Billie Joe Saunders v Matthew Hall - Boxnation Thursday Fight

[superheavyrhun]

Not too bad to see a bit of boxing on a Thursday night! Tidy little domestic dust up here, and Matthew Hall will be a decent test for Saunders and to see how well he has progressed. Hall does tend to get beaten by the better fighters he's come up against, but will provide a good yardstick.

Also one of my favourite fighters Peter McDonagh giving Bradley Skeete a decent test first. He's come in to the ring in an leprechaun's hat and beard.... hope it gives him some luck! I don't think he gets the breaks he deserves, but Skeete boxes well on the outside and might be a little too slick for him.

[armyash]

Any results you can update us with please mate

[superheavyrhun]

Skeete cruised past McDonagh - really decent performance from him and just kept McDonagh from working and worked well with the jab. He's coming on, although he'll never be a great entertainer.

Saunders is currently keeping ahead of Hall as we edge towards the middle of the fight. Hall been caught well once, and is maybe 3-1 down after four.

[superheavyrhun]

Saunders is dominating the second half of the show now, looking very good, boxing well behind the jab and winning the trades when they happen. Saunders will either finish well with a KO, or win a wide UD. Two rounds remaining.

[superheavyrhun]

119-110, 120-109, 120-108. Would maybe have given Hall another round or two, but Saunders was dominant and really went on to look very good indeed. Still only young too, but he's got to be one of the biggest hopes over the next four or five years.

[ross]

Saunders is not a strong enough puncher to keep any class middles off him. He had Hall almost gone but could not finish the smaller man. He struggles as he slows midway through a fight and allows the opponent to get closer and land as the fight goes on. Luckily for him tonight it was a smaller man but to me he just doesn't have that special something to make it to the top. Not strong enough.

[superheavyrhun]

Saunders is not a strong enough puncher to keep any class middles off him. He had Hall almost gone but could not finish the smaller man. He struggles as he slows midway through a fight and allows the opponent to get closer and land as the fight goes on. Luckily for him tonight it was a smaller man but to me he just doesn't have that special something to make it to the top. Not strong enough.

He's still a little boyish in his physique....he'll grow and become stronger over the next few years, and when he does he will become very good. Hall has only been stopped by noted heavy hitters, so I don't think that not stopping him is that big a deal for Saunders.