Panel: Canelo-Smith picks

Saul Alvarez is the huge favourite as he takes on Britain’s Liam Smith out in Dallas in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Only Floyd Mayweather has beaten ‘Canelo’, but on the back of Kell Brook’s big step up, can Smith go one better and win?

Well, our Panel of current fighters and trainers, former world champions, and former Alvarez foes, tell us who they think is going to win…

Carl Froch

It is hard to make a case for anyone fighting beating Canelo, other than Mayweather. It is annoying that Gennady Golovkin hasn’t had a go yet and we know this is going to be a really, really tough ask for Liam. 

If he can catch him early on with one of his power punches that is the best chance, but it is hard to go against Canelo. It could be a late finish and Liam might even take him all the way, but I have to stick with Canelo. 

Ryan Rhodes

I’d like to see Liam Smith go the distance but I am not sure he will. People say Alvarez doesn’t fight for three minutes but he doesn’t waste a single punch and he just wears people down, so for Liam to get through that, will be a great performance in itself.

If Liam hears the last bell it will definitely be a points win for Alvarez but if I am brutally honest, I can see Alvarez doing what he does best, break him down and get him out of there in the second half. 

Peter Fury

The problem is Liam has never faced anyone remotely like Canelo so he’s in deep water but I do think he will put on a really, really good show. 

Looking from the outside I’m …

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