Comments Thread For: Saunders: What Does Jacobs Bring To The Table? Come To London!

[Robbie Barrett]

Lemieux is classed as one of the besy fighters in the world? Haha since when?

He became one when he signed to fight Golovkin. Had nothing to do with what he did in the ring.

[McNulty]

I would love to watch this fight. Please make it happen.

[Mammoth]

He became one when he signed to fight Golovkin. Had nothing to do with what he did in the ring.

Got ya.....

[MrShakeAndBake]

Jacobs dindu **** after his loss to GGG, at least Lemiuex fought Curtis Stevens.

[Vinnykin]

I understand that logic but if saunders is thinking long term, isn't his goal to land a money fight vs canelo? Or ggg should he beat Canelo in the rematch? Right now, saunders vs either of those 2 does mediocre ppv numbers. Should he beat jacobs in the US, his name recognition and credibility as a real threat goes through the roof.

He only has one fight to go before the GGG/Canelo winner will fight him in a unification. He has the final piece to be undisputed, unified champion. Fighting Jacobs brings nothing to his position fighting him in the U.S over fighting in the U.K. He's not going to risk a massive payday and give away home advantage to fight Jacobs, I wouldn't, not when bigger fights are in the works for Spetember.

He just put his name in the mix by fighting Lemioux and would be a credible opponent for Canelo or GGG, never mind having the WBO belt as well.

[HarvardBlue]

If he went to Canada knowing he could get robbed, he shouldn't have any problem going to New York. He would be welcomed a whole lot more than he was in Canada.

If all he's doing is waiting for the winner of Canelo/Golovkin just say so. We know you have no interest in fighting Jacobs.

[MrClutch85]

Jacobs should scratch Saunders off his list for now find a good opponent for his return in April Andy Lee would be a good option

[Fabes88]

fair enough. I just think that if saunders really wants to make himself a truly viable option for the Canelo vs ggg winner and wants that fight to become a successful ppv, coming to NY and beating jacobs would go very far towards that.

I’m not sure if it makes a difference personally especially if Canelo is involved. Canelo can carry that fight regardless and the fact the fight will most likely be for all the belts is a bigger selling point than a victory over Jacobs in my humble opinion.

[rrayvez]

He only has one fight to go before the GGG/Canelo winner will fight him in a unification. He has the final piece to be undisputed, unified champion. Fighting Jacobs brings nothing to his position fighting him in the U.S over fighting in the U.K. He's not going to risk a massive payday and give away home advantage to fight Jacobs, I wouldn't, not when bigger fights are in the works for Spetember.

He just put his name in the mix by fighting Lemioux and would be a credible opponent for Canelo or GGG, never mind having the WBO belt as well.

yeah but who's guaranteeing that he gets the shot at Canelo vs ggg winner? He can potentially end up pulling an amir khan on himself and let good fights pass him by while waiting for the big fight that never happens. If Canelo wins, he's already proven that he doesn't care about belts and golden boy has already talked down saunders as an opponent because of his style. If ggg wins, he wants the WBO but there may be more on the table to rematch jacobs based on the competitiveness of their first fight. Then what does saunders do?

[rrayvez]

I’m not sure if it makes a difference personally especially if Canelo is involved. Canelo can carry that fight regardless and the fact the fight will most likely be for all the belts is a bigger selling point than a victory over Jacobs in my humble opinion.

potentially, but all of the belts being on the line doesn't pull as much weight as it used to, and Canelo does great ppv numbers vs other guys who have a name. Him vs saunders may not do much better than what Canelo did vs beefy Smith. You may be looking at 400k