This is a fact.
As I mentioned most people who thought Eubank lost are biased against him because of his confidence. He doesn't say childish derogatory things about his opponents like Saunders does (how Saunders didn't get fined like Fury for saying worse things is beyond me!), its just british people seem to be programmed to despise or be jealous of confident people.
This influenced the scoring big time and also viewers perception of what they saw, probably including the judges. Eubank says it will be an easy fight, viewers think "well you didn't find that round easy so you don't win it", rather than, "Eubank outworked and out landed Saunders that round so wins it". I keep reading that "Eubank did nothing in the first half". Yes he did. There was possibly 3 rounds he should have won in the first half and if the landed punches were actually counted I think you would be surprised to see Eubank out landed Saunders. A lot of Saunders punches never landed on scoring areas either.
Its easy now for those who dislike Eubank to dismiss his efforts as "he did nothing" when they know its not the case. If he really did nothing one of the judges would have awarded him the fight.
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