Royston Barney-Smith vs Christian Lopez Flores (09-06-2023) Full Fight

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00:00 importantly protect yourself at all times shake hands. Well don't blink with this young fella

00:06 Barney Smith his last three all first round knockouts in a total time of two minutes and

00:13 45 seconds and he says he's looking for another first round knockout tonight let's watch and enjoy

00:19 talented kid Winston Barney Smith and against an opponent who's only been stopped once in his last

00:27 18 contests so a bit of a toughie and yes it'll be a another test for Barney Royce and Barney Smith

00:33 Barney Smith really lets his hands go

00:38 won his last one with a body shot against Lester Lara and Nick Araguan who came over in February

00:46 he doesn't just flail away he picks his shots and I think that's what's impressed people so far

00:56 very skillful boxers the Barney Smith again well schooled works well look at that for timing right

01:02 on cue there just adjust his feet maintains a gap and then brings his opponent on just straight left

01:07 hand great boxing the Mexican himself has eight wins inside three rounds but he's been stopped

01:15 on five occasions and Barney Smith will be wanting to add to that tally only turned pro last year

01:25 here and got the experience of Ben Davison in his corner who I know speaks volumes of this lad

01:35 fast hands accurate well-timed stuff again from Barney Smith he's waiting Flores to come over

01:52 that front foot he's patient he's just picking off the with the jab there but it's his adjustment

01:57 with the feet to maintain that gap and let his opponent walk forward and then fire back with

02:02 fast counters that's pretty skillful and well-timed and counter punching from Barney Smith

02:10 Flores trying to get lucky with an overhand right of his own there

02:19 tonight in his 42nd professional contest

02:22 oh Royston Barney Smith hasn't really been able to nail him yet

02:40 well it's mainly because Flores he's not coming over the front foot as Barney Smith would hope

02:45 he's not coming over that front foot as much um as Barnsford would have hoped for I think Flores

02:51 knows he's in against a pretty um good puncher who performs well in the in the first round of

02:56 contest so he's just staying wearily on the outside as Flores and I don't blame him to be quite honest

03:02 because when he does come forward that's when he's going to walk on to a big shot

03:05 last few seconds of the opening round which Smith has won

03:14 no he's not giving a knock down yes he is he's given a knock down there

03:18 well let's have a look and see how that came because there was a little short punch which

03:30 went in there Richie which caught him yes right at the end of the shot let's have a look at it again

03:37 and as he's coming forward Flores misses with his look around the back of the head yeah did really

03:44 so I don't know whether it was really a shot there it's just literally on the side of the

03:47 head and towards the back of the head but the referee um gave the count

03:51 well Flores didn't like it not surprisingly

03:58 my Spanish ain't too good but I know for a fact he's not too impressed

04:08 I'd agree with you there John I don't think he's too impressed indeed but a good round

04:14 for Barnett Smith well if we go down as a 10-8 once it's definitely that knock down

04:18 whether it really should have been a knock down is open to

04:24 interpretation I'm not too convinced but there we go referees the man nearest Kieran McCann

04:31 better again from Barnett Smith on his front foot when you have an opponent who's sitting

04:36 back and won't come forward then you've got to make him come forward if that's the way

04:40 you want to box and catch him as he has he's actually moving forward and closing that gap

04:44 down there there he wasn't too far away you make him come forward with your lead hand you keep

04:49 poking and probing away with that shot to make him to come over his front foot totally outboxing at

04:54 range for him to come forward and thinking well I'm losing this contest I've got to do something

04:58 about this then as he comes forward that's the trap that you're setting and then you bring him

05:02 onto the shot which your lead hand that does all the work almost got him with the right uppercut

05:07 there Flores slipped inside and almost was made to pay

05:12 so that's better work there from Barnett Smith and then Flores just comes forward

05:21 and gets caught that lead hand of his is going to be crucial here tonight

05:25 just keep picking away scoring points and then bringing the opponent onto shots like that that's

05:32 not too bad at all from Barnett Smith

05:34 Barnett Smith still very much on the learning curve

05:41 trying to get Flores to commit himself and this time the referee does have a word with him about

05:55 a punch around the back of the head what he's going to say is on the referee here

06:01 yeah there you go you know it's coming I'm the guy in charge yeah definitely

06:05 you can understand Flores being a bit hacked off he's been caught by a couple which he reckons were

06:13 clearly around the back of the head

06:15 you can see how he's thinking here Flores as well he's trying to land his right hand he's

06:21 thinking of the right hand but he's too far out and that's his problem he's thinking about going

06:26 forward getting picked up there he's there look right on cue you can see how he's thinking Flores

06:30 wants to land his right hand there he is again but as he's coming forward he gets picked up

06:35 yeah and he's going to be kicked he's going to get clipped by something more substantial surely

06:41 that's going to come almost there he's coming in throwing himself at Barney Smith off balance

06:48 and sooner or later you get the impression he's going to get tagged yeah he's going to get tagged

06:52 he's just too far out what he's got to do is work with his own lead and double up his jab

06:57 and quicken his feet up then throw that right hand that's what he's got to do and he's just

