Eubank/Saunders rematch?

[Primo Carnera]

I think the rematch would be all Eubank, he started way to late in the first fight.

So what would Eubank do differently ? Why did he start so slow?
Maybe he started slow because he didn't have enough ringcraft to suss Saunders out?
If it happened again, the result would be the same.

He didn't have ANY experience, it was the first good boxer he had faced and he was able to hurt him repeatedly once he found a home for his shots. You could be right, but that wouldn't say much for Eubank. I feel like rematches usually go to the guy who was able to genuinely hurt their man the first time.

Yes he has more experience, but my point is he needs to do something better than he did in the first fight. Those first 6 rounds weren't a slow start , it was a "Boxing brain" thing.
He needs to find a way to get in range and land , maybe improved footwork . Those are things I haven't seen.
He was managing to land in the second half of the fights because he was fitter than Saunders, I'll give him that all day long.
My point is that Saunders is a good , but not brilliant fighter, but he was far too savvy for Eubank, so where does that put Eubank?
Answer. Not as good as him or many people think.

[p4pking]

You're probably right, and I kind of wasn't factoring in the two being the same age. Even still, there are no good fighters in England, they all bums! I got milk baby!

[Batman]

You're probably right, and I kind of wasn't factoring in the two being the same age. Even still, there are no good fighters in England, they all bums! I got milk baby!

sounds like fighting talk right there my friend...Terry Flanagan is from England and he is a world champion I'll have you know

[p4pking]

You're probably right, and I kind of wasn't factoring in the two being the same age. Even still, there are no good fighters in England, they all bums! I got milk baby!

sounds like fighting talk right there my friend...Terry Flanagan is from England and he is a world champion I'll have you know

[Master]

Eubank is better now as he has gone the distance and that experience will give him extra confidence in the rematch.

Saunders will be better because he is now champion and will pace himself better.

[Fenster]

I was in the Jr would win a rematch camp. However, watching their latest fights against Spike and Lee I don't see why Billy Joe wouldn't outbox him again. To slick, clever with no evidence he can be easily chinned.

I also think Jr's power is overrated. He hits good fighters with the kitchen sink without decking them. Either he's unfortunate to keep coming up against granite beards or he's not banging as hard as it looks.

[ykdadamaja]

I was in the Jr would win a rematch camp. However, watching their latest fights against Spike and Lee I don't see why Billy Joe wouldn't outbox him again. To slick, clever with no evidence he can be easily chinned.

I also think Jr's power is overrated. He hits good fighters with the kitchen sink without decking them. Either he's unfortunate to keep coming up against granite beards or he's not banging as hard as it looks.

He's not a banger. Partly because he is not that good of a boxer. Saunders chinned Lee because Saunders knew how to punch, and Lee was just standing there.... Eubank couldn's possibly chin Lee by the way he fights.

All that said, Jr. has that "Larry Holmes" kinda power. Not enough to disable you like a frag grenade, and certainly not nuclear bomb power ala Tyson/Lewis/Tua, but more like FLASHBANG grenades.... that if thrown close enough you can rip your arm off, or lose an eye, at the very least. But to say it would be fatal upon impact each and every time? Nahh... Just enough to disorient you from seeing the incoming fire, which by both Holmes and Eubank's standards IS fast and furious.