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MATT CHRISTIE (Boxing
t we have
DERS based on wha
nk
I'm picking SAUN
at a level that Euba
r. He's campaigned
seen so fa
near.
has been nowhere
lesser
n promise against
Chris jnr. has show
dering if they know
sition. I'm just won
oppo
banks take
Why would the Eu
mething we don't.
so
they could win...?
if they didn't think
of a
this fight
end up with a hell
bank loses they will
If Eu
ly, there's a lot of
their faces so ,clear
lot of egg on
ility.
confidence in his ab
DARREN HAMILTON (Former Briti
sh
Champion)
I honestly don't know wh
o wins this. If Eubank
doesn't give Billy Joe room
to do all his flashy
stuff or if Saunders starts
toe to toe with him then
it will give Chris a better
chance. Billy Joe's advantages are based on hi
m boxing and moving in
this fight. The late rounds
are a grey area because
Eubank hasn't been twelv
e rounds but Saunders
doesn't always look that
great in the late rounds.
When you have skills lik
e Billy Joe, sometimes
God gives you less capacit
y for fitness and tenacity and that is often the wa
y to beat these stylists
in my experience but, ag
ain, I honestly can't call
this one.
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N CHARLES (Trainer ERS. It's easy for people
DO
D
UN
I'm with Billy Joe SA
t Billy Joe
nk jr bandwagon bu
on the Euba
lth and
to jump
itish, Commonwea
Olympian and a Br
is an
beaten and recently
Champion. He is un
European
ly.
ho I rate very high
beat John Ryder w
ing for a weakness
very good, I'm look
pion,
Eubank jnr. is
unders is the cham
n't find one but Sa
y
and I ca
has the great Jimm
ay round. He also
ies
not the other w
pect to Ronnie Dav
s corner. No disres
Tibbs in hi
ence over
has too much influ
think Eubank snr.
but I
his son's training.
a
ugh that can make
n the going gets to
Whe
difference.
IAN NAPA ( Former Brit
ish and European
Champion)
To be quite honest
, I think Billy Joe is
too well
rounded for Eubank
at this stage. I have
watched
SAUNDERS for ye
ars and when he is
'on point' he's
on point. I don't th
ink Eubank is a hu
ge puncher
and Billy Joe is a go
od, busy southpaw
with every
punch in the book
.
I just can't see how
Eubank wins. This
has come to
early for him.
SPUD WOOLLATT (Hay
emaker Boxing)
Chris EUBAN
K Jnr. wins for
me and
convincingly. I
have seen Euban
k spar a lot of
rounds and thin
k he is a very sp
ecial talent. I se
the early part o
e
f the fight with
Saunders thro
a lot of punches
wing
but Eubank wal
king through
them and provi
ng too strong an
d thus winning
by
late stoppage.
STEVE LILLIS (BoxNation Pundit) of his
e
becaus
I go with Billy Joe SAUNDERS
l. We still haven't
pedigree so far as a professiona
eptional and it
seen if Chris Eubank Jr is exc
broke out against
wouldn't shock anybody if he
knows what it's like to
BJS. However, the champion
e he did against Nick
go 12 rounds and dig deep lik
can win on points.
Blackwell and John Ryder. He
ateur International
JOHN BENNIE (Former Am
and Ex-Pro Featherweight)
, this is a tough
Contrary to what many think
of talent with
fight for both. Both have plenty
pro. Experience
Saunders the more experienced
Saunders who'll
may well fly out the window for
d knows he has to
be fired up like never before an
sy' win that he's been
deliver the convincing and 'ea
nd, this is a win/
talking about. On the other ha
put up an excellent
win fight for Eubank. He will
his stock. Looks
fight and even a loss will raise
th look as if they
like a distance fight to me as bo
g real KO power.
hold a shot well but both lackin
NK on points in a
Tentatively, I'm going for EUBA
thriller.
STEVE GOODWIN (P
romoter)
I think EUBANK w
ins, I don't think Sa
unders
punches hard enou
gh at top level and
I think
Eubank jnr could,
potentially, be at th
at level.
John Ryder pushed
Billy Joe close enou
gh and I
think Eubank is m
ore powerful than
him.
THE SCORE:
Saunders - 8
Eubank - 6
ON THE FENCE - 2
DECEMBER 2014 BRAWL SPORTS 7