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Jamie Moore backs Miguel Cotto to beat Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez

Smith v Fielding, refereeing errors and Joshua also addressed.

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 6: Miguel Cotto (L) and trainer Freddie Roach (R) before Cotto's WBC middleweight world championship fight against Daniel Geale (not sh
Image: Miguel Cotto: Favoured by Jamie Moore to beat Canelo

Who will win when Miguel Cotto faces Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez? How about Callum Smith v Rocky Fielding? Is Anthony Joshua a nice guy or not? Jamie Moore has the answers to all this and more...

Miguel Cotto v Saul Alvarez looks set for November. What do you make of that match up?

Jamie says: It's one of the biggest fights in boxing at the minute.

I'm a massive fan of Cotto. I always have been ever since he won his world title. I love his style and I love his left hook - I really think it's a thing of beauty.

When you look back and see what Cotto has achieved over the last 10 or 15 years, it's really incredible and for him to still be around and at the very top is something else.

I just personally feel that Cotto has more experience at a higher level and will go in to the fight with great confidence.
Jamie Moore

Alvarez has had a lot of fights but he turned professional at just 15 and a lot of those early wins were just to pad his record. He's an absolute icon in Mexico and a terrific fighter in his own right.

I just personally feel that Cotto has more experience at a higher level and will go in to the fight with great confidence. He'll be flying because he beat the linear middleweight champion having moved up from light-middleweight. I think size-wise, these two match up evenly but I think Cotto just has the experience to nick it.

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If Callum Smith fought Rocky Fielding right now, who wins?

Jamie says: I said last week that I thought it was 50-50. I understood why people made Smith a big favourite before the weekend but I've seen lots of Rocky in the gym and I know how good he can be.

After the weekend, it now looks closer than people anticipated and the public are starting to realise how good Rocky can be.

Rocky Fielding lands a telling shot against Bryan Vera
Image: Rocky Fielding: Backed by Jamie Moore all along

Every time Rocky has stepped up, you could see in his body language that he was much more focused for the fight. Every fighter will tell you that it's much easier to perform when the adrenaline is pumping and you're up against it but he's looking impressive.

What did you make of the refereeing errors over the weekend?

Jamie says: I was sat right below the Fielding stoppage of Brian Vera and I didn't hear the referee say 'stop boxing.' As Vera turned to Fielding, he just hit him and that was boxing to the referee's instructions.

There is a question mark of sportsmanship but it's so hard to question whether it was the right thing or the wrong thing when you take into account it was all in the heat of the moment. It was a split-second reaction.

Jessie Vargas celebrates as he mistakenly thinks referee Pat Russell has stopped the fight on a knockout over Timothy Bradley
Image: Pat Russell mistook the 10-second warning as the final bell

Some people said 'I wouldn't have done that' and some people said 'I definitely would have done that.' Personally, if the referee didn't say 'stop boxing', then 100% I'd have hit him. It's a difficult one and it just comes down to opinions.

If the referee didn't tell them to stop boxing, then Rocky has every right to do it, and what a shot he hit him with!

As for what happened in the Timothy Bradley v Jessie Vargas fight, I can't understand how you can mix up the clacks with the bell. It's a totally different sound. It seemed like an honest mistake, though.

There's now a question mark left over that victory that Bradley didn't need because he's chasing big fights against the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr and Amir Khan.

Do you agree with Eddie Hearn that Anthony Joshua has a dark side we'll see against Dillian Whyte?

Jamie says: Yes. I've mentioned it before and lately he's come out with a nastier streak in the last six months. He's put a bit more spite in to his finishes and hit a few people when they've been down on one knee and things like that. He's been warned about it.

He's getting real spite in to his shots and a bit more meanness.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09:  Anthony Joshua during a press conference  to promote his WBC International Heavyweight Title bout against Denis Bakhtov on O
Image: Anthony Joshua: Adding mean streak, says Jamie

Dillian is a whole new proposition for Joshua, though. It goes back to what I said earlier about adrenaline, and that adrenaline will not only make Joshua better but it'll make Whyte better too. That's what makes it an intriguing fight.

Anthony hasn't put a foot wrong as a professional and he's going to be asked some questions by Dillian Whyte. But on that stage and under that pressure, I think Joshua will thrive and perform even better.

You never know though. These are heavyweights and anything can happen. Fingers crossed this fight gets made in the future.

What's the strangest thing you've heard of a champion doing with his belt?

Jamie says: Unfortunately, I can never forget Frank Bruno posing with his belt around him, completely naked with the belt covering his assets. That's a bit of a strange one and apologies for that picture that's now stuck in everyone's mind!

NOVEMBER:  (FILE PHOTO)  Nov 1995:  World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Frank Bruno of Great Britain poses with the WBC belt in this moody studio por
Image: Frank Bruno did something memorable with his belt...

I heard about some fighters selling their Lonsdale belts. Obviously when you're in a certain situation you have to do what you have to do but I can't imagine selling something so prestigious that I worked so hard for.

Mine is pride of place on a shelf in my living room so every time I walk down the stairs in the morning to make breakfast for the kids I can have a little glance up there and remind myself of what I achieved.