Comments Thread For: Andrade: I'd Bust Up Billy Joe Saunders at 160 or 168 - No Problem!

[robbyheartbaby]

Would just love to see this guy fight someone at the top of the division, really can't gauge how great he is with the sub par competition he has faced.

[Derranged]

He’s one of the most avoided fighters. It’s not his fault.

He's the one who avoided everyone at 154.

[tokon]

Notice you left out Charlo. Doesn't seem he wants that fight either.

I left out Charlo mainly because he's with PBC and it's unlikely that fight would be made. Smith, Saunders, and andrade are all with hearn/matchroom/Dazn and fights between any of them should be relatively easy to make IF the fighters want them.

[jonnyc420]

I left out Charlo mainly because he's with PBC and it's unlikely that fight would be made. Smith, Saunders, and andrade are all with hearn/matchroom/Dazn and fights between any of them should be relatively easy to make IF the fighters want them.

I get you, but man if they were super vocal about it on both sides I think they can force it.

[AKAcronym]

He's the one who avoided everyone at 154.

Somehow these guys forget how many fights fell thru because of him.

[Derranged]

Somehow these guys forget how many fights fell thru because of him.

Honestly I never got what was so special about him in the first place. Maybe I just don't know what to look for....

[Kannabis Kid]

It's not Andrades fault he wants to fight but something always happens I honestly think the Saunders fight is 50-50 but we shall see BJS hasn't looked so great without his nasal spray.

[Doubledagger]

He’s one of the most avoided fighters. It’s not his fault.

It's definitely his fault.

If he hadn't avoided Jermell Charlo two times and Erislandy Lara three times then he would at 154 then he wouldn't be having these problems. He would be a big star (provided he won those fights of course) and would generate more interest and revenue in his fights. Guys would be lining up to fight him because they know fighting and beating him means something.

Now he is just high risk low reward, low reward not only in monetary terms but also because beating him doesn't mean as much as it should.

If you fight him and beat him, people will day, "but who had Andrade fought anyway? He was unproven."


I'm not denying that he is being ducked now, because he is, however, he still isn't innocent even at 160lbs.

When Andrade moved up to 160, like right after two weeks after his first fight at 160, Derevyanchenko called him out and tried to get a fight with him, they even sent a contract.

Andrade went into witness protection , literally disappeared and didn't respond to any of Derevyanchenko's call outs and didn't send a counter offer or even acknowledge the contract that was sent to him.

Derevyanchenko even tried to wait until the last moment, and made a final call out saying that he would be forced to move on to another opponent if Andrade doesn't reply soon.

Did Andrade respond? Nope!

He waited for Andrade to get a new opponent, and then came out and said he was at he was visiting his grand parents, and the other excuse was that nine weeks was not enough to prepare.

A total lie of course.

Nine weeks was more than enough.

It isn't like he was out of the ring for a long time. He had just fought less than a three weeks earlier, and took absolutely no damage in that fight because he easily dominated.

He would have been more than ready.

This notorious ducker is just getting his karma now.

[Cobra Curry]

Andrade vs Saunders would be a fight where not a lot will happen and very hard to score.

You're not wrong. "One for the purists" as they say.

[Drigo]

Andrade cannot do anything now but to have wishful thinking fighting top dogs with names at 160 & 168. Unfortunately these people wont be interested in fighting him for being boring fighter and dangerous fighter that is not worthing risk...