Comments Thread For: Trainer: Saunders Was Starting To Build Momentum When Eye Injury Came

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Mark Tibbs, trainer for former two-division world champion Billy Joe Saunders, said it was very difficult to stop the fight with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. The two boxers were colliding in a unification clash for the WBC, WBO, WBA super middleweight titles.
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[asgarth]

No he didnt. He was tiring and the number of clinches started to increase from round 5 onwards.
with the knowledge that saunders usually fades badly in the second half, he had no shot of winning.

[Boxing Goat]

I had BJS up 4-3 going into the 8th round. Of course he really wasn't on the actual cards, as expected.

[Thuglife Nelo]

BJS had his moments. Gave him 2 rounds at best, but Canelo outworked him with the meaningful shots per round like 4:1. This is why GGG fans gravitate to an only jabs performance. Judges don’t see it that way.

[Thuglife Nelo]

I had BJS up 4-3 going into the 8th round. Of course he really wasn't on the actual cards, as expected.

Lol. Right, but for years u had Canelo beating GGG, yet u can’t distinguish ratio of shots comparison between rounds for Canelo BJS? Don’t be mad that Davis’ career didn’t go as planned. I’ve witnessed your change of character

[tokon]

No he didnt. He was tiring and the number of clinches started to increase from round 5 onwards.
with the knowledge that saunders usually fades badly in the second half, he had no shot of winning.

Yes, that's exactly how I seen it and, like Thuglife, only had Saunders down for winning two rounds as Canelo walked him down.

[Monty Fisto]

I had BJS with no more than two rounds also -- but most of the rounds were close. He was doing OK, but it's not like he was hurting Canelo. Made Canelo swing and miss a few times and landed a few nice combos, but BJS was definitely slowing from the bodywork and it was only going one way even if his cheek held up.

[kushking]

If that were true he wouldn't have been so battered by such a huge disparity in the 8th rd(statistically BJS worst rd/Canelos best Rd of the fight by miles,& the punch happened at end of the rd)

[Liondw]

Cameo was starting to put the heat on. Only one winner. I wish Saunders a full recovery.

[Amber_TKO]

It never felt like the fight was out of Canelo's control. I gave BJS rounds 4&5 but even then Canelo was landing shots to the body & sticking to his gameplan to break Saunders down. If the stoppage didn't happen the way it did, it was just gonna happen another way.