A light-heavyweight unification world title fight for three of the four world title belts heads to American shores as Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr clash for the WBC, WBO and IBF world titles this weekend from the famous Madison Square Gardens, New York.
After another hugely successful weekend of boxing tips, where we predicted the winner and outcome in both Riakporhe vs Turchi and Bryan vs Dubois, we are back this week with more tips ahead of a bumper weekend of boxing action!
On paper, this is a genuine 50/50 fight and is almost impossible to call. In one corner you have the undefeated Artur Beterbiev, who has won all 17 of his professional contest by knockout. In the opposite corner you have Joe Smith Jr, the current WBO world light-heavyweight champion who has a mean knockout streak of his own. Who will win 175-pound supremacy on Saturday night?
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Artur Beterbiev vs Joe Smith Jr Prediction
One of the biggest fights of 2022 takes to our screens this weekend, as Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr clash for three world title belts in the light-heavyweight division.
This fight will get us one step closer to see who rules the roost at 175-pounds, with Dmitry Bivol holding the other world title belt after comprehensively beating pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez last month.
This fight is such an appealing one, with many different factors needing weighed up between the pair. Artur Beterbiev has won all 17 of his fights by concussive knockout, but is getting on a bit at the age of 37, which isn’t young in boxing terms.
On the other hand, Joe Smith Jr has slowly made is way back to the top of the light-heavyweight division, after losses to both Dmitry Bivol and Sullivan Barrera in 2019 and 2018 respectively.
Since then however, Smith Jr has worked his way back the hard way, beating Maxim Vlasov when he was the underdog to win the WBO world light-heavyweight title back in April 2021.
However, Artur Beterbiev is a completely different animal to the likes of Vlasov, Steve Geffrard, Eleider Alvarez and Jesse Hart, who are Smith Jr’s last four wins, with all due respect.
Beterbiev has ironed out the likes of Marcus Browne, Oleksandr Gvozdyk…
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