Originally posted by MDPopescu
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Why doesn't Callum Smith get the same praise as Usyk?
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Originally posted by BangEM View PostEveryone acts like Usyk is the best thing since slice bread because he won the same tourney Callum Smith won for his weight class. And Callum Smith did it in a more spectacular fashion because Usyk struggled with two boxers and won one of them by a SD. Prior to the tourney - Usyk didn't fight anyone and I remember seeing him struggle against some African boxer.
It's a mix anti-British bias and overrating Eastern European boxers like most have been doing of late.
Breidis, Gassiev and Huck were better regarded than Skoglund, Holzken and Groves by so far it ain't even a real comparison. That's not to say Mundo ain't a really good fighter, cos he is, but in terms of accomplishments they aren't particularly close.
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Originally posted by DuckAdonis View PostThat fight arguably should have been stopped in the last round lol what are you talking about. Hunter was out on his feet, he was lucky the ref didn't jump in.
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Your right.
Super close fight with Erik Skoglund(who?) before knocking him down and struggling against ancient replacement kickboxer Nieky Holzken(lol), before stopping an ancient tiny cameroonian is the stuff legends are made out of.
One was in a bracket involving the best in his division. The other was in a british-loaded joke.
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Originally posted by DuckAdonis View PostBecause he didn't become undisputed and clean out the division dummy
Get this idiot out of here, man. Your mum is a dummy. What a pleb!Last edited by BangEM; 10-05-2019, 07:46 AM.
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Usyk I think gets a bit of a boost just for being Ukrainian. With Lomachenko and The Klitschko’s, I think Ukrainians are instant boogeymen. Like I said, just a bit of a boost. This isn’t anything major. I think it has a LOT more to do with the Cruiserweight tourney being a **** ton more stacked. Lots of 0’s at the end of people’s records throughout that whole tourney
Callum Smith could break into the North American market pretty darn good if he picks up a win against Caleb Plant and/or David Benavidez. Beating one or both of them will propel his popularity quite a bit. Both of them are currently more popular on this side of the world
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