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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4284827, member: 289"] I wondered about the Joe Smith- Artur Beterbiev hype. They were describing it like two freight trains about to crash head on. I question whether Smith was in Beterbiev's class, and he wasn't. Smith came out jabbing but the normally slow-starting Beterbiev came right after him, taking away the jab with overhand rights. Smith stopped jabbing, threw a few haymakers that never got there because Artur was sending his punches right down the shute at Joe. Smith, who had never been down, 'slipped' midway through the first round and was officially knocked down knocked down just before the bell. he went down twice more in the second round. Then Beterbiev landed an uppercut that caused Smith to stagger backwards and turn around, looking as if he wasn't surer where he was and the referee stopped it. Andre Ward said that once Smith had felt Beterbiev's power, he knew he was going to get knocked out. Now let's get Beterbiev vs. Bivol, please. [/QUOTE]