Comments Thread For: Billy Joe Saunders vs. Artur Akavov Set For October 22

[aboutfkntime]

You didn't really respond to any of the points I made in my last post.

However, if a fighter defends their titles they are able to make voluntary defenses until the next mandatory is due. Not that I agree that fighting a welterweight was a good look at all but I'm sure you recall that the fight was meant to be with Eubank who errr.... lost his pen or something, so then Golovkin's choices were either fight and make 5 mil or sit idle. I'd rather a fighter fight than sit idle like Billy Joe has done. He should show respect to the sport, the belt and his fans by giving them a show and defending his belt as champions do.

like Saunders is doing ?

he is obviously waiting for the Canelo fight

you're right about his current opponent selection..... perhaps I should have just mentioned that he aint the only one, and left it there

it is ridiculous to suggest that Eubank left Team Bull**** with no choice

[rudy]

Saunders put himself in a corner by not defending his title for such a long period of time when he had lots of opportunities to do so before now. Not wanting to risk getting stripped and blow a multi million dollar pay day against a top name, he chose the weakest fighter out of those available.

As far as your point about him not fighting a welterweight, I'm sure that if he were able to do such a fight and keep his belt he would have done so. The fact is that the other middleweight champion (Golovkin) has been defending his belts every 4-6 months against his mandatories which freed up space for him to take a money fight against a welterweight, meanwhile Saunders has been refusing fights and sitting idly.

He is simply trying to cash out his belt against either Canelo or Golovkin but in the meantime has done nothing to show that he is an ambitious fighter looking to prove that he is the real number 1 middleweight. If he was more honest about his situation and willingness to fight the big names he'd surely have more support.

He must have the same dad as Adonis Stevenson

[j0zef]

Found a video of Akavov's highlights that haNZAgod put together.
Akavov looks like a tricky customer who likes to stay down and play defense. Expect BJS outbox him easily.