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what a right hand

Damn!

Nice job Joe Smith....people know who you are now. I will say that blowouts can be quite flattering, and I'm not convinced that Smith is really a top guy at 175. He was already getting hit a lot and right before the first knockdown looked a bit shaken to me.

Great win by Smith Jr.

Hopefully he gets paid well in his next fight. Monaghan on a Jacobs undercard at the Barclays or a Fonfara rematch.

Superb win for Smith Jr and he's put his name in the mix,Fonfara's a big scalp at LHW and i can see Joe getting oppurtunities,i thought Fonfara was about to score the 1st round KO right before he caught tagged with that right hand,great finish as well,cant believe Fonfara stayed on his feet from the shot before the one that actually put him down

I didnt think much of the Warren/Payano rematch TBH,i thought the right man won,i had it 116-113,Payano is crude as hell and for a 2 time Olympian and former unbeaten world champ,he does a lot of things wrong,i know Warren is a slick fighter but the way Payano was reaching in the with the jab and letting his hands go in general was very amateurish,im surprised he's scored any KO's by the way he lets his hands go,Warren looked excellent in spells but too many lulls in his work and he very nearly allowed Payano to win which wouldve been unforgivable considering he already lost a close fight first time,he shouldve stamped his authority on the fight more,plus seeing as he's failed to medal at 3 Olympics he would start to be considered a choker

But hey ho he got the win so....

Wow. Fair play to Joe Smith jr, didn't see that coming at all. As crusader said, it can sometimes be hard to tell a lot from a 1st round KO so I'd quite like to see him get a few fights against a couple of gate-keeper type fighters to see if he can develop into a genuine contender instead of being fed straight to Stevenson or Kovalev.

shocked by Smith Jr / Fonfara result never saw that coming.

Enjoyed Payano/Warren, close fight again but right man won for me

Sudden shock upsets like that are why boxing is the best sport in the world if you ask me.

Fairplay to Smith he took it Fomfara from the opening bell and got rocked just before the big overhand right. He did finish very well considering he was probably almost as shocked as anyone. So he showed good power, good composure and good finishing, he might turn out to be a good one.

Reading the quotes Fonfara didn't make any excuses so credit to him too.

Smith looked like a cruiserweight, absolutely huge at the weight, can obviously bang - but he doesn't look like he's got much footwork or defence, so don't see him going far. Nice payday off the back of this hopefully though.

Thought Warren looked ok in spurts, but like his homeboy Broner, lazy.

What was the young black guy they showed, forgotten his name, only 20, now he looked class, the way he moved through the gears from round 1 to 3 with control was very impressive.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:What was the young black guy they showed, forgotten his name, only 20, now he looked class, the way he moved through the gears from round 1 to 3 with control was very impressive.

Erickson Lubin is his name. He looked pure class mate. His counterpunching was so accurate. Give him a couple of years and he could be fighting GGG.

keithmoonhangover wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:What was the young black guy they showed, forgotten his name, only 20, now he looked class, the way he moved through the gears from round 1 to 3 with control was very impressive.

Erickson Lubin is his name. He looked pure class mate. His counterpunching was so accurate. Give him a couple of years and he could be fighting GGG.

That's the guy, classy operator, and liked his attitude too, no bragging or horseshit, a guy still learning his craft.

Looked to have very decent power as well as all the flashy stuff, could be the future of the division.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

keithmoonhangover wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:What was the young black guy they showed, forgotten his name, only 20, now he looked class, the way he moved through the gears from round 1 to 3 with control was very impressive.

Erickson Lubin is his name. He looked pure class mate. His counterpunching was so accurate. Give him a couple of years and he could be fighting GGG.

That's the guy, classy operator, and liked his attitude too, no bragging or horseshit, a guy still learning his craft.

Looked to have very decent power as well as all the flashy stuff, could be the future of the division.

I agree mate. I've added him to my Boxrec Watch List after the first round.

There's a watch list function!?

jamesmcdonnell wrote:There's a watch list function!?

Whoever it is you want to keep an eye on go to their record and below where there pic is is a little watch symbol. Just click on that and it'll add the fighter to your list.

Stuarty30 wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:There's a watch list function!?

Whoever it is you want to keep an eye on go to their record and below where there pic is is a little watch symbol. Just click on that and it'll add the fighter to your list.

Christ, been coming here 14 years and never knew.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Stuarty30 wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:There's a watch list function!?

Whoever it is you want to keep an eye on go to their record and below where there pic is is a little watch symbol. Just click on that and it'll add the fighter to your list.

Christ, been coming here 14 years and never knew.

Haha. It's the best feature in the damn world.

keithmoonhangover wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Stuarty30 wrote:
Whoever it is you want to keep an eye on go to their record and below where there pic is is a little watch symbol. Just click on that and it'll add the fighter to your list.

Christ, been coming here 14 years and never knew.

Haha. It's the best feature in the damn world.

Is it genuinely worth using then? I've heard loads of people talk about it but I never think to use any of those type of features.

I've never used it, as I don't follow so many guys that I can't track them without it.

Boxerbeetle wrote:

keithmoonhangover wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
Christ, been coming here 14 years and never knew.

Haha. It's the best feature in the damn world.

Is it genuinely worth using then? I've heard loads of people talk about it but I never think to use any of those type of features.

I don't really use it. I generally tend to check the schedule every week anyway and then the results so I usually catch whoevers fighting. If you don't do that then it can be handy.

Boxerbeetle wrote:

keithmoonhangover wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
Christ, been coming here 14 years and never knew.

Haha. It's the best feature in the damn world.

Is it genuinely worth using then? I've heard loads of people talk about it but I never think to use any of those type of features.

I love it mate. Just click on it and see all the boxers on your shortlist that have fights scheduled. Click on them and see who they are fighting. It's class.

Just watched the Smith Fonfara fight. That Smith fella has shoulders like a f*cking aircraft hangar.

I hope we see more of him. Fighters like him are fun to watch.

They were calling him "Irish". Is he actually Irish or American who wants to be Irish but knows f*ck all about the country?

I had a bloke in my shop the other day telling me his Grandfather founded the IRA

He told me he was "Almost three quarters proud Irishman"