Daniel Jacobs vs John Ryder – Callum Smith predicts his winner
Former super-middleweight world champion Callum Smith defeated John Ryder at the backend of 2019.
Defending his WBA Super world title at 12st, 'Mundo' endured a tough night against ‘The Gorilla’ , but just done enough to take a unanimous points decision on the scorecards.
So the 31-year-old, now operating at light-heavyweight, is in a good position to predict the outcome of his old foe's fight with Daniel Jacobs this weekend.
“Depending on which Jacobs shows up, you’d probably have to say that he’s the favourite in this one,” said Smith when speaking exclusively with DAZN.
“When he fought [Gabriel] Rosado in his last fight, Jacobs was nowhere his best and that’s where you can give Ryder a chance. Have they looked at that version of him and maybe think he’s on the way down?
"If he is then it’ll make for a good fight, but if it was just an off night and Jacobs has put it right with his old trainer, Andre Rozier, he should be too good.
“John is very good at closing the distance. That’s what I noticed straight away. He can shut space down really quick and get close to you. That’s the thing that I took from my fight with him, but you do start to figure him out as the fight goes on.
"If Jacobs can do that early, then I think it’ll be his fight. He's definitely the best fighter but it’s just whether he’s at his best or not.”
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