Comments Thread For: Billy Joe Saunders Admits "WBO Title" Fight in Doubt

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Thats the thing, he got stripped for testing dirty. And his opponent for the title Usufi? wasn't even ranked until that day.

Cheater just like his fellow ***** Fury. Hopefully he doesn’t start doing crack like Tyson too lol. Get those thugs out of boxing.

[robbyheartbaby]

oh my god, not another one!!
How many are there of you people? Lemmy had a bad night, it happens in a lot of sporting challenges however, your man had a good night and you proclaim he’s the something weight king of the world!!! Haha! You fool.
I’m guessing your a “fight fan” and not a “fan of boxing”.
Tell me, why be all what you say, claim a belt, not defend it (which seems to be trendy amongst diddycoys and end up with “problems” outside the ring as an excuse ?
What kind of “supremely talented” boxer comes back with an 8 rounder against a nobody? Don’t say it’s a tune up or he had a lay off because you said he’s supremely talented AND he never had an extended time off.
Talented yes, supreme? Never in a million years and why?
He does NOT have the discipline or the ability to move into an elite level. He’s not fought at elite level, there are many at light heavy he could beat as there are at 12 stone but these opponents are NOT elite.
He’s none of what you say.

I'm gonna give myself credit for reading all that, and I respect your opinion on BJS that is fine, but I have mine, and the way he beat guys like Lee, Eubank & Lemieux (world champions) show he is the goods. I can't get in there and fight for him he has to show the world what he is capable of.

[robbyheartbaby]

This is hilarious. Again, ever since BJs ran around the ring with Lemieux, BJS is supposedly a talented boxer. If Andy Lee hadn’t gone through wars prior BJS would’ve been knocked out.

BJS beating Lemieux is like Cotto being Martinez.

That's tripe, but BJS needs to prove the haters wrong not me, but you are entitled to your opinion, I really like that photo in your sig, damn.

[Yaconcha]

Regardless of what you think about BJS' overall talent level/work ethic/character, the Lemieux performance clearly had nothing to do with "a bad night" and everything to do with a glaringly obvious disparity in skill and speed. Lemieux can be fun to watch when he manages to land his bombs and is one of my favorite fringe contenders at MW, but Saunders--and by extension anyone with Saunders' style--is an absolute stylistic nightmare for Lemieux and one that is only exacerbated by his below average speed, short stature and short reach. He has the potential to do well and maybe pulla surprise from anyone who will stand and trade...beyond that, barring some kind of Rocky III makeover, he's out of luck. Open-shut, end of story.

saunders has not fought elite level fighters.(point you missed)
Saunders does not have the discipline or else to be what you call superior(point you missed)
Saunders has done nothing to show superiority over anyone except lemmy. Open and shut, will the story continue for Saunders? I believe it will but not in the way you think.

[Thuglife Nelo]

People don’t need to justify that Lemieux had a bad night. Truth is BJS is just better than Lemieux, but Monroe Jr. too would just run 12 rounds and outclass Lemieux too. The best and elite can test Lemeiux in is place as GGG easily did without running like BJS.

Lemieux has trouble making 160. So much that he failed GBP in making a previous fight where he collapsed trying to lose weight like an MMA fighter even with IVs. Two 168 fighters in Lemieux and BJs fighting at 160 is a funny performance by both.

Rubio and Alcine had dibs on Lemieux years before BJs. It’s not even something to credit BJs tbh.

[pepzz]

Does billy hoe have the record of pulling out of fights?