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Coco wrote: ↑01 Jul 2024, 06:08 Big step up for Kelly, fell well short v Ava

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑05 Jul 2024, 14:12 kinda a crapshoot. prime smith grinds kelly for the win, but he looked awful last fight. was it the ankle? maybe, but he's also got a lot of miles on the clock (16 years pro/almost 40 fights) and injuries can recur. kelly isnt all that but can probably fiddle around enough to beat a washed up smith.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑01 Jul 2024, 06:22

Coco wrote: ↑01 Jul 2024, 06:08 Big step up for Kelly, fell well short v Ava

Funny how Benn kept saying he was gonna fight Kelly and kept calling him out before he was fighting Ava.

But as soon as Ava beat up Kelly, he never called out Ava once.

Would love an Ava vs. Benn fight.

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑05 Jul 2024, 15:43

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑05 Jul 2024, 14:12 kinda a crapshoot. prime smith grinds kelly for the win, but he looked awful last fight. was it the ankle? maybe, but he's also got a lot of miles on the clock (16 years pro/almost 40 fights) and injuries can recur. kelly isnt all that but can probably fiddle around enough to beat a washed up smith.

definitely makes it interesting doesn't it.

stevec@france wrote: ↑07 Sep 2024, 07:03

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑05 Jul 2024, 15:43

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑05 Jul 2024, 14:12 kinda a crapshoot. prime smith grinds kelly for the win, but he looked awful last fight. was it the ankle? maybe, but he's also got a lot of miles on the clock (16 years pro/almost 40 fights) and injuries can recur. kelly isnt all that but can probably fiddle around enough to beat a washed up smith.

definitely makes it interesting doesn't it.

didnt smith have a back problem that took ages to heal and prevented training for eubanks .

TBF I can see either smith or kelly winning but just favour beefy slightly based on experience and sheer grit .
If kelly cant stop him or get way ahead on early rounds I see him going plastic .

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 Sep 2024, 04:43

Smith on whether it will be difficult to know what version of Josh Kelly will turn up for their fight
“There’s loads of ways of looking at it, they think he’s this beast all of the sudden, do you know what I mean? ‘Josh Kelly is the fuckin’ animal, this massive puncher.’...if he’s this beast we’ll see next week but I know what Josh Kelly we’re getting. We’ll get the flash Josh Kelly, moves his legs and tries to dance about the ring. Be realistic, he’s not going to stand in the middle of the ring and fight me.”

On where he thinks Kelly rates in comparison to other fights he might’ve pursued instead
“Josh is just a nightmare one that you’re going to have to fiddle out, you’re going to have to break him down...a one-round fight with anyone, Josh Kelly can put up a fight with anyone, you know what I mean?...he’s tricky but it’s a 12-round fight for a reason.”

On his past sparring sessions with Kelly and Kelly insinuating he got the best of it
“I’ve been honest my whole fuckin’ career. If I’ve been fucked by worst fighters than Kelly in sparring that’s just the way sparring goes. We had a good 10-round sparring the first day, I was happy with it, very happy with it. And he came again on the Friday and ran around the ring.”

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑07 Sep 2024, 13:40

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑07 Sep 2024, 04:43

Smith on whether it will be difficult to know what version of Josh Kelly will turn up for their fight
“There’s loads of ways of looking at it, they think he’s this beast all of the sudden, do you know what I mean? ‘Josh Kelly is the fuckin’ animal, this massive puncher.’...if he’s this beast we’ll see next week but I know what Josh Kelly we’re getting. We’ll get the flash Josh Kelly, moves his legs and tries to dance about the ring. Be realistic, he’s not going to stand in the middle of the ring and fight me.”

On where he thinks Kelly rates in comparison to other fights he might’ve pursued instead
“Josh is just a nightmare one that you’re going to have to fiddle out, you’re going to have to break him down...a one-round fight with anyone, Josh Kelly can put up a fight with anyone, you know what I mean?...he’s tricky but it’s a 12-round fight for a reason.”

On his past sparring sessions with Kelly and Kelly insinuating he got the best of it
“I’ve been honest my whole fuckin’ career. If I’ve been fucked by worst fighters than Kelly in sparring that’s just the way sparring goes. We had a good 10-round sparring the first day, I was happy with it, very happy with it. And he came again on the Friday and ran around the ring.”

At least facially he looks trim

tony1234 wrote: ↑14 Sep 2024, 09:14 Anyone got Conor Benn's number ?

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑14 Sep 2024, 15:32 Does anyone know if it is it getting rearranged or cancelled?

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑14 Sep 2024, 16:15

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑14 Sep 2024, 15:32 Does anyone know if it is it getting rearranged or cancelled?

I believe they want to get a replacement for the card.

Maybe the fight will get re-arranged ..
But don’t see it