Billy Joe Saunders offered lucrative world title unification showdown with Kazakh knockout artist Gennady Golovkin | Daily Mail Online
He's got to take this. Even when he loses he will win both in cash and reputation.
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Billy Joe Saunders offered lucrative world title unification showdown with Kazakh knockout artist Gennady Golovkin | Daily Mail Online
He's got to take this. Even when he loses he will win both in cash and reputation.
Might as well take it. I doubt he will ever be ready for GGG. May as well take the money and exposure without risk to his reputation.
Agreed - as long as it doesn't ruin him and it is big enough. He's also in the driver's seat now. Should he really take the Kazak fight immediately after getting the belt, or do like Canelo, and take a defense in the interim? Is there any demand for a rematch with Lee? Will PBC make a higher offer to him to face Danny Jacobs?Quote:
Originally Posted by powerpuncher
If I was Saunders I would take a couple of defences and then try and unify against Eubank when he wins a title.
I for one think this fight would be fairly interesting
Ggg hasn't fought anyone who's as good a boxer as Saunders
In fact I think Saunders would be unbeaten had he fought the same fighters as ggg
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Saunders would at the least give Golovkin problems. He fights to the level hes fighting and it would at least be interesting. Not exciting but I can see Saunders bemusing Golovkin. Weve seen other fighters do it but fighters who take punches. Saunders doesnt take alot.
The only hold up willm be Saunders himself. After being filmed saying Golovkin would beat him and Eubank on the same night does he really have the belief to take the fight?
As travellers this is where he and Fury differ. Tyson said for years he would beat the best fighter in his division and the most dangerous fighter on the planet whereas quite the opposite Saumders has rubbished his own chances.
Even Warren has said so in the artical itslf that Saunders doesnt think he is ready but Saunders actual words werent just that he wasnt ready. It was that he would be beaten easy.
It good to see GGG actively pursuing the belts. Take Saunders and then Canelo. I don't really know what options saunders has now. A rematch with lee maybe (but lee mentioned winding up his career) and his late start and coming up short kind of puts a damper on that. If saunders takes the GGG fight, he gets more money that he's probably ever made and no shame if he loses to GGG, which is probably his safest bet. After that he would still have appeal in the UK.
If he holds the belt and avoids GGG, he doesn't make the big money and goes the kell brook route. Canelo has appeal and a bigger appeal with or without the belt, which guarantees him a decent check no matter who he fights. Nursing that title would work out better for Saunders if the straps were evenly spread around. But it looks as though the world has...
GGG -- [WBA (Super), IBO, WBC (Interim) and IBF Champ] supposedly to lock in a fight with the official WBC titlist in Canelo in September.
This leaves Saunders with the 4th belt (wbo) sitting on the shelf sucking his thumb till the dust has settled. Without a local rival that can really drum up some publicity (like a khan could for Brook-- maybe Eubank is that? Brits Chime in...) ... i don't think it will pan out the way he thinks if he plans on simmering, building his brand and racking up money till a year from now (3 months after the rumored September fight.
Actually, i'd be looking to fight Canelo in the interim if i were Saunders (Canelo brings even more bargaining power to the table with the WBO added to his WBC when he fights GGG) so I'd have something he wants. He stands more chance outboxing Canelo than GGG provided he stays on his bike and uses his head movement. If he outboxes canelo and loses on popularity. He still can make a case for fighting GGG (whether he's the winner/loser of the canelo fight) if GGG doesn't move up right after unifying.
Whatever he does, Saunders has to strike while the irons hot.... people are already starting to forget his name. At the very least, enter negotiations with someone and leech himself some coat tail publicity.
Wholeheartedly agree with the above. Saunders should be pursuing Canelo, and to be honest, it's a fight he can win. Canelo doesn't fight 3 minutes a round and Saunders may well nick rounds which could be the undoing of Canelo.Quote:
Originally Posted by J_Undisputed
The only problem I can see is that I reckon in his interim fight before GGG , Canelo will make someone boil down to 157 or 158, and Saunders has absolutely no chance of doing that.
Either way, Saunders will make very good money fighting Canelo or GGG , and there will always be a nice payday back home with Eubank Jr. to beat again.;D
No chance this happens. It's just typical Warren doing what he always does, links his champions with the big names to get the publicity. He's been doing the same for years. Find any Warren belt holder that hasn't had a few gimme defences after winning the title.
Billy Joe will fight somebody obscure ranked in the WBO top 15 in his next fight, that's a virtual cert.
I think it will have to be a big fight. Boxnation are launching a PPV service and I reckon BJS first defense will be the first PPV fight so if he wants to sell it it will have to be a decent fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Billy Joe can't carry a PPV judging by the Lee numbers. Maybe against Eubank jr but that wont be next.
Warren will be breaking the habit of a lifetime if Billy Joe doesn't get an easy defense.
I hear what you're saying, and you could be right. But to be fair, this has all come from GGG's side. I don't think it's Warren who has been forcing it, although admittedly it doesn't do him any harm. 😄Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Yeah I've seen GGG's side calling them out, they want to unify the division. Billy Joe even said he'd fight him if he gets a fortune. But that's not gonna happen. And Warren is just playing with it in public.
Fuck knows how anyone can think Billy Joe has a chance against Golovkin. And I think he's a terrific boxer. Golovkin is special.
I have always been a big Saunders fan but Golovkin pens him in and takes away that speed and elusiveness which have got BJS to where he is now. Ross is right in that he doesn't get tagged much but I think Canelo probably carries more power than Eubank Jr and GGG most certainly does. Either fight should not end his career but Warren will probably look for an easy one next.