There’s a near impossible chance that Shakur actually comes over to the UK if we are realistic. Think Smith deserves a big payday like this though after recent performances, & I’d definitely be rooting in that corner
Maybe unpopular opinion, but I don't have much desire to see Smith-Azim anymore. I like what Azim has shown so far, but he's been really inactive as of late which does nothing to progress him any further towards that World Level people proclaim he is. Smith's level is higher imo
No matter how you see it win/lose, Smith put up a brilliant performance there imo. Either guy really could have got it, but by that performance he's clearly the most skilled fighter in the UK at the moment imo.
Great, entertaining chess match over 12 between Smith/Puello. I thought Smith was fantastic early on, but Puello certainly got some rounds back towards late stages there & did excellent with the left hand in his own right. 1 up for Smith on my card, could swing either way imo.
Interesting & close fight I feel here after 6 rounds. Got Smith a couple ahead after 6 and I think he's landing a bit more accurately so far here, but Puello doing a good job especially with the left at points. Good fight
It looked a solid card for me on paper, but MR really could have put one or two more competitive matches on this card. Already at the main event nearly. This is why DAZN Ultimate is such bs. Selling these barely average Fight Night cards as part of the thrilling 'Ultimate'
Would be by far the best fight in boxing in recent times if it gets made. Both are upper echelon P4P fighters right now arguably. If anyone's going to stop the unstoppable force of Inoue, it's going to be someone with the skill / explosiveness of Bam imo
Naoya Inoue’s agent, John Lewis, tells @ringmagazine he’s working with Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith to finalize a deal for a Monster-Bam Rodriguez super fight in March in Tokyo 🇯🇵
If Smith is victorious, at least for me personally, he'd be one of the few in with a shout of being fighter of the year with two wins over guys in that B+-A category at 140. Navarette-Foster is the fight with more at stake, and a potential great action fight there too.
Really good landscape overall this weekend for boxing, with 2 highly interesting main events in Smith-Puello / Navarette-Foster. I really like this Smith-Puello fight especially, & it's a different challenge for Smith to that of his incredible win to claim gold over Matias.
Can't just be me thinking that boxing is in a really worrying state if it's relying on horribly overpriced fighters like Haney, who hasn't even fought & probably won't this year. Boxing should not be rewarding low output, entitled 'fighters' like Deebo Dev, whatever that means🤦♂️
Not a bad fight on paper, but for a fighter that likes to boast about his greatness so much on social media, Haney is more than just inactive. It feels it’s been 1 fight a year for the past few now. A lot of this is happening rn, especially with the American fighters
Devin Haney and Liam Paro have agreed to meet in a WBO and IBF welterweight unification bout before the end of the year in the U.S., sources tell @ringmagazine. Haney’s first fight since November 2025 when he defeated Brian Norman. Paro’s only loss a split-decision to Richardson Hitchins.
There’s no reason that Benavidez shouldn’t be fighting Opetaia, but it’s boxing’s wonderful slogan that more things change, more they just stay the same, ig. We really don’t need to be marinating some of these fights imo
I have my outrage bursts when things stall on the politics side of things in boxing (admittedly maybe extra at times) but with everything from now-end of year can’t really complain much:
- Smith-Puello
- Navarrete-Foster
- Canelo-Mbili
- Bivol-Smith
- AJ-Fury
Nice lineup.
Rio is an absolute attacking machine. If he's this good, just imagine his potential in 2/3 years man. Most impressive player performance I've seen in a Liverpool shirt in quite some time, I'll say that
As a basic lad with a petite for stuff like this, & boxing ofc, sounds awesome. Just fingers crossed it's better than whatever that Undisputed bombardment of a game was, lol
Jesus man, that's just a cold assist from Ngumoha. What a goal. As much as I've moaned so far, team seemed to have woke up at the end of the 1st half there, fortunately
Mac Allister with 1 back is a good sign & feel he's been one of the rare strong points for us so far here, if any, beside a couple of the youngsters. We easily could still have a shout in this game but not been good enough so far & changes desperately needed at HT.
The way one Villarreal attacker alone can cut through 4 of our defenders with a piece of cake at the minute. The defending is abysmal, something needs changing already here I'd argue.