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crusader wrote:Didn't see the fight....how competitive was it? I've seen a few comments on Twitter suggesting that it was a fairly close bout and that the cards were generous to Smith.

I did see Vera-Fielding and I'm not surprised by the outcome. Vera has looked past it for a while and his punch resistance has clearly been waning, as in his previous two fights he was stopped by Gabe Rosado and hurt by featherfisted MW Willie Monroe.

Competitive throughout and if rebrasse had more power he could have wobbled smith a bit as he was admiring his work a bit too much. Good for him to learn this now rather than against someone the next step up.

Fielding Vera was a disgrace. IJL completely lost control of it. Vera slipped, IJL too slow to react, vera tried to get up, fielding levelled him on his knees, vera continued to get up, IJL motioned to stop and wipe gloves etc & said something similar to vera, vera stopped and fielding levelled him with a left hook perfectly. Fielding opened up after that but not really landing, IJL jumped in early and stopped it.

Not fieldings fault at all.

Ian1973 wrote:Impressive performances by both Fielding and Smith.

I don't know who claimed the Smith vs Rebrasse fight was close on cards, it wasn't. Rebrasse was what Rebrasse is but Smith was ALWAYS on top and won undoubtedly by a good eight rounds. You could argue Rebrasse winning a couple of rounds but one judge I believe had Smith by shut out and that was by no means ridiculous.

Fielding blasted Vera out of there. Could do no more than that.

That's a bit of a simple round up of Fielding. Not fieldings fault but far too messy

I did say to myself after he got knocked down but kept coming 'frig me he has earned his purse tonight!' Really tough guy at that level. I'd back him to upset the apple cart against a lot of prospects.

Callum v Rocky will be a wild shootout, Rocky has deceptive power and Callum real spite in his body shots, how Rebrasse held up to them I don't know. He's a hard and proud man.

I bet Eddie keeps both guys well away from Sergey Khomitsky