Comments Thread For: Billy Joe Saunders Drops, Decisions Andy Lee To Win WBO Belt

[Evan Fields]

Watching this fight it seems like Golovkin is going to have a loooooooooong title reign

[daggum]

saunders comfortably outboxes ggg, the guy is a face first brawler. sauners will just move aruond and counterpunch. learn boxing

[ИATAS]

I'm sure his win just messed up some middleweight plans. Congratulations to him though, not sure there has ever been a time when two Irish Travellers were world champions at the same time in two different divisions and if so, probably 80+ years or so

[Corelone]

The point is that the UK has one in seven of the championships whereas it certainly doesn't have a seventh of the population of the major boxing nations.

It is really over-achieving considering the size of its population when compared to the USA, Mexico, Japan, Germany, Philippines, Thailand etc. Perhaps only Puerto Rico can better this champions/population stat.

It would be interesting to see an article on why this is happening, an in depth analysis. I don't really expect to find an article like that on this site but if any of you see it on another site please give me a heads up.

Well the UK is just that, so you have Jamaicans, Pakistanis, and who knows what in the ranks. As far as Puerto Rico goes, have you seen the scoring that goes on? 9-8 rounds in a ten point must system, three knock downs and one point round, promoters adjusting the cards. It's hard to win on the Islands, but none of these guys are in a hurry to fight on the other guys Island. I haven't seen any English champs defend in Puerto Rico or the Philippines.

[SteveM]

Well the UK is just that, so you have Jamaicans, Pakistanis, and who knows what in the ranks. As far as Puerto Rico goes, have you seen the scoring that goes on? 9-8 rounds in a ten point must system, three knock downs and one point round, promoters adjusting the cards. It's hard to win on the Islands, but none of these guys are in a hurry to fight on the other guys Island. I haven't seen any English champs defend in Puerto Rico or the Philippines.

Something has scrambled your senses - but keep that partyin going.

[Amgwanagitbuti]

saunders comfortably outboxes ggg, the guy is a face first brawler. sauners will just move aruond and counterpunch. learn boxing

After round eight, Saunders will gas out; his footwork will abandon him; his ribs gets crushed by GGG hooks.

[daggum]

After round eight, Saunders will gas out; his footwork will abandon him; his ribs gets crushed by GGG hooks.

nope. he wins the first 8 comfortably then cruises to a UD. mayve a MD or SD if one of the judges is coked up

[Corelone]

Something has scrambled your senses - but keep that partyin going.

Punch drunk. It didn't get dark till I started waking up.

[PunchyPotorff]

How can you win a fight if after the fourth you don't throw punches.... I had it by two points for Lee. Well we all know that belt is going on tour...

That what I'm starting to think. Lee the champion should've been completely outclassed but wasn't. I also had it a 1-2 point win for Lee. Certainly do not think Saunders took it to Lee, especially the last half of the fight. Maybe a few spurts here and there, but not consistently. But yeah, Saunders people must've had more moolah to throw around than Lee's people. Lee will be back though. Not the best, maybe not champ again, but still very solid and a proven draw in the UK.

I want to see jacobs v Saunders big time unification

That one would be a great fight. As sneaky as Saunders is, he should be able to catch Jacobs solid, at least early.

...Meantime Danny's talking like a guy who doesn't want to test himself.

^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^

huh?? You prefer a belt being held hostage and defended for the next 2 years against c-grade slobs instead of a potential middleweight unification? you must have taken quite a few "hits" tonite......

Saunders will be the Arthur Abraham of the UK.

saunders comfortably outboxes ggg, the guy is a face first brawler. sauners will just move aruond and counterpunch. learn boxing

GGG can box, don't be fooled. Saunders will out-slick him for most rounds, and be stopped late. Unless he has a stainless steel chin, the matador can not avoid the bull that long when they're in that close proximity.

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Couple observations.... Maybe it's just cranky old guy talking, but geez the ref was in the way. The director in the truck must've been pissed trying to get the right shot. Refs gotta have more set sense and realize where the cameras most likely are. There's only so much a director can do to keep the flow right for the viewer... especially with an already low output fight like this one. Yes the ref's main job is to ref the fight, but geez this ref seemed daft to the fact the bout was being filmed.

And my isn't it nice to see the British ladies with some meat on their bones. AND some actual ROCK music between rounds. May haveta retire to the UK in 4 years.

[Kagami Taiga]

I'm sure his win just messed up some middleweight plans. Congratulations to him though, not sure there has ever been a time when two Irish Travellers were world champions at the same time in two different divisions and if so, probably 80+ years or so

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