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Callum Smith weighed 179.8 for his eight-round tuneup battle towards Colombian veteran Carlos Galvan at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her undercard battle this Saturday, November thirtieth, on the Resorts World Area, Birmingham, England.
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Weigh-In Face-Off: Smith Towers Over Galvan
In the course of the face-off, the 6’3″ Smith towered over the 5’10” Galvan, who regarded uncomfortable being stared at. The previous WBA 168-lb champion Smith had a clean, fish-like look in his eyes when he stared down the 33-year-old Galvan.
Galvan can punch somewhat, however his current defeats towards lesser fighters counsel he received’t final greater than two rounds towards Callum Smith.
Smith, 34, is coming off a seventh-round knockout loss to unified gentle heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev on January thirteenth, and he wants a confidence booster. He’s not glad about being out of the ring for 11 months, and he vows to not be inactive like that once more. We’ll see.
Galvan First, Then Buatsi
‘Mundo’ Smith says he needs to battle Joshua Buatsi for his WBO interim gentle heavyweight title, which may put him in place to battle the Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 winner for the undisputed championship.
Curiously, the previous WBA tremendous middleweight champion Smith (29-2, 21 KOs), who is definitely essentially the most well-known fighter on the cardboard by way of worldwide recognition, is buried on the undercard, preventing a man with 14 defeats, Galvan (20-14-2, 19 KOs) in an eight-rounder. It simply exhibits how shortly a fighter’s profession can drop off.
Smith vs. Galvan are preventing on the Sunny Edwards vs. Galal Yafai flyweight card. These two are preventing for the vacant WBC interim flyweight title, and neither man is seen as nice expertise. Sunny (21-1, 4 KOs) might quickly be in the identical boat as Callum Smith if he will get crushed by Yafai.
“I want to give another shot at becoming world champion again. I want to get back to being active again. I’ve always been at my best when I was active in my career. That fight makes sense. He’s the WBO interim world champion. That fight puts me closer to where I want to be. I want to be a world champion,” mentioned Callum about his interim in preventing Joshua Buatsi.
“I want to be a world champion. I’m willing to fight anyone as long as it puts me closer to where I want to be. That’s a two-weight world champion. Beating Joshua Buatsi puts me closer to a win over anyone else,” mentioned Smith.
Can Smith Reclaim World Champion Standing?
Given Smith’s age and dire profession outlook, he must take an opportunity by preventing Buatsi. Given Smith’s issues staying energetic and his failures when preventing large names, he’s acquired to take a danger. If Smith can land an enormous shot on Buatsi, he may have the ability to damage him sufficient to complete the job.
Buatsi was staged in his current battle towards Willy Hutchinson on September 21. Though Buatsi nonetheless received the battle by a 12-round cut up resolution, he regarded weak underneath sustained assaults.
“Yeah, it makes sense to me. Once I get this fight [Galvan] out of the way, we can sit down and see if that fight [Buatsi] can possibly get made. I’m here for it. I’m not sure on his side. I’m the best option for him, or he’s got other options,” mentioned Smith.
“That’s the whole point of this fight: I can go into the New Year and target the likes of Buatsi and all the other top names in the division rather than being inactive for the entire year,” mentioned Smith.
