1/11 ESPN: Jesse Hart vs Joe Smith Jr
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This may turn out to be a good event. Want to see how Hart performs and get another look at the Xander Zayas kid. Adorno brothers are on the card too.
i honestly think hart will get clipped this time
It doesn't take much to outbox Smith Jr skillwise. Problem is that he has real good power and solid enough chin. shyt he even had Bivol damn near sleep walking at the end of a late round if i remember correctly. Maybe a good counter puncher/Body puncher can take Smith out properly though. Does Hart have the ability to take out Smith before getting caught?
Jesse Hart-Joe Smith Weigh-In Results From Atlantic City
By Keith Idec
Published On Fri Jan 10, 2020, 02:21 PM EST
ATLANTIC CITY – Jesse Hart has expressed concern that he’ll fight with too much emotion when he faces Joe Smith Jr. on Saturday night.
Hart wants revenge because Smith emphatically ended the career of the legendary fighter Hart idolized, Bernard Hopkins. Hart hasn’t forgotten how hurt he was when Smith knocked Hopkins out of the ring in what turned out to be Hopkins’ final fight three years ago in Inglewood, California.
If their weigh-in Friday afternoon was an accurate indication of how Hart will handle his emotions Saturday night, the Philadelphia native should be just fine. Hart stood stone-faced as he and Smith stared at each other after making weight at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
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Hart, 30, officially weighed in exactly at the light heavyweight limit of 175 pounds. Smith, also 30, stepped on the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board’s scale at 174½ pounds.
Philadelphia’s Hart (26-2, 21 KOs) will fight within the light heavyweight division for the second time. He knocked down Sullivan Barrera in his 175-pound debut and won that 10-round fight by unanimous decision June 15 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Cuba’s Barrera beat Smith by unanimous decision in their 10-rounder, but Smith suffered a broken jaw very early in that July 2017 bout at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
Smith (24-3, 20 KOs), of Mastic, New York, hasn’t fought in 10 months. In his last bout, WBA light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol (17-0, 11 KOs) easily out-boxed Smith and convincingly won a 12-round unanimous decision March 9 at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York.
Sports books in Atlantic City have listed Hart as more than a 4-1 favorite to beat Smith in a main event ESPN will televise from Hard Rock’s Etess Arena.
Earlier Friday, Steven Nelson and Cem Kilic made weight for the 10-round, 168-pound encounter ESPN will air before Smith-Hart.
Nelson (15-0, 12 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, got on the scale at 167½ pounds. The German-born Kilic (14-0, 9 KOs), of Thousand Oaks, California, also came in at 167½ pounds.
ESPN’s broadcast is set to start at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
desjardins
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Is this basically a crossroads fight for Hart?
Dude was basically a Philly gym boogeyman in the late 2000s. He and tevin farmer both trained at my local gym. Would have never guessed in a million years that farmer would be making more money and arguably a bigger name a decade later. shyts crazy
Hart gotta eat off these type fights cause I'm not seeing him competing against Beterbiev or even Bivol. Basically breh going have to look REAL good for me to be optimistic about where he goes from here as a light heavy
Dude was basically a Philly gym boogeyman in the late 2000s. He and tevin farmer both trained at my local gym. Would have never guessed in a million years that farmer would be making more money and arguably a bigger name a decade later. shyts crazy
Hart gotta eat off these type fights cause I'm not seeing him competing against Beterbiev or even Bivol. Basically breh going have to look REAL good for me to be optimistic about where he goes from here as a light heavy
the way he's talking he is like hell bent on trying to take out generic joe and his whiskers/punch resistance is average...joe smith jr is a caveman and not much of a boxer but i dont think hart can take his power...he better use his skills and just box him up
if hart does take out joe though i will impressed and maybe think he could do something at 175
desjardins
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Yea he calling out the whole division. I see him winning against Smith but going "life and death" while doing it. I think him vs Pascal or Jack would be interesting but doubt it gets made.
this shyt was super ugly to see
man there has been a load of fukkery on these prelims and on the dazn card
That promo by Jesse Hart making me want to watch this
He’s putting a ton of pressure on himself
hart was talking cash shyt lolThat promo by Jesse Hart making me want to watch this
He’s putting a ton of pressure on himself
it was rough fight but not like a war lolBoth dudes got that CTE?