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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/bo...-Yildirim.html
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Here's hoping Canelo smashes BJS up and into retirement! Really don't like the fact that he is going to get a hefty payday, but he's whats in the way of Canelo holding all those titles and that's his current aim.
Billy will get on his bike all night and try to nick rounds, but Canelo should have enough about him to cut off the ring and take it to Saunders' body and break him down.
Wouldn't at all be too surprised after the fact that Saunders will be gloating on twitter about his bank balance or some shit, but hopefully he then fades into obscurity!
I'm ok with BJS, nevertheless Canelo wins.
I'm just amazed it's barely two months from the Yildirim ordeal.
I would've thought Canelo would've taken more time for his sweat to dry wounds to heal.
I don't think the Turkish boy landed a single punch, he was hurt in the 2nd and spent the next 5-6 mins shitting himself š¤£
second unbeaten champion in six months. canelo leading the way
should be pretty straight forward for BJS
Saunders will get shafted by the judges if it's remotely close and by close I mean Saunders can't afford to lose more than 2 rounds, no way hell even wobble Canelo either.
Be interesting to see how he copes with Canelos body shots if he has succes landing them.
Steve Bunces view on the fight -
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-b1808832.html
Bunce claims Saunders "will fight"....and be Canelo's toughest test! He knows full well like the rest of us Billy will jab and run for as long as he possibly can do.
I don't doubt BJS posses some challenges for Canelo, but he has the tools to nullify Billy's gameplan.
Saunders will go 12. But in reality he has nothing for Alvarez. It'll be 118-110 type of decision for Alvarez
Not a chance. I suggest you only ānow thinkā that BJS would win because of what happened to Smith against Canelo.
2 ways of looking at it. Either Smith was hugely overrated , or that Canelo was hugely impressive.
As for BJS v Canelo, 5 years ago as genuine Middleweights, I wouldāve given BJS a massive chance.
But itās not 5 years ago. They are Super Middleweights (which helps Canelo.) and BJSās biggest strengths are his skill and timing. If you donāt fight regularly over a period of 4 or 5 years, youāre gonna get rusty and youāre timing will be out.
Also we can only judge BJS on his best results (Lemieux and Lee over 4 years ago, and Eubank Jr. 7 years ago.) do we think any of them would trouble Canelo?
I think (like everyone Canelo fights), the odds are stacked against BJS.
Judges - BJS will not get a decision, even if he deserves it. Fact.
Location - always in Caneloās favour.
Iām not bumming up Canelo, I think heās beatable and has got limitations. But I do think his proves that heās the best around at the moment.
Maybe that says more about whatās around.
I don't see how this becomes anything other than a Smith type beat down with Saunders limping over the line at best. A few years ago hot on the heels of the Lemieux dismantling yeah I think plenty would have given Billy Joe a shot. Now, Saunders has looked anything but elite and Canelo just walks through anyone who doesn't have the pop to make him think about it.
BJS will need to surpass the Lemieux performance by some distance. Not happening is it.
Saunders has been way too inactive, this will be only his 3rd fight since 2019 and Canelos 3rd fight in 6 months.
Completely agree Saunders won't be able to stop him coming forward, I just hope Canelo catches him with body shots and slows his running around down.
Could be an utter borefest if Saunders still has the engine to run around for 12 rounds š
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez: Callum Smith questions if Billy Joe Saunders has 'enough power' to hurt Mexican star
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/new...t-mexican-star
canelo will ice billy joe
This is a bit of a predictable BJS is gonna get twatted thread tho isnt it
I really think he will do better than that
Decent fight would have been better a few years ago. Sometimes it's easy to forget Saunders is pretty damn skilled under all the antics and yapping he does. I do think he stands a much better chance than a Plant and will put some stank on his punches but inevitably Canelo catches up cuts him off and leaves him throwing snowballs at a tank.
a southpaw doesnt have to be a good boxer, they just have to be a good southpaw.
I think this is the toughest fight by a distance for alvarez below the light heavyweight division, I'd rate beterbiev and bivol tougher fights but apart from that whoever wins this is the undisputed supermiddleweight king. Alvarez is looking great right now but he's struggled with movers before and BJ's certainly made Lemieux look like a fool, but of course totally different class here, I still don't think alvarez is that good at trapping people and still just follows them around a bit. I think tall Smith really helped him look even better last time out. I suspect alvarezs guys know all this so the ring will be small and increase his chances of winning.
Im predicting the scorecards will favour alvarez and many will claim he lost the fight and the truth will be somewhere in between.
Also alvarez has done pretty good since leaving Golden boy with the opponents he takes on(still early days of course) and of course not counting the baffling mandatory(I'll blame the wbc for that one). Maybe Oscar was holding him back this whole time.
i like it
This ain't good news (if true) for Saunders.
Saunders Hasn't 'Started Camp Properly Yet' For Canelo Fight; Had Flu, Still Heavy
https://www.boxingscene.com/saunders...-heavy--155969
LOL people are funny. Its great watching opinions change over time.
Back in 2018 Canelo lost two fights to GGG, was picking easy belts, jumping to easy challenges and weak opponents.