07:02 too far out there he's again wild swing he's getting a bit frustrated this all falls into

07:08 Barney Smith's way of boxing yep this is clear clear round for Barney Smith he had a 10-8 in

07:15 the opener and he's absolutely dominated this one as well and Flores lending nothing of note in this

07:22 second round and a little left cross the last scoring punch from the home favorite

07:28 welcome back to York Hall talented youngster from Lyss in Hampshire Royston Barney Smith

07:37 in control of this featherweight fighter six rounder against a Maxia Cun Christian Lopez Flores

07:51 had a knockdown in the opening round of a soft one with a punch which looked as though it was

07:56 around the back of the head Flores gambling throwing big swings in the second and almost

08:03 being made to pay for it big time you can only make so many of those mistakes John Flores the

08:11 way he comes forward he's going to walk on to a couple of good shots here I heard Ben Davison in

08:16 that corner say no switch to the body bring him on to a couple of body shots and he wants him to

08:22 concentrate downstairs occasionally but up to now so he's Barney Smith's having to think a little bit

08:29 more against a fairly dangerous opponent with that right hand but like we've said he's too far out

08:37 throwing it and at the moment Barney Smith boxing very sensibly behind his straight jabs and straight

08:43 left hands he's boxing well Lopez trying to utilize his left hand lead a bit more in this

08:52 round it was just big swings from both blanks in round two but he doesn't technically look as

09:02 though he's got what it takes to overcome the southpaw style of Barney Smith that's where he

09:09 wants to be though up close yeah not too bad there from Flores he did get close on that occasion and

09:14 land a good right hand from these best shots of the contest so far so you know a glimmer of success

09:22 there that's what he's got to do he's got to close that gap and he certainly did on that occasion

09:27 yeah

09:40 Ben Davison calling out to his fighter to keep

09:44 under pressure keep working out behind that southpaw jab little feints here and there as

09:54 well from Barney Smith yeah he's boxing like I said he's boxing very sensibly here he's not

10:01 coming over his front foot not making too many mistakes Barney Smith he wants Flores to commit

10:06 himself to me yeah exactly that's why those feints come in occasionally with that front foot in that

10:10 front hand just wants Flores to react to that and to come forward and make the mistake for me Flores

10:18 has got to up the tempo again the pace is suited Barney Smith down to the ground he's controlling

10:24 it with that lead hand but not finding the target with that left hand bomb which is the big punch in

10:31 his arsenal was partially blocked almost found the target with that chopping left hand last few

10:47 seconds of a third round another round for Barney Smith but he's just finding Flores a little bit

10:54 tough to tackle

10:56 not quite working out as the quick bowl over that some people possibly

11:07 Royston Barney Smith included perhaps that they thought it was going to be

11:14 John a little bit awkward you don't really um dance to the tune as they say

11:19 he's winning it he's winning every round you just got to be patient and stick to his boxing

11:26 I think the more Flores comes forward and if he can get him to come forward more and more

11:33 opportunities will be there for for Barney Smith but he's boxing sensible up to now

11:38 you're giving him all three yeah definitely hands down just glimpses occasionally of Flores

11:45 landing the odd shot here and there getting close enough with overall Barney Smith boxing very well

11:50 Barney Smith coming out with a little bit more intent maybe in this fourth round looking to land

12:02 something powerful early on

12:08 so he's been here several times he's only won one of his 11 11 contests here

12:24 in the UK he's well known to us he's a tough cookie and he can be very awkward

12:31 and in a lot of ways he represents a step up in class for Barney Smith which

12:35 now in the sixth fight of his fledgling professional career is exactly what he needs

12:40 all about being patient with your boxing break the opponent down and the opportunities will come

12:50 and in this situation the more Flores comes over that front foot the more opportunities will

12:56 appear for Barney Smith and again lead hand all the time keep working with that lead hand

13:01 yeah doubled up beautifully didn't he with that right hand two jabs right on target

13:06 and it's making Flores a little bit hesitant in committing himself to coming forward

13:13 good work there from Barney Smith a couple of good shots then he adjusted his feet

13:19 didn't come forward and spot back to the safety zone

13:24 and that's as i said sensible boxing there from Barney Smith

13:31 this is where Barney Smith wants him

13:46 and that's where he's probably going to switch to the body occasionally listening to his corner

13:50 that's what Ben Davison wanted from him so he's landing well to the head

13:54 when he backs him up onto the ropes then switch the attack which will hurt his opponent downstairs

14:15 fourth round reaching its conclusion

14:17 and a nice right hand from Royston Barney Smith last big scoring shot

14:26 in the dressing room Ezra Taylor is going to be next in the ring

14:37 an international light heavyweight contest against Khalid Ghraidiyah

14:43 Taylor an exciting talent from Nottingham

14:45 knocking his trainer's glasses off that wasn't very gentlemanly was it

14:54 no not at all but looking impressive there looking great

14:57 struggling a little bit with it because you're putting too much emphasis on

15:04 loading up the one shot yeah take the biggest thing out of it keep yourself balanced you're able to go again

15:10 you agree with that Richie put some combinations together don't telegraph the one big shot

