Richard Commey won by Brutal KO in USA

[Primetyme199]

https://www.badlefthook.com/2020/11/18/ ... -news-2020

It wouldn’t be a boxing tournament if things didn’t fall apart at some point.

Earlier this year, the WBO ordered Gilberto Ramirez vs. Eleider Alvarez and Maxim Vlasov vs. Umar Salamov as semifinals for a crack at the vacant light heavyweight belt formerly held by Canelo Alvarez. When Ramirez bowed out, Joe Smith Jr. took his place, ultimately crushing “Storm” in August. With Salamov waylaid by COVID, the sanctioning body has now ordered Smith to face Vlasov for the belt.

As both men are promoted by Top Rank and are presently situated in the States, there shouldn’t be any issue putting the fight together.

Smith (26-3, 21 KO) exploded up the 175-pound ranks with brutal knockouts of Andrzej Fonfara and Bernard Hopkins, only to suffer a precipitous fall in one-sided losses to Sullivan Barrera and Dmitry Bivol. He’s responded to those defeats brilliantly, however, and looked better than ever in dominant performances against Jesse Hart and the aforementioned Alvarez this year.


The 34-year-old Vlasov (45-3, 26 KO) spent much of his early career between 168 and 175 pounds, dropping decisions to Isaac Chilemba and “Zurdo” Ramirez along the way, before jumping to cruiserweight in 2015. He enjoyed a strong run at the weight, marred only by a loss to Krzysztof Glowacki in the WBSS, then returned to 175 last year with three straight wins.

This looks like a good one. Vlasov is incredibly durable, having stood up to and ultimately overpowered brutal punchers like Rakhim Chakhkiev and Olanrewaju Durodola, but Smith’s recent improvements show that he doesn’t necessarily need a knockout to win. Looking forward to them finding a date and location.

[Tocsin]

Smith's already done way better than expected, a world title would be a cherry on top.

[FightFanAL]

Smith is limited but his fights are usually fun to watch. Should be a good one.

[the13r]

Saturday 13, February 2021
The Bubble, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
commission Nevada Athletic Commission
promoter Patriot Promotions Company - Alexander Popov, Star Boxing - Joe DeGuardia, Top Rank - Bob Arum
matchmaker Ron Katz, Brad Goodman

light heavy
Joe Smith Jr 26 3 0

Maxim Vlasov 45 3 0
vacant World Boxing Organisation World Light Heavy Title

light
Richard Commey 29 3 0

Jackson Marinez 19 1 0

feather
Adam Lopez 14 2 0

Jason Sanchez 15 2 0

middle
Carlos Adames 18 1 0

TBA

heavy
Jared Anderson 7 0 0

Kingsley Ibeh 5 1 1

bantam
Floyd Diaz debut

Fernando Macias 1 1 0

welter
Jahi Tucker 2 0 0

Eric Rodriguez 1 1 0

middle
Troy Isley debut

Bryant Costello 1 1 0

light
Eric Puente 4 0 0

Sergio Vega 2 0 1

[marciano1952]

two guys iv Followed a Long time and pulled for....either way ill be happy/sad haha....Gut says Smith wins....Mind Says Vlasov has a bit more technique to outbox Smith...

[the13r]

[Tocsin]

Smith hardly lost a round vs Hart and Alvarez, it's not that easy to outbox him now and he's not someone who loses every round until he gets a KO. I think he'll outwork Vlasov and win handily. Vlasov has a habit vs this level of opposition to do little until later in the fight, when it's too late.

[jeff_lacy_ko]

Smoth has always had power but hes improved cutting off the ring and i think hes in better shape and able to pressure more now that hes a full time fighter

[marciano1952]

Smith hardly lost a round vs Hart and Alvarez, it's not that easy to outbox him now and he's not someone who loses every round until he gets a KO. I think he'll outwork Vlasov and win handily. Vlasov has a habit vs this level of opposition to do little until later in the fight, when it's too late.

Vlasov Likely Wont be as Intimidated by the Power of Smith as those guys were having been in the Ring with Glowacki, Durodola and Chakhkiev....We Will See...I think its a very competitive fight..

[Hillsinitialrebirth]

Fight has been postponed. Vlasov popped for Covid.

[the13r]

[Tocsin]

Jared Anderson looks nice

[the13r]

heavy
Jared Anderson 7 0 0

Kingsley Ibeh 5 1 1

Anderson won by KTFO

[the13r]

light
Richard Commey 29 3 0

Jackson Marinez 19 1 0

Richard won by KO

https://uploadir.com/u/2msfdr3j

[Tocsin]

Nice win for Commey, Marinez should have been undefeated coming in to this....he was robbed vs Romero.

[NoPropaganda 253]

heavy
Jared Anderson 7 0 0

Kingsley Ibeh 5 1 1

Anderson won by KTFO

https://twitter.com/GifsBoxing/status/1 ... 0147500036

My favorite young heavyweight prospect right now. The kid is most definitely nice.

[Tocsin]

And unlike many American HW prospects in recent years he's been at it since he was a little kid and looks very relaxed and natural in there