BT Sport Boxing Launch Night - Lomachenko v Sosa, Smith v Williams, Flanagan v Petrov

[superheavyrhun]

Liam Smith blew his weight for the fight today, and came in two pounds heavy. The age old question in this situation is, was he going to be so drained, and so chose to sacrifice making weight to get a better chance of the win, or was it just carelessness? I suppose it does add another dimension to the fight, but the cynic in me (and the fact that I'm pro Liam Williams) thinks Smith wanted to boost his chances and gave up trying to make the weight.

[Alpha]

The eight thing can both ways as you say. This might switch the edge back to Williams now.

[Primo Carnera]

The eight thing can both ways as you say. This might switch the edge back to Williams now.

Or because he didn't try to cut that last couple of pounds, it could swing to Smith because he will feel bigger and stronger. If he was 6 Lbs over like his brother was against Ward, you could think he had a sloppy camp, but he might have had a great camp and feel strong.
Looking forward to it, I hope the weight doesn't have a massive bearing on the result.

[Alpha]

FFS Sosa misses weight now too.

[Alpha]

He came in at 130.4, stripped to 130.2. Has 2 hours to loss the rest. He should be fine tho.

[Alpha]

Sosa has made the weight. Title is on the line.

[Beanz]

Is that on Boxnation then? Only on BT Sport they don't start showing the card till 8:30

[Beanz]

Or are you there at the venue Rhun?

[Batman]

I've had a couple of quid on Williams and Petrov to win, at about 11/1

I'm hoping Smith can do it though

[superheavyrhun]

So, we're into the intros for the start of the bill. First up its the impressively original nickname Kid Dynamit Mark Heffron.

Watching back on the video for the weigh-in for the Liams, you can see Warren ask Gallagher "what's that about?", and Gallagher takes a step away from scales, like his breathing on it might drop Smith by nearly two pounds!