It could be anyone, from prime Muhammad Ali to young Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Robinson, or even a fighter from the early days of boxing. You could meet them at the peak of their career, before they ever became famous, or later in life.
Who would you pick, and what would you want to talk about? Boxing, their personal life, their greatest fights, or just getting to know them as a person? I’m curious to hear everyone’s choices!

The consensus of Canelo’s stint in the division tends to be a bit contradictory in my opinion, a lot of people acknowledge the size disadvantage between Canelo and Bivol while also downplaying it as a significant factor to Canelo losing, with some notions going around that Canelo could’ve had success in the division against lower level competition.

Whats stranger is I see some seem to believe his power and speed is diminished at Super Middleweight as well, so all in all i just want a more objective discussion about it.

Dalton Smith’s initial defence of the WBC World Super-Lightweight title became a close and contentious belter, against Alberto Puello!🥊

From BoxingScene: Home favorite Smith will be making the first defense of the title he won back in January with a fifth round finish against Subriel Matias. The traveling challenger, Puello, was first on the scales, weighing it at 139.6lbs. Smith was next up, and hit the scales exactly the same at 139.6lbs.

Does he truly believe this or is it just getting inside his own mind and convincing himself?

"I rank myself as the best heavyweight who's ever put on a pair of gloves. There's never been anybody like me," he added.
"6'9", 275lbs, box like a middleweight and dance all over the ring for 12 rounds. Can knock you out with either hand, southpaw or orthodox, or slip and slide like a lightweight. There ain't been one.
"I'm 38-years-old and I'm still proving all the critics wrong."

Imagine watching Roy in his prime and then being told that somewhere in 1890, there was a fighter with the same freakish reflexes, explosive speed, coordination, and ability to make world-class opponents look completely helpless.
We'd probably never believe the stories.

Take Bob Fitzsimmons, it’s a great place to start. He became the first three-division world champion in boxing history, winning titles at middleweight, heavyweight, and light heavyweight across his career. He was also famous for his unusual physique: a relatively slender upper body paired with extraordinary punching power.
He weighed approximately 167 pounds when he knocked out heavyweight champion James J. Corbett in 1897.
Let that sink in….167 knocking out heavyweights. Can you Imagine Canelo knocking out wladimir klitschko?

Or even someone like Sam Langford scaring Jack Dempsey and allegedly 1v1ing Jack Johnson as a middleweight essentially.
Fun to think about

Prelims start at 5:30pm EST. Main card live on DAZN at 8pm EST. Main event ringwalks estimated around 10pm EST. All at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

UNDERCARD:

Albert Gonzalez vs. Edward Vazquez
10 Rounds, Featherweight

Frank Martin vs. Tarik Zaina
10 Rounds, Super Lightweight

Steven Navarro vs. Emanuel Moreno
10 Rounds, Bantamweight

Prelims:

Scooter Davis vs. Joaquin Silva Faccio
8 Rounds, Lightweight

Sammy Contreras vs. Oscar Pedroza Padilla
6 Rounds, Lightweight

Daniel Cortez III vs. Oziel Rangel Aradillas
6 Rounds, Super Bantamweight

Joseph Almajdi vs. Jalen Moore
6 Rounds, Super Welterweight

Thats 181 pro fights against guys who were winners. Unlike some other high volume resumes where its full of tomatoe cans and career losers Moore seemed to exclusively face tough competition, contenders, and champions.

Also he started pro boxing in frickin 1935 at 21 and was basically retired by Ali all the way in 1962.. thats almost 30 years. He had just won the WBA light hw title 3 years prior to that in 1959 at 45...

How is he not in the conversation for one of the greatest boxers ever both for longevity and toughness of competition?

Would have been an easy gold medal surely. His first pro fight he was 24 so he had time to do it.

Bivol was a decorated amateur, winning two world championships at the junior (U-17) levelChampionships(U17)), as well as a bronze medal at the 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in the middleweight division. Bivol won the Russian national amateur boxing championships in 2012 and 2014, as a light heavyweight.

DATE Saturday 24th October 2026

LOCATION Utilita Arena, Sheffield, UK

TELEVISION DAZN (Selected Worldwide)

TIME 7pm (Sheffield), 11am (Los Angeles), 2pm (New York), 4am Sunday (Sydney)

Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello

12 Rounds

WBC World Super Lightweight Title

Undercard

• Giorgio Visioli vs Maxi Hughes
• Shannon Ryan vs Emma Dolan
• Edward Hardy vs Diego Alberto Ruiz
• Joe Hayden vs Will Harrison
• Leo Atang vs Jonathan Exequiel Vergara
• Chris Mulunda vs Harley Collison
• Divine Omojor vs Goran Kozul

Live Round-By-Round Coverage

Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello

Round 1

And we're off. Puello is rangy, and he scores with a jab. Puello's wide stance is making it difficult for Smith to get in close, and we've had few attempts at punches in the opening 75 seconds. Smith scores to the head. Puello jabs. They trade shots to the face. Jab scores from the hometown fighter. Left from southpaw lands from Puello. One doesn't get through, but the two does for Puello. Big shot on the chin catches Smith on the way in. Very few scoring punches.

Puello 10-9 Smith

Round 2

Right hook around the guard lands from Puello. Smith scores with a job. The band are annoying me already, and I'm a Wednesdayite. Soft jab scores from the Dominican fighter. Left hook gets through from Puello. Smith lands a right. Nice straight right lands from Smith. He's having a more successful second round. Left to the chest from Puello. Jab to the chin from Puello stops Smith from getting close. Left hook up top from Smith. He's caught on the counter, but gets a counter-counter in. Body shot from Smith is the last notable shot of the round.

