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Eddie Hearn says Callum Smith has been added to the undercard of the Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk II rematch on July twenty third in Saudi Arabia.
Former WBA super-middleweight champion Callum, 32, has fought as quickly as since shedding to Canelo Alvarez in December 2020.
That was a disappointing effort from the 6’3″ Smith, as he was completely dominated from start to finish by Canelo, who had an extreme quantity of hand tempo and experience.
It didn’t matter that Smith had a considerable high and attain profit over Canelo on account of he was too sluggish and badly flawed to compete.
In his solely fight since that one-sided defeat, Smith stopped Lenin Castillo throughout the second spherical last September in his debut at 175.
Callum (28-1, 20 KOs) is ranked #1 WBC at 175, and he’s hoping to get a shot on the winner of the June 18th unification fight between IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and WBO champion Joe Smith Jr.
“He’s going to be combating on the AJ card. He’s major now with the WBC to be compulsory for the Artur Beterbiev vs. Joe Smith Jr winner,” talked about Eddie Hearn to TalkSport Boxing about Callum Smith.
“So looking for to have each a final eliminator with the WBC or just switch forward and maintain in that queue do you have to like.
“The winner of Saturday’s fight [Joshua Buatsi vs. Craig Richards] could very properly be an unlimited dwelling fight later this 12 months [for Callum Smith],” talked about Hearn.
It’s perhaps not suggestion to let Callum mix it with a fighter like Buatsi on account of he’s too stiff and sluggish to beat the 2016 Olympian. Callum would seemingly be badly overmatched in direction of WBC 175-lb champion Artur Beterbiev.
The hand tempo wouldn’t be the problem for Smith in direction of Beterbiev on account of he’s not that fast. The flexibility, inside combating, and the common pressure from Beterbiev might be an extreme quantity of for the stork-like Smith.
If Smith wishes to win one different world title, he’s seemingly going to need to attend Beterbiev out until he’ll get earlier and retires on account of he’s not going to beat a fighter like that.
It’s too unhealthy Callum can’t return to the 168-lb division on account of he’s missing out on many good fights in that weight class. If Smith have been to beat David Benavidez or Caleb Plant, he’d have an awesome alternative of getting a rematch with Canelo.
In spite of everything, it’s easier talked about than carried out for a fighter like Callum to beat Plant or Benavidez. Nonetheless, he’d on the very least have a higher chance in direction of them than in direction of Beterbiev or Joe Smith Jr. These guys would reap the advantages of Callum’s terrible conduct of shelling up in direction of the ropes.
“And Callum, pretty rightly, isn’t wanting on the house scene,” talked about Hearn. “He wishes to develop right into a two-time world champion. Nonetheless how prolonged do you wait? And he’ll fancy himself to beat the winner of this fight,” talked about Hearn.
Boxing Data » Callum Smith to fight on Joshua vs. Usyk II card on July 23
