Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith | DAZN / SKY - 16 November 2024

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Is this on prime time for UK fans or catering for the US considering the fighters on it?

Prime time uk baby!

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It's gonna be Sky Sports Mix.

So you don't even need Sky Sports sub.

Just Sky signature

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[skanksta]

I don't get all the peeps saying this is a mismatch ?

I think you'd have to fancy Zurdo, for the sheer class, but CBS is such an over-performing trier and talk of Zurdo being naturally bigger isn't right either ?
Zurdo DID look fine @ CW but he weighed in @ 195 (ish not googling?) didn't he and - ya - looked good, but The Ghoul was pretty inactive, ripe for being outboxed etc...

In short Zurdo is favourite yeah, but do you really wanna bet on him @ 4/11 like that's some mistake and CBS has no chance ?!
Not for me.

[skanksta]

Correcting myself - he was 191 vs JSJ and 199 (and looking good tbf) vs The Ghoul.

[keithmoonhangover]

I don't get all the peeps saying this is a mismatch ?

I think you'd have to fancy Zurdo, for the sheer class, but CBS is such an over-performing trier and talk of Zurdo being naturally bigger isn't right either ?
Zurdo DID look fine @ CW but he weighed in @ 195 (ish not googling?) didn't he and - ya - looked good, but The Ghoul was pretty inactive, ripe for being outboxed etc...

In short Zurdo is favourite yeah, but do you really wanna bet on him @ 4/11 like that's some mistake and CBS has no chance ?!
Not for me.

Already have.

If CBS didn't have a chance, Zurdo would be 1/100.

CBS has a chance, but Zurdo a better boxer, he's busier, a southpaw, it's Golden Boy's promotion and Chris isn't on home soil.

[margaret thatcher]

i havent seen that many people say its a mismatch tbf, just a few

[KiwiRider]

I think it will be competitive.
I got a tenner on CBS, and that's all I was prepared to risk though.

[tony1234]

Gonna be shown live on Sky Sports too

A surprise but good news.

[handsofstone]

This is gonna be class, I know it, might be technical early but both love a scrap and can whack hard enough, don't like to write Billam-Smith off again but I've always rated Ramirez despite the meh CV

[freddy73]

Anyone else notice you can't set this to record on Sky - Sky Sports Mix or Main Event..

Never experienced that before, suggests it may be a DAZN simulcast rather that a regular hosted Sky broadcast.

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Anyone else notice you can't set this to record on Sky - Sky Sports Mix or Main Event..

Never experienced that before, suggests it may be a DAZN simulcast rather that a regular hosted Sky broadcast.

I'll try it tonight when i get home and let you know.

Did a quick check and its not on Showcase.

[tony1234]

Anyone else notice you can't set this to record on Sky - Sky Sports Mix or Main Event..

Never experienced that before, suggests it may be a DAZN simulcast rather that a regular hosted Sky broadcast.

It's not even on the Virgin planner yet

[freddy73]

Anyone else notice you can't set this to record on Sky - Sky Sports Mix or Main Event..

Never experienced that before, suggests it may be a DAZN simulcast rather that a regular hosted Sky broadcast.

Seems to have been a temporary issue, can set to record now..

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Got the weigh in now

[THEBUTCH]

It's a tough challenge for Bilham-Smith but he's as ready as he'll ever be.

All those hard opponents Chris was prepared to face rather than duck & dive his way into big fights will hopefully serve him well.

Shane McGuigan knows how to put a game plan together and has a lot of faith in Chris.

Ramirez is a different kettle of fish to anyone Bilham-Smith has faced before but Chris has risen to the challenge time & again.

[Coco]

It's a tough challenge for Bilham-Smith but he's as ready as he'll ever be.

All those hard opponents Chris was prepared to face rather than duck & dive his way into big fights will hopefully serve him well.

Shane McGuigan knows how to put a game plan together and has a lot of faith in Chris.

Ramirez is a different kettle of fish to anyone Bilham-Smith has faced before but Chris has risen to the challenge time & again.

Pretty much always predicted against Smith, have always been wrong

[margaret thatcher]

i thought he'd beat big rick the first time around , lost that one. though i did pick against him vs okolie and he got that one

[Frostieballs]

I think CBS might do this far easier than anyone expects….. he seems to rise to the level required.

[Glass Joe]

Think people are over selling Ramirez. Probably CBS fairly comfortable points win.

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Fight Night!!

[NoScoutingReports]

Hoping CBS can pull this off, great bloke and not many, if any, would have predicted him fighting for unified world titles at any stage of his career. Hoping his experience and natural size at the weight can help him over the line, no doubt Shane will have a thorough game plan in place but Zurdo is a solid operator, albeit with a fairly light resume considering the number of fights he's had at 'world level' (this being only his 2nd at CW).

[ShadrachSimmo]

Think people are over selling Ramirez. Probably CBS fairly comfortable points win.

Yup same. It’s a proper 50/50 fight in my opinion. CBS @2/1 is a decent price.

[keithmoonhangover]

Think people are over selling Ramirez. Probably CBS fairly comfortable points win.

Yup same. It’s a proper 50/50 fight in my opinion. CBS @2/1 is a decent price.

This is where the idea of value betting falls down. I see CBS at 5-1. I'm not saying I'm right and I'm not saying you're right, but one or both of us could be wrong. I'm got some money on Zurdo, but I hope Chris wins.

[jameswilson]

CBS is very easy to hit and this has been the case even when he was fighting British eliminators. Ramirez will definitely land and outbox him in my opinion. Will CBs be able to overpower Ramirez with his natural size? I ain’t so sure. The evidence points to Ramirez not being a puncher at Cruiserweight tho and 25lbs is a big jump.

I’m not betting on this one but if I was I think I’d go Ramirez pts provided I’m getting decent odds.