Its been like this for years ever since he lost (not by miles) to reigning P4P Floyd Mayweather in his prime, at the age of 23 years old. He came off that loss and absolutely destroyed Alfredo Angulo and destroyed James Kirkland. Then he fought a prime aged Miguel Cotto (34) at the age of 25 and won convincingly. Demolished Amir Khan, Liam Smith and Chavez before he landed a fight with again the current P4P GGG, controversial definitely, but a rematch saw him do much better. Saul Canelo Alvarez was hated in the boxing world with so many people finding it hard to admit that GGG lost the second fight. He stepped up to Super Middle and TKO Rocky Fielding (by this time lots of people slated him for picking an easy fight for a belt). Now was a fight at super middle with Danny Jacobs, Jacobs give GGG a hard fight at middle, Canelo made Jacobs look average. He then went to up light heavy to fight Kovalev, too strong for the 36yo Ruskie, KO.
LOL and LOL because on many other boxing forums by this time he was being slated for fighting a past it, old man being Kovalev. OK
Then faces Liam Smiths big bro Callum. And wins by giving his bicep a beat down.
This last fight Yildrirm yeah, wrong ring.
Next up Billy Joe Saunders.
Now everyone is backing Canelo lol.
Its Amazing
Saunders will try to be as elusive as usual but he has been nowhere near as busy as Alvarez, and so what could once have been quite a large gap, will now have closed considerably. I don't think Canelo struggles against Southpaws as was once claimed and he will be much more comfortable at the weight than Saunders who is never going to be a big hitter. It still has plenty of intrigue but I think at this point Alvarez has improved massively while Saunders has stagnated. As much of of a twat as he is outside of the Ring, I hope Saunders can pull it off or at least expose some of Canelos flaws and show us how brilliantly he can string combinations and feints together himself. If he chooses to tag and move keeping away from the big Mexican for 12 rounds, then you can't pretend that is not a valid tactic. It will just give the Judges another excuse to mark him down though, so I think it will be hard for him to get a points win without trading, and that is not going to end well for him.
Wider points win for Canelo than he deserves, in a close contest were he never looks really troubled.
Billy may even have to do a Fury/Lazarus and get back of his arse at some point if he wants to risk laying traps.
CANELO ALVAREZ opened up on his sole career defeat to Floyd Mayweather, which he put down to inexperience and a lesson learned.
The Mexican superstar was just 23 when he faced Mayweather in 2013, which sold a then-record 2.2million pay-per-views.
Canelo, the WBC light-middleweight champion at 154lb at the time, was also made to fight at a catchweight 152lb limit.
Mayweather later put on a masterclass over 12 rounds, but it proved to be the last blemish on Alvarez's record.
Canelo, 30, said on Mike Tyson's podcast: "I know what happened, I'm going to be with my trainer all my life, because I know.
"When I fought with Floyd, I was 23. I always think I need to fight first with Cotto, Lara and all of those guys and then Floyd.
"But that's what it is. I needed more experience, more mature. I don't take that fight like a loss, I learned from that fight."
Mayweather, now 44, showcased expert counter punching and defence against Canelo that night in Las Vegas.
Since then, Alvarez has adapted his style and become a master evader, while moving up the weights.
He went on to win titles at middleweight, super-middle and light-heavyweight.
But the four-division champion has settled at the 168lb super-middleweight limit, where he holds the WBC and WBA belts.
He has his eye on the undisputed crown, and faces Billy Joe Saunders, the WBO holder in May, with plans to already challenge for Caleb Plant's IBF strap after.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/14376...eather-lesson/
It's really too bad 168 is such a vast wasteland. Save for Benavidez, maybe.
As "Canelo-hype-hater" as they come... but I know enough to realize Canelo can safely hunker down at 168 and none of the names on the horizon budge the "Excitement Meter." :-X
Over 60,000 fans are gonna be in the stadium plus it's Cinco De Mayo time.
Stick a load of pissed up travellers into that stadium along with pissed up Mexicans who've all been starved of a big fight night due to lockdown and it's going right off šš»
Expect some serious noise on May 8th in Texas
https://www.skysports.com/boxing/new...ver-60000-fans
20 000 Tickets sold on opening day of pre-sale
https://britishboxingnews.co.uk/blog...old-on-day-one
WBN calling it a Super-Spreader Event and insisting they will not be attending - https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2021...uper-spreader/
This is clearly gonna sell out in seconds when the general tickets are released.
They're even going against federal advice so I don't really get how they can be allowed to ram 60,000 fans into a stadium for roughly 6-7 hours, most of them pissed up and swerving their face masks?
Who the fucks in charge here...
Eddie Hearn or the US government?
BJS is human trash.
Canelo is going to hurt him very badly.
Canelo just has to watch out for Saunder's kid swinging for his junk at the weigh in. That's the biggest threat to him.
Texas Governor threw the doors wide open a few weeks ago. Zero compacity restrictions, no mask mandates and left up to local venues, Counties etc. To them..it's all over. Promoters love no limits. Until the next surge. Made some happy made some pissed but Federal Gov can just 'suggest and request' reconsideration.
Looking forward to this fight, but remember guys these are both drug cheats.
I see BJS on the back foot all night and he needs the KO.
Canelo could stop BJS.
Then BJS goes back to 160 searching for Eubank..lol