Kahlil Smoot vs Francois Russell (05-03-2024) Full Fight

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00:00 (crowd murmuring)

00:02 - All right, boxers, your trunks are looking good.

00:06 Remember, protect yourselves at all times.

00:08 Listen to my commands at all times.

00:10 Any questions, touch gloves, come out swinging.

00:12 Here we go!

00:14 - We are ready to go with our first bout of the evening.

00:18 Khalil Smoot, eight and three, seven knockouts.

00:22 He's in the silver and black.

00:24 Francois Russell, three and 43 knockouts.

00:27 He's in the black and white.

00:29 Mark Gatens here, ringside to Texas.

00:31 Troubadour Nashville with the two-time

00:34 NFL All-Pro Albert Hainsworth,

00:36 and we are underway here in Nashville.

00:38 - You can kinda see 'em like just

00:41 filling each other out right now, you know.

00:43 I'm gonna say Smoot's definitely,

00:47 he's gonna come with the power.

00:49 He looks like a power puncher.

00:51 I think I can even see some fireworks, I believe.

00:54 - Smoot coming off a six-round stoppage defeat

00:59 to Sean Laudry, that was on March the 4th, 2023.

01:03 So he's been out of the ring almost exactly a year.

01:05 That was in Oak Hill, West Virginia.

01:07 - So they might have a little ring rust,

01:10 and you know, on 40, you wanna keep,

01:12 wanna keep backed up for sure.

01:14 See if we can get him back, get him back here.

01:17 - Russell has had 43 professional fights.

01:22 He told me he had about 150 amateur fights.

01:25 So he's a real veteran of the ring here.

01:29 - Yeah, overhand right's gonna be a big factor

01:34 in this fight for Smoot, 'cause he just landed

01:37 that pretty flush, and you know,

01:40 just that was the first punch landed,

01:42 and that kinda definitely got the attention of Russell.

01:46 - I see the seven-inch height advantage

01:50 for Smoot is at six-four.

01:53 Russell's listed at five-foot-nine,

01:54 left of the body from Smoot.

01:56 - Russell shook that off, said no.

02:02 But you know, when the guy says no,

02:04 and turns it to the body, that means yes.

02:07 - Bit of a feeling out, first minute and 50 seconds here

02:14 to start things off in Nashville tonight.

02:16 Left hook misses, Russell did well

02:21 to slip that, but you see Smoot trying to walk Russell.

02:26 Now how's him in the corner,

02:27 good right and a left to the body.

02:29 Three-punch combination.

02:31 Another combination, the body come upstairs

02:41 to the head from Smoot.

02:42 Tells Smoot definitely has something behind those punches.

02:50 - It does, you know one thing though,

02:52 you see in Russell, he's kinda pawing

02:55 to try to get the range.

02:57 He has the straight right.

02:59 - Four punches and Russell takes a knee.

03:04 20 seconds to go here in round one.

03:08 Russell up at eight.

03:14 Russell's been stopped in 28 of his 40 losses.

03:19 (players shouting)

03:22 End of one.

03:23 - 10 seconds, see if he's gonna end.

03:26 See if he's gonna finish.

03:28 - It was a good right hand from Smoot.

03:29 It looks like Russell will get out of the first round.

03:32 End of one, schedule for four.

03:33 (players shouting)

03:37 (upbeat music)

03:40 (players shouting)

03:43 So good first round for Khalil Smoot.

03:55 Scores a knockout.

03:57 - Yeah, you can see him, he's got a little rust on him,

04:04 he's four years old, but he's gotta let them hands go.

04:09 He can really end this fight.

04:11 He got two to the body.

04:12 So I think he should continue to keep going to the body.

04:16 - Yeah, I think here comes the knockdown.

04:18 He landed three or four punches, three, four,

04:21 and then a knee, and a fifth shot

04:24 for good measure for Smoot.

04:26 - Yeah, you know, a little tough,

04:34 but I mean, let's just see how Russell comes out after that.

04:39 'Cause I didn't think those were super hard body shots.

04:43 - We are back for round two.

04:46 Schedule for four, Khalil Smoot.

04:49 Francois Russell, who's now on the bicycle a little bit.

04:57 Russell looking for an angle,

05:04 try to land something that could possibly

05:08 equalize this fight, and a right,

05:10 and that looked like a slip.

05:12 I didn't see any punches land there.

05:14 Russell went down to the canvas.

05:17 Russell coming back with some offense of his own.

05:21 - Let's go, let's go.

05:22 You tried, you tried.

05:25 That was all right.

05:28 Yeah, he's faster than that, he's faster than that.

05:31 - Let's see if Russell,

05:33 again, if he can get a little more active.

05:38 - Great, I mean, he's retreating.

05:40 He's punching off his back foot.

05:43 You know, one thing that Russell

05:46 could really take advantage of

05:47 is 'cause Smoot's not that super active.

05:51 So if he keeps just throwing that jab, like in his face,

05:56 he won't be able to tee him up.

05:57 - See, Smoot again has Russell in the corner.

06:02 Russell's punching a little bit more now

06:04 when he's on the defensive, he eats a right hand.

06:08 - Good right hand by Smoot.

06:09 - Yeah, again, I think if Russell just keep that jab

06:16 and Smoot's face, it'll be a whole lot better.

06:19 - Jab that drives Russell all the way back to the corner.

06:23 Jab to the body.

06:24 - His body is weak.

06:27 - Three more shots inside for Khalil Smoot.

06:31 - There you go, that's all.

06:34 Good job, good job.

06:36 - Smoot's six year pro.

