Comments Thread For: Photos: Billy Joe Saunders, Artur Akavov - Go Face To Face

[PittyPat]

Surprised he didn't injure himself getting to the event.

Still plenty of time for him to slam his hand into a door from wanking too much. :wanker:

[Raimondo]

Gods of boxing better be on Akavov's side and pull out a win for him.

[angkag]

dont believe akavov will beat saunders, so I pray for Saunders that he will miss weight and gets his belt stripped off.

Now THAT would be hilarious.

[r1onnie2]

I'll believe it when I see Saunders in the ring.

[RuslanChagaev]

He's solid, but he's only ever fought C level fighters. He's done what a Grade A or Grade B fighter should do to C grade fighters, but that just makes him a complete unknown.

Could he surprise ? Its possible, but unlikely. You rarely get anonymous fighters appearing out the woodwork and doing the unexpected.

More likely Team Saunders did their homework on him and picked him as they are confident he's no more than a B grade fighter.

So we can all hope, but Saunders, being the GOAT at 160 should make light work of him.

(that's GOAT as in the ruminant mammal)

Thank you for your valuable information so, Im curious about Billy Joe Saunders performance cuz he has not been fighting for a long time. Hopefully they'll show us a good fight.

[aboutfkntime]

not a huge Saunders fan, although I have been watching him since he was a kid. he's always had good skills.....


..... but reading the comments in this thread, has made him 1 of my favorite fighters LMAO

[Sparked_26]

I usually back all Brits but I wouldn't be gutted if the Russian done him.

[aboutfkntime]

what I truly hated about the Pacquiao era, was his ****head fanbase..... every fighter who was even mentioned in the same sentence as Manny, instantly became a bum and a coward, and was reviled beyond belief.....

it was fkn disgraceful, look at the situation with Sergio Martinez for example

and it is still happening today

and what do I see, exactly the same thing happening with GGG

reminder: this is what Saunders is guilty of.....
* beating Andy Lee (a more recent relevant win than GGG)
* refusing to bend over for GGG and take a 1.5mil low-ball

that's it..... those are his crimes

grow up you fkn salty bunch of childish b1tches LMAO

[robbyheartbaby]

Anyone talking sh** on Saunders get their facts straight, yes he's been out all year but he's back. His wins over Andy Lee and Chris Eubank are as big as anything GGG has done! Abuse me if you want but it's fact, Saunders and GGG need to fight!

[asgarth]

what I truly hated about the Pacquiao era, was his ****head fanbase..... every fighter who was even mentioned in the same sentence as Manny, instantly became a bum and a coward, and was reviled beyond belief.....

it was fkn disgraceful, look at the situation with Sergio Martinez for example

and it is still happening today

and what do I see, exactly the same thing happening with GGG

reminder: this is what Saunders is guilty of.....
* beating Andy Lee (a more recent relevant win than GGG)
* refusing to bend over for GGG and take a 1.5mil low-ball

that's it..... those are his crimes

grow up you fkn salty bunch of childish b1tches LMAO

I dont really think 1,5 mio is considered lawballing from a reasonable viewpoint, but I need some information on how much he did in his last fights (Akarov, Lee, Bloyer, Eubanks) to make a judgement.

Taking PBC purses (which are already declining) out of the equation, because those guys are overpayed, kovalev earned 2 mio against ward, Lomachenko 1mio and Walters 300k against each other. So 1,5 mio should be fair.

The guy had the opportunity to face golovkin or to fight on the undercard of canelo to build up a fight against canelo recently, but he choose to fight artur whatshisname.

Also I dont understand the notion that andy lee is a good win. He is decent at best and is on par with Lemieux, Murray, Geale and Stevens.

The guy was clearly beaten against chavez, was also knocked out against Vera and in both fight against korobov and jackson behind on the scorecards.
He has a good equalizer, but there is nothing really more to Andy Lee.