Quote Originally Posted by themacmagician View Post
I he's a safe guy, I would have said that he should come off as that. Instead he comes off as a complete tosser.... Wrong approach IMO. He is blessed with the athletisism that people just cannot achieve, but he just hasn't complimented that with any other memorable attributes atall....
Then again think about it. How much interest would there be in him if he didn't come off like that. You have to realize London isn't like other fight towns, in that it's much harder to get local support to come follow you all over the country. Kevin Mitchell, by virtue of the Dagenham/Essex connection, is the only one to really manage this in recent years.

Small actually has the full lot to be successful physically. Good power, chin & speed. What he doesn't do is work with the fundamentals. He's happy to box like he's sparring & arsing around in the gym. A big contrast was him and Dirrell. Both guys with great athletic ability, but Dirrell had a gameplan and tried to stick to it against a world-class opponent. Smallie could have made the other night a lot easier & secured the win I feel he deserved. But, he's too content to just give away rounds as he plays about. David Pereira has a nightmare with him trying to get him to stick to a plan. He could have ended his fight with McDonagh in a few rounds, but chose to drag it out, whilst he could have probably taken every round against Webb so there was no way they could take it away from him, but he didn't.