Russian WBC, WBO, IBF light heavyweight champion Arthur Beterbiev will get the win over Britain’s Callum Smith, Gennady Mashyanov, the WBA light heavyweight belt holder’s trainer, told .
The fight between Beterbiev and Smith will take place on August 19 in Canada.
Arthur will win. But that could be a fluke on Smith’s side. Callum Smith is not a tempo boxer, he works selectively, he won’t be able to create tension with constant work. I think the fight will be driven by Arthur, he will tire Callum Smith in the middle and then he will catch up somewhere.
– Compare Callum Smith with Arthur’s last opponent – another Briton Anthony Yard, whom the Russian beat in January in London by technical knockout in the eighth round?
– Callum Smith as a boxer is more interesting, he is better trained, more technical, more experienced, he has a lot of amateur boxing baggage. In my opinion, Callum Smith is much better than Yard,” Mashyanov told .
With 19 wins (all by KO) and no losses in the professional ring, Russian WBC mandatory Smith scored 29 wins with a loss to Mexico’s Saul Alvarez as the Brit lost his WBA Super Middleweight belt.
Mashyanov is also training Russian heavyweight Sergey Kuzmin, who will face Mexican German Garcia Montes on July 20 in St. Petersburg. This fight will be broadcast live on .
Source : MatchTV
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