06:40 Started at boxing at the age of 21,

06:43 just walked into a gym and hard right hand again.

06:46 Had about 10 amateur fights.

06:49 Good right to the top of the head.

06:54 Smoot may have Russell in trouble and he drops him again.

06:58 Down to a knee, second knockdown of the fight,

07:01 30 seconds to go in round two.

07:03 - Yeah, I think his body, his body was skidding.

07:07 Again, like he literally, if Russell just threw a jab,

07:16 he's letting Smoot just--

07:19 - Walk right in there, yeah.

07:20 - Yeah, there's no punishment whatsoever.

07:23 - Good right again over the top and down

07:25 goes Russell to a knee for a third time.

07:27 - Three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

07:32 - Two more knockdowns for Khalil Smoot.

07:44 Starting to see a little bit of,

07:49 starting to see a little bit of resignation

07:50 on the body language of Russell now.

07:54 - Yeah, a little bit, but like, you know,

07:56 as you can see right there with those punches,

07:58 that he was already kind of going down.

07:59 I think he's getting tired more than he's getting hurt.

08:02 And again, if he could just literally, you know,

08:06 just jab, throw his jabs, you know,

08:10 get in the face of Smoot would be,

08:14 would be a whole lot, whole lot better.

08:16 You know, because he's, I mean,

08:20 he's really like sucking wind.

08:21 Just keep like, just keep like jabbing,

08:24 like jab, keep him off balance.

08:26 Because he's trying to tee you up.

08:27 So he's lining you up almost like a heavy bag.

08:29 And then he's like gonna hit you, so.

08:32 - Back here for round three.

08:39 Troubadour Nashville, Tennessee.

08:42 Khalil Smoot has so far scored three knockdowns

08:45 on Francois Russell.

08:46 Figure the corner of Smoot,

08:51 which is run by Corey Barrio.

08:55 Maybe told their man to just go up and get him now.

08:59 - Yeah, I mean, like definitely Smoot can just open it up.

09:03 And I guess I don't think he has any,

09:05 he doesn't have to worry about getting hurt

09:07 or anything like that.

09:08 Because like, only time Russell is gonna throw

09:13 is like when he's tied up like this.

09:15 - Seems to have a little bit of fire behind him

09:20 because Francois Russell hits on the break.

09:23 - It's okay, you can feel that.

09:24 You can feel that, watch this.

09:26 - That's the only fire he's doing right now.

09:28 Yeah.

09:31 - Oh, a big right hand from Smoot again.

09:33 - I think he kind of pissed Smoot off with the--

09:35 - The shot on the break.

09:38 - Let's go.

09:40 - Again, he's like backing himself in a corner.

09:43 No, he needs a throw.

09:45 - Oh, there's a right and a left.

09:48 And down goes Russell for a fourth time.

09:50 (clapping)

09:52 - You saw Russell thought about getting up at eight

10:03 and then he shook his head no.

10:05 Score the stoppage, third round stoppage for Khalil Smoot.

10:09 Win number nine, nine knockouts.

10:11 Russell drops to three and 41.

10:13 - Yeah, well, like you said,

10:17 like he sat there like a heavy bag.

10:21 You know, he didn't throw back much

10:24 and that's why Smoot could just literally tee off on him.

10:27 If he would have kept his jab and Smoot's face,

10:32 it would have been, you know, a little better,

10:36 a little more interesting and I think he could have last.

10:38 Not saying that he might have won,

10:39 but he would have definitely would have been a little bit--

10:42 - Yeah, you figure a couple times he did throw the jab,

10:45 not only did he land, he was able to keep Smoot off him

10:50 and at least give him something to think about.

10:53 - Yeah, because I think a jab's one definitely,

10:56 you know, ruffle him because, you know,

10:58 he's sitting in his face so he can't just like,

11:00 just tee off on him, you know, like a heavy bag.

11:03 Makes him think.

11:04 And so then, then he would have should have been

11:07 been able to counter.

11:09 But I think like the body punches,

11:12 probably like rattled him because, you know,

11:14 he's definitely hurting in the body

11:17 and that's why he kind of went down.

11:21 I think he protected his head pretty well.

11:23 He does have a little mark under his right eye.

11:27 - And for a guy like Smoot,

11:28 he's nine and three with nine knockouts.

11:30 Because of his 100%, at least 100% knockout percentage

11:35 for his wins, he may get on a list

11:39 to get a decent opportunity against

11:41 maybe an up and coming fighter.

11:43 Just, you know, further his career.

11:46 - Definitely could.

11:46 I mean, I'd love to see, honestly,

11:49 I'd love to see Smoot come back

11:52 and fight one of our champions, Eric Ariano.

11:57 - You could probably see that down the line, you know,

11:59 maybe get Eric a couple more wins.

12:01 But the thing is, Eric is, you know,

12:03 we're gonna talk about, he's probably moving back down

12:04 towards cruiserweight and Smoot's a, you know,

12:07 240 plus pound heavyweight.

12:09 So it's still possible down the line, though.

12:12 - Yeah, I mean, just give him a good chance

12:14 to get somebody with heavy hands.

12:16 - Well, it looks like we are ready

12:17 for the time of the stoppage.

12:18 Let's show up the ring announcer, JT Conway.

12:21 - All right, folks.

12:22 How about that for our first fight of the night?

12:24 Your winner, at a minute 20 of the third round,

12:29 by way of knockout, Khalil "God's Warrior" Smoot!

12:34 Hey, before we throw it to Ronnie Cockrell over here

12:40 after this big, big clash of titans,

12:43 I wanna say what's up to my man, Austin Dule.

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