Shane McGuigan Reacts To Chris Billam-Smith Win Over Riakporhe

Shane McGuigan Reacts To Chris Billam-Smith Win Over Riakporhe
Shane McGuigan spoke to Boxing News' Rob Tebbutt following Chris Billam-Smith's dominant unanimous decision win over Richard Riakporhe in London.
00:00-00:16: Intro
00:16-02:20: Defending the world title
02:20-5:49: The game plan
5:49-7:15: Was Shane disappointed in Riakporhe?
7:15-9:54: What does the win mean?
9:54-11:39: What was the advice in-between rounds
11:39-15:00: The scorecards
15:00-18:45: What is next for CBS?
1845-21:05: Which fight is most likely to happen next?
21:05-24:31: Is working with CBS Shane’s biggest achievement?
24:31-26:05: What does Billam-Smith mean to Shane?
26:05-26:47: Outro
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[@boxingnews__]

Who should Chris Billam-Smith fight next? 🤔👇

[@sacredneutral7304]

Opetaia

[@liamcraighill]

Massey

[@ninjasrose1653]

Ramires in America for me. It's a winnable fight and sets up a great last lap.

[@bigtuss7482]

Unify

[@NelsonVanDweller]

Shane mcguigan in a court case

[@markh88]

How can you not be happy for CBS. The man has worked his balls off and maximised his talent and is now getting his rewards. A true Gentleman who deserves his success 👏🏻👏🏻

[@leftturnclyde3398]

100%

[@mikebowman3398]

One of the best in the game. Speaks so much knowledge

[@peternagy-im4be]

Unlike the judges in this fight

[@peternagy-im4be]

@@fergusmurphy3724 allegedly?

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

He is fluent is Korean too

[@Matt-ou7tu]

​@@user-zy9yg2eu5tI can't tell if this is sarcasm or not ...

[@stephenvaughan6496]

Such a underestimated coach has done outstanding job with CBS Taylor and frampton never the same without Shane doesn’t get the credit he deserves top boxing coach and seems top bloke

[@ADEOLADEEBO]

Hard to deny that Shane is some trainer

[@ninjasrose1653]

Excellent interview Rob.

[@Bazzle342]

Best trainer in the world. Absolutely perfect gameplay to take away Riakporhe’s long lead hand and jab.

[@Steve-dw8hj]

The scoring was atrocious, Shane is absolutely right to call this out, I remember hearing CBS say the Riakporhe was Shaloms close friend, maybe now Shalom will get behind CBS properly, it is twice now he has wanted the other fighter to get the decision, it was the same with Okolie. I scored it 118 - 110

[@gleasonsgym]

Looking forward to it! Keep pushing forward. 💪🥊

[@mattdevereux5940]

what shane has done with chris is remarkable

[@alephworkshop]

McGuigan deserves alot of credit. Both wins used technique where CBS was positioning his stance and feet to nullify the power hand/space/leverage of Okolie and RR. It also made for unexciting fights in stifling the puncher

[@MoAli-nv9cf]

Congrats to CBS. Spot on game plan and performance. Totally nullified Riakporhe by controlling the pace and fighting on the inside as well the high punch output to head and body. Very talented and determined

[@angusking9881]

Thought CBS boxed a bit like a prime Josh Taylor. So impressive the way he made that look quite easy last night. Feared for him a bit when I saw the size difference but he took away all Richard’s advantages.

[@frankjaeger393]

Agree with Shane, close rounds that can go either way should go to the champion, a champion shouldn't lose a title in doubt. Unfortunately this seems to be disregarded for A side fighters or fighters with most potential for broadcasters and sanctioning bodies. Such as Canelo taking GGG crown in rematch, that fight was too close could go either way most felt to GGG. Tyson Fury vs Klitschko, yes Klitschko struggled but Fury wasn't hitting Klitschko either every round was close, Fury was giving rounds just for making them close as an underdog, is that really enough to end a 10 year reign? Out boxing the champion and taking the titles with no doubt is what Usyk did to AJ and Fury while defending his own.

[@martingibbons1324]

This was a great fight to watch although totally one sided Riakporhe had success alnight with his head but that was about it he was out thought and out boxed completely at best Riakporhe won 3 rounds probably only 2. A great win and on to the next.

[@michaelhill2300]

It’s crazy how a sport like boxing thw scores are always so far out, so I used to fight Muay Thai, recently I noticed DAZN has the RWS straight from Thailand on, every single fight with so little money being paid was scored perfect, not sure why boxing is so way off soooo many times ;-)

[@trevorclarey3336]

Score cards ?

[@fergusmurphy3724]

Agree with Shane regarding Richard’s coach. Muppets like Angel Fernandez and Malik Scott should be banned from the sport! All they do is over complicate things, make them too technical and ruin killers like Deontay Wilder and Richard Rhiakpore!!!🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@chipchipchop123]

Shallom a little rat with those judges can’t wait for boxxer to be over and sky get back in the game proper

[@RegenerationOffical]

Who’s gonna do their boxing?

[@chipchipchop123]

@@RegenerationOffical don’t be surprised if Warren turns up there !

[@11East]

@@RegenerationOfficalAdam Smith might get back in with them eventually

[@fergusmurphy3724]

Chris Billam Smith is anything but entertaining🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️pull the other one Rob!

[@fergusmurphy3724]

Did Shane McGuigan really just compare himself and CHRIS BILLAM SMITH to Canelo/Reynoso?!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@rickisunak]

Who knows how CBS won in that a absolute cauldron of noise, very intimidating. Riakporhe a huge Palace fan, even knew the Palace songs 😂. Weird choice of venue from Boxxer.

[@jamesdepledge5823]

No one is watching sky sports boxing

[@seanwatts3585]

Shane and his dad 💯