Saunders v Monroe 16/9/17 London

[Spicoli]

Cannot place it exactly but I don't like this guy. Maybe its him constantly licking his teeth but seems a bit of a twat. Might be that hair.

[GAME]

I was surprised to see Munroe has half the knockouts Billy Joe has and BJS isn’t even a puncher. So this fights guaranteed to go 12 and in England Munroe isn’t going to get any favours.
With that in mind he needs a pretty good gameplan and execute perfectly in order to get a decision. Anything close/not emphatic will surely go the Britons way.

Munroe did okay to go a few rounds with Golovkin but I agree with BJDS that he did give up in that fight. He wanted to be counted out and when he wasn’t he had to say to the ref “im done” Makes you wonder that if the next time he is in a hard fight if its easier for him to just throw in the towel now he’s already done it once. Luckily for him Billy wont put him under that sort of pressure and lacks the punch power of GGG so it’s a safe bet that he should be able to stick around in this fight.

They could both frustrate each other if it’s a standoff but the pressure is on the visiting fighter to make things happen which will play into Saunders hands. I can see Munroe getting picked off and out boxed in a nip and tuck fight where not much happens. He doesn’t have the power to turn it round either. Having said that BJS has afew questions top answer himself. He was appalling in his last fight. After inactivity and ballooning in weight, changing trainers etc there’s no reason to believe he is going to be much better in this fight as he was last time out. For that reason I can see an upset. I’m not convinced so much by what Munroe brings but I just think Saunders is a vulnerable champ at this stage and it won’t take a great to be him. The fight hangs in the balance. If BJS can’t turn back the clock he can lose his title on points. At the same time if Munroe doesn’t cease this opportunity and really go for it he will regret letting it go to a decision. Anyone say draw

[Master]

Either way, whoever wins might as well hand the title over to GGG as he will get it next after he beats Canelo.

[Batman]

undercard

Yarde v Nemesapati

The WBO Inter-Continental Light-Heavyweight Title

Dynamite punching Light-Heavyweight talent Anthony Yarde takes on Norbert Nemesapati for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental strap on September 16th.
'The Beast' Yarde (12-0, 11 KOs) aims to make it three belts in three fights at the East End venue. In May, Yarde claimed the Southern Arena belt by defeating Chris Hobbs and then added the WBO European crown in July with a first round demolition of Hungarian Richard Baranyi, claiming a number eight spot in the organisation’s World rankings.
The Iford man will not be taking his Hungarian opponent lightly. Nemesapati (25-6, 18 KOs) has only been stopped three times in 31 bouts and only to world class fighters.

Dubois - Carter

The Southern Area Heavyweight Title

Dynamite punching Light-Heavyweight talent Anthony Yarde is back on September 16th.
In May, Yarde (12-0, 11 KOs) claimed the Southern Arena belt by defeating Chris Hobbs and then added the WBO European crown in July with a first round demolition of Hungarian Richard Baranyi, claiming a number eight spot in the organisation’s World rankings.

[Master]

I want to see Anthony Yarde again!

[Primo Carnera]

Just goes to show what people think of BJS. These are the first posts about this fight for about 4 days and we are in fight week. And nobody even mentioned BJS!

[Batman]

Just goes to show what people think of BJS. These are the first posts about this fight for about 4 days and we are in fight week. And nobody even mentioned BJS!

There is another fight which is kind of overshadowing this one as well though Primo

[Alpha]

I'm going out on a limb and calling an upset here.

[Fenster]

Monroe has three big problems here.

1. However much of a tosser Billy Joe is it can't be denied he's an excellent thinking mans boxer.

2. Monroe can't punch (relative) / Saunders has never been on the deck (am or pro).

3. He's the away fighter with everything against him - crowd, promotion etc - so isn't gonna get any favours in the close rounds.

It's got "robbery" written all over it (even if Billy Joe schools him).

[Fenster]

Yarde's optimistic fans think Cleverly is a walkover job let alone Frank Buglioni whilst in the real world Yarde swerves a British title shot and gets matched with Callum Smith's leftover punchbag.

[Alpha]

Monroe has three big problems here.

1. However much of a tosser Billy Joe is it can't be denied he's an excellent thinking mans boxer.

2. Monroe can't punch (relative) / Saunders has never been on the deck (am or pro).

3. He's the away fighter with everything against him - crowd, promotion etc - so isn't gonna get any favours in the close rounds.

It's got "robbery" written all over it (even if Billy Joe schools him).

Spot on. Saunders ain't much of a puncher either and I can't get over how bad Saunders looked last out. Monroe is a pretty good boxer but he'll need to win the rounds convincingly.

[Fenster]

I never saw Saunders last fight fight (I was in hospital trying to snuff it) but everyone, including himself, says he was terrible. However, he's changed trainers/camps since then.

If only Monroe had a dig...

[Alpha]

I must admit Saunders loks in fantastic shape for this.

[Batman]

I never saw Saunders last fight fight (I was in hospital trying to snuff it) but everyone, including himself, says he was terrible. However, he's changed trainers/camps since then.

If only Monroe had a dig...

I didn't see it either, my first thought was that I missed it due to being out on the piss but looking back at the date of the fight it was when I had just moved into a new flat and I didn't have sky or virgin set up

[Fenster]

I found some shrapnel bets for Monroe

Monroe - MD 50/1, SD 25/1, Draw 28/1

Saunders moved to the other end of the country to train with the Ingles (Kell Brook's mob).