Billy Joe Saunders' route to the top is pretty darn impressive.

[W1LL]

British, Commonwealth, European, WBO International and then WBO World Middleweight titles. As a Brit that is the best route to take to a World title.

[jmrf4435]

Wins over eubank Jr and Andy lee are impressive by themselves.

[W1LL]

Wins over eubank Jr and Andy lee are impressive by themselves.

Too right pal. Those are wins over the current #3 and #6 ranked Middleweights. He also cleared out the British Middleweight division on his way up, and a KO win over the current European champion.

[BrometheusBob.]

When I read the title of this thread I assumed it was gonna be a troll thread, lol

[NEETzsche]

His resume is actually solid for a top contender but he's ruined his reputation since he got the belt

[deathofaclown]

To be fair to him, his career up until this year had been very good. Obviously he hasn't stepped in with anyone elite yet but he has good wins over Lee and Eubank Jr.

His last fight was awful but i'll give him the benefit of the doubt as he had a year out with injuries, delays, didn't have his trainer with him, hadn't been sparring etc. Up until the last fight, he's proven he can beat guys like Andy Lee at least.

He's a world class fighter at his best. Hopefully he can get back to where he was because he's a good addition to the MW division or even 168 if he moved up.

[W1LL]

He's a cracking boxer on the top of his game. If James DeGale wins his next fight, imagine him and Billy Joe facing eachother at Super Middleweight? That could be one for the ages!

[mlac]

he lost to that russian bum and he's one of the biggest jokes currently in boxing.

thread fail for not being a troll thread

[j0zef]

I came for a good laugh now I want to cry.

[Cheek busting]

British, Commonwealth, European, WBO International and then WBO World Middleweight titles. As a Brit that is the best route to take to a World title.

Aye - I really like the British boxing scene. They have great grassroots support - the boxers do.

Like their city/area will get behind them from the start of their careers.

Like at a live event with the local guy heading in, even early in his career in against journeymen, the local fans will still come out and cheer him.

I think some of it has to do with the football culture there - how each city has a beloved team they get behind. And a lot of the time, the boxers will come out in their colors, or have some of the players on their ring-walk team.

I think a lot of it has to do with WWII, and how towns had to come together to form patrols, and they had to ration, etc.. Then the post-war culture just really developed into a strong love and support of your community.

Americans have never really had that type of fear, or need to come together,because we've never been legitimately threatened in a war ON OUR OWN SOIL by another country.

This is also why they value the British title - despite it obviously not being as prestigious as a world title, it is still valued. The same with the Lonsdale belts.

It really is a very interesting, and unique boxing culture in Britain. It's still a niche sport there for the most part, just like it is in USA. They are just so much smaller of a country, it's much more noticeable when local guys become prospects, etc.



Heheh damn I didn't mean to end up writing a little thesis on post-war boxing in Britain.