Comments Thread For: Saunders-Eubank To Be WBO World Title Eliminator

[MisterDeclanCor]

Yeah, remain unconvinced by any perfromance of BJS I've seen - similar to Frankie Gavin, something in his character or his face or something just tells me he isn't world level. He's somewhat feather fisted and seems to gas early, his skills are good but not super-slick. Obviously the fight's come maybe a little too early for Eubank, but I fancy him to step up and expose Billy Joe

[hamada44]

BJS will get beat. He struggles at the weight. Has no power and he gasses. Eubank jr has passed the eye test. His hand speed, power and combination punching is pure class.

[Tedkidlewis]

Eubank Jr is gonna knock BJS out. Team Eubank were right to keep young Christopher active and he seems to be in a good place, while I'm imagine Saunders is probably balancing training with having fun training is Span. I also believe young Christopher is the more talented of the two.

[jacksonrr]

Eubanks fought a bunch of bums, not even got a domestic title and is in an eliminator? wow...

[daggum]

the wbo sees an opportunity to make a lot of money if eubank has a belt. they are smart crooks i mean businessmen.

[Mick Higgs]

The way I read it was all of BJS's titles are on the line. That's British, EBU & Commonwealth!

[Ray*]

the wbo sees an opportunity to make a lot of money if eubank has a belt. they are smart crooks i mean businessmen.

Yep, they see a name and they basically now attached their belt to it, on a side note I see Eubank winning this fight.

[alexguiness]

BJS will get beat. He struggles at the weight. Has no power and he gasses. Eubank jr has passed the eye test. His hand speed, power and combination punching is pure class.

When you say 'eye test' do you mean that he looks good technically?

Because, given the level of his opponents to date any decent fight would look good as a combination puncher etc.

Also BJS has gone the full 12 rounds at least 5 times in his career, Eubank Jnr has not gone past 8 rounds.

If you think none of these things matter then I guess if Eubank 'looks good' then it should be enough for him to just turn up and win...

[Box-Office]

Yeah, remain unconvinced by any perfromance of BJS I've seen - similar to Frankie Gavin, something in his character or his face or something just tells me he isn't world level. He's somewhat feather fisted and seems to gas early, his skills are good but not super-slick. Obviously the fight's come maybe a little too early for Eubank, but I fancy him to step up and expose Billy Joe

Have you ever looked in to their opposition?

Saunders has beaten 4 unbeaten genuine prospects (including Jarrod Fletcher), 3 in a row now and this fight will make it 4 provided he wins. That in itself is quite remarkable. He may have not looked too good, but that's cuz he is fighting guys who themselves are there to win not just give a test. Not to mention has won all the domestic belts.


I just don't know what people see in Chris besides his surname, because Eubank Jr has beaten your local butcher shop guys to get to where he is at and it doesn't matter if he looked good doing it.

[Kilrain]

Have you ever looked in to their opposition?

Saunders has beaten 4 unbeaten genuine prospects (including Jarrod Fletcher), 3 in a row now and this fight will make it 4 provided he wins. That in itself is quite remarkable. He may have not looked too good, but that's cuz he is fighting guys who themselves are there to win not just give a test. Not to mention has won all the domestic belts.


I just don't know what people see in Chris besides his surname, because Eubank Jr has beaten your local butcher shop guys to get to where he is at and it doesn't matter if he looked good doing it.

I think you have to broaden the criteria you use when evaluating a fighter. You're writing Eubank off PURELY on the notion that he has fought a sub-standard level of opponents. But his speed, athleticism, power and movement are all of a high level, that's plain to see. You can't just ignore his attributes. Billy Joe never looked anywhere near as good as Eubank does now when he was at that same level; he wasn't bombing opponents out, knocking guys clean out cold.

I think Eubank's history of top sparring - he's regularly sparred the likes of DeGale, Froch and Groves (all of whom rate him highly), as well as doing training stints in the Mayweather Gym - will stand him in good stead.

I like Billy Joe and he's done well to beat who he has beat, but as another poster says, I think he has a ceiling and I forecast that Eubank's simply got more tools in his arsenal. It's a fascinating fight, looking forward to seeing how it plays out.