2016 Italian Olympian Guido “The Gladiator” Vianello (10-1-1, 9 KOs) will take on 2012 Canadian Olympian Simon “The Grizzly” Kean (23-1, 22 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight battle on Saturday, August 19 at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Vianello-Kean will serve as the co-feature to the light heavyweight showdown between WBC/WBO/IBF world champion Artur Beterbiev and WBC #1 contender Callum “Mundo” Smith.
Beterbiev-Smith and Vianello-Kean will be broadcast live on ESPN. The card will air live and exclusively on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.
Simon Kean is desperately in need of a step-up fight with the career he’s had and at his age and this certainly qualifies and it’ll probably be a pretty good fight to watch, actually.
Nice to see Quebec getting a card like this. If I had not already taking a vacation this year…I might go but I think I will watch on TV if they do not block it on me.
At first glance the main event look like a slaughter and it probably will be. However that judgment is coming from the fact that Canelo put a good 12 round beating on Smith so logic states if Canelo did that..what in the heck will Beterbiev do? Again probably the right argument…but there is one argument that gives Smith a chance. Smith is a puncher and while Canelo has shown a chin of granite, Beterbiev can be dropped. Smith might have a chance if he hurts Beterbiev early. The longer it goes though…the more that long torso of Smith is going to hurt.
i agree, i think in the canelo fight smith had trouble with canelo’s speed and i remember his camp said cutting weight hard and give him credit he took canelo’s punches. beterbiev has proved again and again that he is strong and a massive puncher but he’s had to climb off the floor, and also he’s got some miles on that body and can be hit, i think if smith can survive those hard moments and can dig in those lefthooks to the body things could get interesting, and if beterbiev wins he will surely lose to his fellow country- man
Oh I think Smith gives Beterbiev tons of problems for a few rounds, but I cannot see him winning. Beterbiev is getting up there, is vulnerable and has been down like you said, so I guess it wouldn’t be THE biggest upset, but I can’t see Smith putting it all together, especially not in Montreal; but we’ll see.
Hi Lucie, I know this is way off topic. I watched a documentary on Youtube last night about Rocky Lockridge. I was thinking that Derevyanchenko thinks he has been on the wrong end of many close decisions….I would have to watch and score but Lockridge may have him beat!!!
What is it with you guys with the ‘beterbiev has been down’? Every great in history has been knocked down. Robinson, Ali, Marciano, I could go one forever. Beterbiev is a puncher, They commit. When you commit, you can get hit . He was knocked down by a murderous puncher, got up and stopped his opponent. Smith will be number 20. The only one with a chance of a victory is Bivol and that will be extremely dangerous . Beterbiev is an excellent boxer himself with brutal power. He breaks these slick boxers down. Smith is not the man for the job and should not be in the way of a unification bout with Bivol. It is a who cares fight!
He’s actually been down twice and I don’t consider either of the guys who knocked him down — Jeff Page & Callum Johnson — to be huge punchers. I think everyone picked him to win, you just seem to be strangely upset that we even acknowledge that Smith has a chance! How dare we!
There are some matches where I just cannot envision an upset. For example..I could not envision a logical scenario where Mikey Garcia could beat Errol Spence. Outside of a cut or injury to Spence I just could not see it. Why the odds are long on this one, I can envision a scenario where Smith catches Beterbiev with a temple shot and Beterbiev cannot recover. I do not believe this is the likely scenario but I see it as a possibility….if I so dare!!! LOL!!!
you are right, just saying that smith can crack, and i know beterbiev beat yarde who can bang but smith is just a better fighter and he gets ripping those body shots could get interesting, can’t wait.
Beterbiev should not be competing. If you support terrorism by way of Kadyrov, then you should compete in russia. Ukraine boxers have to defend and die for their country, when terror attacks continue
A lot of fighters from all over wouldn’t be fighting going by your criteria.