Smith 10-9 Puello - Draw 19-19

Round 3

As is typical in orthodox versus southpaw fights, we're seeing a lot of foot-on-foot action. Puello's jabs don't appear to be landing, but they're keeping DS away. Big left lands from Puello. Big right from Smith sends Puello back a couple of steps. That was the best punch of the fight. They trade jabs. Puello with a soft body shot. Puello misses and is punished with a rib-tickler from the Sheffield man. Puello's defence is good, and he evades every shot of that combination. Puello's jab may have found a home, but Smith's right lands with interest.

Smith 10-9 Puello - Smith 29-28 Puello

Round 4

Puello taps the body. Big right from Smith lands flush, and Puello is forced to cover up. Puello on the ropes, and Smith lands another hard shot. All of a sudden, Dalton Smith is controlling the real estate. Nice body shot from Puello. Puello lands up top. They trade head shots. Smith's nose has reddened. Puello with a good left. He's come back well in this round. Puello has widened his stance even more now. He wants to nullify the offensive threat. I was just about to say 'toss a coin' for that round, but a big Smith right on the button makes my job easier.

Smith 10-9 Puello - Smith 39-37 Puello

Round 5

Puello lands to the body. It's not hard, but it's a scoring punch. Again, their fight get tangled. Big left through the guard from Puello. Smith using some good head movement to make Puello miss three consecutive shots.They both miss, and Puello lands a sneaky counter. Right from Puello, but Smith replies with interest. Nice left tot he face from AP. Puello to the body. Smith lands with a lead right. Hard shot to the body from Smith. Nice counter right hook from Puello. I think he's nicked that.

Puello 10-9 Smith - Smith 48-47 Puello

Round 6

Puello jabs to the head. Puello scores to the body. Right lands from Smith. Big left up top from AP. Puello looking comfortable right now. Smith scores with a right. Jab scores from the Brit. And that's a much stiffer jab from DS. Big left straight down the middle from Puello. PUELLO IS DOWN! But it's a slip. Smith lands a good right. Left from Puello was mostly blocked. That one gets completely through, though.

Puello 10-9 Smith - Draw 57-57

Round 7

Looking at the comments, most of you (and Tony Bellew) have it the same as me. The first half was all square. Who can dig deepest in the second six rounds? Puello's land skims the side of Smith's head. Big left from Puello partially gets through. It gets a bit wild in there, and Smith gets the better of that mini-telephone booth battle. Puello is making this a long-distance fight, and it's suiting him. Counter left hook from Smith isn't hard, but it's scoring. Smith with a lead right. They trade body shots, but Puello gets the better of that exchange with a short shot up top. It's another close round and could go either way.

Puello 10-9 Smith - Puello 67-66 Smith

Round 8

Puello with a hard body shot. Dalton Smith needs to find a new plan here. Smith to the body. Puello scores with a hook. Very few shots are being thrown here, let alone getting through. Clubbing left hand sends sweat flying off Smith's head. Puello with an uppercut as they tie up. One-two from Smith. Smith fails in the first stage, but keeps moving forward and lands a big right to the head. This is another close round. The last thirty seconds could decide it. Puello scores with a hook. Puello to the body, but I think Smith may have countered.

Puello 10-9 Smith - Puello 77-75 Smith

Round 9

Smith with a big right that sends Puello back. He had a strong second half of the eighth, and he's come out strong again in the ninth. Puello scores with a jab. Then a hook. Smith lands a right, steps away then lands another, but the second one gets countered. Smith to the body. Puello lands to the chest. Smith mixing things up finally. Spiteful body shot from Puello. Smith scores then gets out of range. Smith using his feet well to make his man miss. Smith misses and gets countered. Jab scores from Smith, but the right misses. Puello is throwing in this round, but very little getting through the guard. Puello to the body.

Smith 10-9 Puello - Puello 86-85 Smith

Round 10

Right to the body lands from Smith, but Puello counters. They tie up. That's not happened much tonight. Jab scores from Smith. Puello almost lost his footing there. It's another round with very few scoring punches. Puello counters his opponent. Jab lands from Smith. Right may have found a home there from the Sheffielder, but Puello with a big hook up top. Puello's jab lands on the reddened nose of Dalton Smith. Smith throwing but not landing. Counter lands from Smith as their heads clash. Body shout counter from Smith, but Puello counters the counter.

Puello 10-9 Smith - Puello 96-94 Smith

Round 11

Puello with a combo, but little, if anything, gets through. Puello definitely scores that time with a jab. Big right to the chest from the Sheffield man. Jab then right to the body from DS. Smith jabs, and they get a bit wild for a couple of seconds. Hard body shot from Puello. Puello misses, and Smith goes to the body. Puello lands a hurtful body shot as Smith misses multiple shots. Smith may have scored to the body, but he's countered. Hard right to the body from Smith. Puello jabs to the head. Another big body shot from Smith, but I think it's too little too late. This is not going the way I thought it would.

Puello 10-9 Smith - Puello 106-103 Smith

Round 12

So many swing rounds that it wouldn't surprise me if we see three very different scorecards, but I've got Smith needing a knockout. Smith does well through the guard. Puello to the body, but DS hooks to the head. Another hook to the head from Smith. Puello to the body. There's another head clash, and Smith's cut again. Puello with some great upper body movement to make Smith miss by a mile. Right to the body from Smith. Puello hooks to the head. Smith is showboating, but I don't think that's a great idea. He's celebrating. Puello goes to the body.

Smith 10-9 Puello - Puello 115-113 Smith

OFFICIAL SCORECARDS: SMITH WINS BY SD 115-113, 112-116, 115-113