturday June 18, 2022
Location: Hulu Theater at MSG, New York City, NY
TV/Stream: ESPN / ESPN+

Start Times
ESPN+: 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT | 11 pm BST (Preliminary Card)
ESPN / ESPN+: 10 pm ET | 7 pm PT (Main Card)
Sky Sports: 2:30 am BST (Main Card)

Promoted by: Top Rank

Main Card

Unified WBC, IBF, WBO & Lineal Light Heavyweight Championship
Artur Beterbiev vs. Joe Smith Jr.

Vacant USBA & WBO Global Featherweight Championship
Robeisy Ramirez vs. Abraham Nova

Preliminary Card

6 Round Featherweight Bout
Bruce Carrington vs. Adrian Leyva

6 Round Welterweight Bout
Jahi Tucker vs. D’Andre Smith

6 Round Middleweight Bout
Troy Isley vs. Donte Stubbs

6/4 Round Super Bantamweight Bout
Floyd Diaz vs. Daniil Platonovschi

4 Round Super Welterweight Bout
Kieran Molloy vs. Jonathan Ryan

8 Round Super Welterweight Bout
Wendy Toussaint vs. Asinia Byfield

6 Round Super Welterweight Bout
Jahyae Brown vs. Keane McMahon

[rd350lc]

Yarde goes from Fighting British level fighters to world-class fighters, there's no in-between

Bit of a $hite or bust approach ,but fair play if it comes off .
We're always knocking for fighters not standing up.

[Manchester Hitman]

Yarde goes from Fighting British level fighters to world-class fighters, there's no in-between

Bit of a $hite or bust approach ,but fair play if it comes off .
We're always knocking for fighters not standing up.

I get Yarde’s career management has been bizarre at best, but if the fight comes off that will be another 7 figure payday to add to the Kovalev windfall...you can’t knock that TBF. He can retire afterwards with his financials secure which is the name of the game.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Right it’s half 2 on Sky Sports

[Monzon83]

I just saw that Arum said it’s a done deal for Beterbiev - Yarde next if he wins. I hope Arthur gets
the job done.

I hope Yarde gets paid well he has virtually no chance of winning that.

[margaret thatcher]

f@ck that, if bert wins let's get the undisputed vs bivol

if smith wins, well we already had bivol-smith and it was pretty boring. they have it reversed, if yarde's gonna fight one of the winners, it should be if smith wins

[daz74]

Right it’s half 2 on Sky Sports

Guide says 2am (just saying)

[Ruthless-RKO]

Right it’s half 2 on Sky Sports

Guide says 2am (just saying)

Yeh I saw that. But then I got a Sky sports notification saying it’s 2:30am on Sky Sports Action