Comments Thread For: Billy Joe Saunders To Sign With Eddie Hearn, Matchroom

[whoseyourdaddy]

It’s the British nationalists way of having a go at Americans who prefer and support American boxing like haymon, PBC, Arum, Top Rank, etc

Is there a reason why you conveniently excluded GBP?

[whoseyourdaddy]

You know I'm not British right? It is what it is! Everyone he wants to fight is signed to DAZN! He can sign with DAZN, and still be advised by Haymon! With Canelo moved up to the "Franchise" Champion (which was some BS) who does he fight @ 160?

More Uber drivers, well he may up his game and rise the bar a little, he may start fighting taco vendors I hear they’re a little tougher then those Uber drivers.

[Bronx2245]

More Uber drivers, well he may up his game and rise the bar a little, he may start fighting taco vendors I hear they’re a little tougher then those Uber drivers.

I hate to admit it, but you're correct! The only worthy opponent in his stable is Dervy, and he's in negotiations for GGG! If he wants to save his career, he has 2 choices! Stay with PBC and move up to 168, or sign with DAZN! Waiting on Hurd, Lubin, and J-Rock to move up to 160 is a horrible option! The only risk with signing with DAZN is that Andrade has been there for 2 years, and he hasn't fought anyone either!

[Mindgames]

Well it’s not for the lack of trying on his part i think. That’s why he left Warren, because he wasn’t delivering the big fights.

He has signed contracts to fight Canelo and GGG in the past and it never happened.

Warren has also been unable to attract opposition. I think Matchroom basically laughing at the offer he made to Callum Smith has made Saunders realise he needs to jump ship to get fights.

It’s a good move. At least it shows he wants good fights and wants to be active.

Hes talented but very unreliable. Hes pulled out of fights so many times lately i dont know if anyone wants to take a chance preparing for a fight with him. He needs a good one soon, not just a rematch with Eubank.

[deathofaclown]

He never ever signed a contract to fight Canelo, and I I’m sure as hell he got out of a couple of fights with GGGina. His career is been filled with 99% tomato cans.

He did sign a contract to fight Canelo at 160 but Canelo went back down to 154 to fight Liam Smith. They had an agreement in place. Often a fighter as big as Canelo are dealing with a few fighters at once when making a fight, a lot of them get sent a contract to agree too, but they dont get the fight until Canelo and his team sign their half.

Also, he signed his part of the deal for GGG to fight at EXPO in Kazakhstan but GGG didn’t sign the fight because Golden Boy didnt want GGG to fight until the September of 2017 when he fought Canelo. Look it up. Saunders even has messages of him personally talking to Tom Loeffler asking when they’re going to send their half of the contract back.

[deathofaclown]

Hes talented but very unreliable. Hes pulled out of fights so many times lately i dont know if anyone wants to take a chance preparing for a fight with him. He needs a good one soon, not just a rematch with Eubank.

To be fair, i sometimes wonder if the pullouts were his doing or Frank Warrens, i.e when he was meant to fight Murray.

Warren is always cancelling cards once he see’s the ticket sales might not be matching up with what he’s paying fighters. He pulls an incredible amount of cards.

Saunders has been unreliable though but i’d imagine he will fight regularly under Hearn. He’s someone that needs to be kept active i think. Warren never seems to have a definitive plan of when his fighters are fighting, where as Hearn usually knows pretty much when every fighter will be out and delivers.

[The D3vil]

Ugh, the amount of bullshxt that's going to come from Hearn & Saunders will be unbearable.

[j0zef]

Oh boy. Why would Hearn sign a known drug cheat? Conte had a great article on why he doesn't believe Saunders' excuse for the failed PED test.

[apollocreed]

Good point, never looked at it that that way.
That said, I don't see him beating the likes of Benavides either.

To be honest I’ve never rated him and think it’s a big ask for him to win a proper belt at either weight! He’s 30 next month. If he does he’ll have to pick the fight very carefully. I remembered Andrade had the WBO belt at 160 - he’d also handily beat Eubank imo, unless he has absolutely no heart whatsoever.
At 168, Plant, Benavidez, Smith are levels above him. His old pal Saunders is probably the most appealing for him, but unless he’s started to decline rapidly, i’d pick BJS to beat him too.