Canelo-Saunders: Predictions, Discussions, RBR

Sweet Hands won't win, but I think he has more heart than the pussy pikey.

 

I think Canelo was right- he broke his cheek with that shot, the swelling was instant and I don’t blame any boxer for quitting with a facial fracture other than nose.

 

No. It's a knick under the eye and the eye is closed a bit.

It;s not Vitali vs Lewis. It's not Basilio vs Leonard. It's not even Oscar vs Quartey.

 

Look at Paulie with his jaw fucking coming out like a balloon and he fought on for rounds against killer Cotto and made it CLOSE.

 

I'm literally going through my mind pulling out example after example of guys who went through WORSE and make it close.

 

Canelo actually has a very dulcet voice, very easy to listen to, even in English.

78-74

77-75

78-74

All for Canelo.

 

Canelo is pretty solid

 

Blow Job's gonna be saying, "A 24 foot ring and I woulda had him."

 

I had him 7-1 after 8 completed rounds.

 

Unspectacular, but solid, and he made adjustments. He had that single right to the body and cleverly switched to the uppercuts when Saunders started to get under the hooks.

 

BJS gone to a "Local Medical Facility".

Building the narrative now for the most egregious facial injury of all time.

Having just sat there and insisted on Takayama's execution earlier in the evening.

 

I didn't see it as unspectacular,but otherwise agreed. He gradually pounded out the resistance of a moving opponent, in an old-fashioned manner

 

Straight right to body and uppercuts, including uppercuts to the chest, were key. Agree.

 

Here comes Froch........"We're finding out it's a fractured eye socket..........but we cant tell immediately".

In other words......."We don't know shit, but let me build up the narrative".

"It was one of those fights Saunders could have won".

 

Well that's it, old-fashioned, aka Unspectacular. Not flashy.

Saunders was doing a lot of the old "Booth" fighting, slipping dancing, hands down etc, but it's no answer for 12 by 3 minute rounds over and over.

 

I thought it was '' in tatters''

 

Roy: "He had a shirt on that said keep calm Canelo or somethin...."

Roy doesn't care what it says on your shirt

 

Yep. Ian Darke used to say that too.

 

I think it's an high possibility that he suffered from a fractured eye socket, the way it closed so quickly. Still feel it was a pathetic quit job

 

And it was singles. Just one. He never made the mistake of flailing the shots in. Pick the spot, land one, let BJS clam up and bit by bit break him down.

 

I agree. My objection is the rush to justify the quitting on Frochs behalf.........having spent all evening demanding the head of Takayama on a fucking plate.

Hang on I think Sly is facebooking me.........

 

Billy Joe Saunders is leaving the ring. He looks utterly distraught.

Good. Now fuck off.

 

This is the BBC after 7 rounds:

"
Round seven

Alvarez v Canelo

A round off for both men in many ways. Saunders looks confident, his hands low, his torso swaying at all times.

We can now say though for sure that Saunders is presenting a puzzle Canelo has not yet solved. Early on it looked like he would but now, it's tight.

He has five rounds to get it done, if not, it's close and there'll be an almighty kick up about the cards."


I could not have agreed less.

 

Joe Gallagher

Boxing trainer on BBC Radio 5 Live

"He was even stood back there like Sugar Ray Leonard. Billy Joe is getting more and more confident."

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Sad that he can't pickpocket with one eye.

 

He started the night as the Artful Dodger, and he finished it as Oliver Twisted.

 

It's the worst injury ever. Look at it.

 

Carmen Basilio is laughing in his grave.

 

LOL.

Talk about foreshadowing.