15:17 yeah that's right Ben Davison has said that yeah i get what he's saying i think he's boxing well up

15:24 to now but obviously Ben Davison in the nose he's boxer inside out he's lowered up just a little bit

15:29 with the single shot so he wants to see more combinations from him Ben really is one of the

15:35 great students of the sport there's too many who watch more fights than he does

15:42 and played a big role in getting Tyson Fury back to the top of the sports yeah absolutely

15:54 so

16:02 so

16:28 so again Flores the way he's looking too far out right hand on his mind to

16:34 swing and shot over the top Barney Smith standing tall and adjusting his feet

16:41 going backwards and maintaining the gap Flores um some real problems in there look he's trying

16:48 to get close look there's the shot there's that right hand he swings it in a little bit closer

16:52 on that occasion

17:02 well after sort of a fairly entertaining opening round the styles for me haven't really quite

17:16 jelled in this fight in the fifth round now and it's a learning process isn't it but

17:24 just sense that Barney Smith has kind of as he run out of ideas just to touch maybe he needs to

17:31 double up his attacks on so there was an attack there from that was good needed to go again

17:35 probably double up the attacks a little bit more put the combinations together like his coach has said

17:41 the single shots um they're probably not enough now Flores is not making those same mistakes so

17:48 he's probably just got to go through the gears a little bit up the tempo double up the attacks and

17:53 quicken things up the tempo a little bit more Flores getting in with a couple of body shots there

18:00 no great damage done left hand looked as though it was the more powerful shots

18:11 only one more round to go after this

18:12 Flores trying to finish it Lopez Flores trying to finish this as the man on the front foot

18:23 and he's given Royston Barney Smith plenty to think about

18:39 there was a little spell there where he was nice and consistent being first

18:42 whether he's going off first or threatening to be first kept him on the defensive

18:46 that's what you need to maintain yeah keeping him under threat too long of a spell

18:59 were you looking to bring him onto the show looking for one big downer

19:04 well the two men as is traditional touch gloves

19:24 last round is it's one going to go the distance it certainly looks that way

19:28 that's what will be on Flores his mind now just to get to the end of this round he's made things

19:35 awkward Barney Smith would have looked like the stoppage of course he would but you know

19:42 we're not going to stop every opponent these are learning contests

19:45 we'll look back at this if he gets through if he's the winner certainly took every round up to now

19:52 i'm just going to keep concentrating and just keep working away but you'll probably look back

19:56 and see that he should have up the tempo here and there maybe gone um like i said double up

20:02 the attacks but nevertheless he's won every round against an awkward opponent fairly dangerous

20:07 and you're not going to blow everybody you're not going to knock everyone out

20:11 at the end of the day it just doesn't happen

20:18 so

20:26 coming up still to come we've got Ezra Taylor against Carly Gradier

20:35 Mark Chamberlain against Marvin Damalari IVF European lightweight title and David Adelaide

20:43 our last fight of the night heavyweight action against Emiya Armatovich better work for Barney

20:51 Smith there just went through the gears didn't he up the tempo good attack on his opponent in

20:56 in his opponent's corner and then just came back out then went back in again so that was good from

21:01 Barney Smith

21:09 lads

21:17 occasionally he's got close with the odd shot here and there

21:31 been untidy though a lot of it and very inside the quality of his work you know isn't he

21:36 isn't in the same league as uh the quality of his punching but nevertheless it's quite a dangerous

21:43 opponent i think but uh because Barney Smith hasn't made any mistakes certainly Flores hasn't

21:51 drawn him into a toe-to-toe battle and he's boxed very well at mid and long range Barney

21:56 Smith he's a skillful kid so he doesn't make too many mistakes and that's the problem for flies

22:03 so the last few seconds and then we find out if the score is as we think emphatically

22:14 in the direction of the Hampshire youngster

22:17 Lopez Flores sees it to the final bell but surely Royston Barney Smith will have made it six out of

22:28 six certainly looks that way overall a good performance from Barney Smith i think his corner

22:37 will be relatively happy it's another win he's stopped his last three opponents remember but

22:42 you're not going to stop everyone it's a learning contest against an awkward opponent look good in

22:46 spells this fella's played his part and played his role occasionally got through with the odd

22:50 shot but uh Barney Smith it was and it was in another league in terms of his boxing ability

22:54 but a good six round workout for Royston Barney Smith yeah and you've got to remember this lad

23:00 only 19 years old sugar boy Roy and it's still a learning process looking to pick up experience of

23:09 different styles of different sorts of fights this is going to be a win but he'll have easier

23:15 nights than the one he had tonight the result is there now Dev Sarnie is fair jumping at the

23:22 bit to give us the results and here it comes ladies and gentlemen after six rounds of boxing

23:31 your referee Kieran McCann scores the contest 60 53 to your winner and still undefeated sugar boy

23:46 he takes every round there was the first round knockdown therefore the margin of 7.60 to 53

23:56 Royston Barney Smith 19 years old wins again and it's now six professional victories out of six

24:03 John Ritchie you mentioned it the boy needs the round

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