Mr Smith to Bring Justice to Ginger

Saturday 19 December 2020

I believe Callum Smith will beat Canelo tonight. I've only seen seen the Brit fight once, against George Groves, but that was more than enough for me. Groves was a high-class performer with great movement and decent power, but a suspect chin. Not only did Smith get a TKO against him, he thoroughly outmaneuvered and outclassed him. That was a hell of a statement.

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is a drugs cheat who has no business still being in the ring. If boxing were a clean sport, where the welfare of fighters was taken seriously, Canelo would never fight again, and would have faced charges of reckless endangerment or assault for taking a muscle-building substance in the build-up to his 2018 clash with Genady Golovkin. Instead he got six months off from the ring, which is less than nothing. I think every article that covers Canelo should call this offense out loud and clear. He's a cheat, who takes illegal substances that supercharge his ability to inflict damage. It's no different to putting a horseshoe in his gloves.

I believe Callum Smith is a class above him, as a fighter and as a man. Where Canelo got exposed against Mayweather, he was able to claw back some credit against Genady Golovkin, though Golovkin was fading as a force at that point in his career, and gave away too much size to the drugs cheat who goes by the nick-name 'Canelo' (meaning "Ginger"). Callum Smith is a different prospect entirely - a skilled, dominant, confident fighter in his prime, who has a size advantage.

My prediction is that Callum Smith will out-class Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez completely, much in the mode of Calzaghe vs Lacy.

It is a stain on the sport of boxing that a man could cheat, get his best result as a fighter by cheating, and yet retain the credit for that result without ever paying any price, despite being found-out. Alvarez has been rewarded over and over for cheating with huge pay-days and top ranking. 

It is my hope that Smith serves him some justice tonight. 

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