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Score's shouldn't been as wide as they were for sure but I'm seeing a lot of reactionary stuff on here and twitter of this fight lol. I had Callum winning by like a round, he didn't seem prepared for this fight
 

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I thought Smith lost that clean. Performance wise, he looked worse than Munguia did with Hogan. Real flat performance. He kept it close for like 8 or 9 rounds, but after that Ryder just did what he wanted and closed the show out.

Even a draw would have been a gift, but it wouldn't have stung as bad. This the worst I ever seen Smith look. Almost like he spoiled on the vine. Hearn needs to keep his guys in meaningful fights more consistently. Having your elites fight 2 jobber fights in a year ain't the business. This era don't stay focused like that. They gonna fumble on one of those jobbers and look bad. shyt never fails.
 

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I thought Smith lost that clean. Performance wise, he looked worse than Munguia did with Hogan. Real flat performance. He kept it close for like 8 or 9 rounds, but after that Ryder just did what he wanted and closed the show out.

Even a draw would have been a gift, but it wouldn't have stung as bad. This the worst I ever seen Smith look. Almost like he spoiled on the vine. Hearn needs to keep his guys in meaningful fights more consistently. Having your elites fight 2 jobber fights in a year ain't the business. This era don't stay focused like that. They gonna fumble on one of those jobbers and look bad. shyt never fails.
Great post
 

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So basically Callum ain’t as good as y’all thought he was and the “clear cut” best at 168 like some has proclaimed? :ohhh:
that was prolly the first bad performance he had but in terms of the champs he is still up there

benavidez didnt look good again in beating anthony dirrell
caleb plant took a beating from beating uzcategui so hes fukking around with the likes of having mike lee go to 168 and a shot angulo :hhh:
BJS looked horrid in his last fight and had to bail himself out on some wilder shyt

but like @LauderdaleBoss said..hes going to have to be more active going forward cuz ryder beat him to me..but canelo and oscar prolly saw that and prolly sending a contract as we speak lol
 

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Plant is the only 168er champ who hasn't looked like shyt in a fight recently. His only tough opponent was Uzcategui though but imo that win was impressive.
Smith beat the breaks off of Groves but should have lost to Ryder
Benavidez struggled hard with Gavril but stopped Anthony Dirrell (hasn't looked great doing it but he did it nevertheless)
BJS hasn't looked that great in his 2 168 fights so far, but he was boxing Lemieux's ass off.
 

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Plant is the only 168er champ who hasn't looked like shyt in a fight recently. His only tough opponent was Uzcategui though but imo that win was impressive.
Smith beat the breaks off of Groves but should have lost to Ryder
Benavidez struggled hard with Gavril but stopped Anthony Dirrell (hasn't looked great doing it but he did it nevertheless)
BJS hasn't looked that great in his 2 168 fights so far, but he was boxing Lemieux's ass off.
Only question mark with plant is stamina. Otherwise he a serious problem
 
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