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Saunders was 3 years in to his pro "carrara" when he fought. Bradley Pryce, his best opponent to date. Eubank fought him with less than 10 fights and just a year in to his own "carrara" and beat Pryce easier.
Its not until I looked at those stats and what clips are available of the Pryce fights that I actually thought Eubank could go somewhere. People rave about Saunders and here is a young novice who is doing things better. Either Saunders is massively overhyped or Eubank is genuine class.
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I'm not sold on Saunders, I don't rate him have a feeling Eubank stops him in 6 rounds or so.
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Saunders is overrated. I'd also like to point out that Eubank fights at 168 and Saunders fights at 160. Given that Pryce is a 154 fighter really, you can see why he'd look a little more sluggish at 168 than 160. Really, I don't think this is Saunders best victory either. Neil Blackwell, Saunders last fight, was a much tougher opponent IMO. Pryce hasn't been the same fighter he was for years.
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Every time I've seen him on channel 5 he was billed as a Super-Middle. Upon checking this on boxrec, he hasn't weighed at the 160 limit once in his career yet. Degale also wanted to fight him, so I was fairly sure he was going to fight at Super-Middle. Maybe I'm wrong, because they also claim he is a Middleweight.
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He wont weigh in at the middle limit until he has to for a title or to get ranked by fighting a ranked fighter at the weight.
There is no way that he is a super middle (yet) weighing 164 at his heaviest.
I have also found it odd that his dad has stated that DeGale is their target. They sparred and although both say they schooled the other, Eubank sr and jr must be confident enough with what they experienced that jr will handle him with some more experience.
Id like to see him in with some more experienced fighters like Pryce and soon, maybe only one then push for a Saunders fight. Seems the fashion recently for british rivals to fight each other early with Groves v DeGale and Cleverly v Bellew. Then look for some ex title challengers.
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