...is Saunders the best middleweight not named Golovkin since Pirog?

Not sure, but it does look like he has T-Rex arms. I was going to point that out during the fight. Lemieux was getting absolutely measured and pepper sprayed from the outside.

 

Well I have to give him credit here. He looked very good last night. Probably the best performance of his life. Lemieux couldn't do a **** in his backyard... I am really one of the guys that was always thinking that BJS is one of the many british overhyped boxers, but he proved me wrong.

 

lemieux to me has always seemed to have quick hands and feet. i noiticed guys on here commenting on his t-rex arms. he obviously cannot cut a ring, t-rex arms or not.

 

I think aspects of Jacobs style cause issues for Saunders, but overall it's a great, close matchup, and I don't see how Jacobs should be clearly favoured. I actual favour Saunders over GGG so decisively that I don't really care to see it. Saunders against Jacobs and Canelo are great boxing matces! Charlo's a good fight for him too, but we should have to lean pretty clearly to the smarter, tidier Saunders in that one.

 

Yeah he's very crude. Even if he had a longer reach he would've been no match for Saunders. Saunders is a master at distance.

 

at times, i guess. depends which fight.

 

Well one thing is we've never seen Saunders with a top elite tactician. Monroe is the closest you can get, and he's no Jacobs. All hisbest wins are against crude operators. Lee, Eubank Jr, and Lemieux. Also Saunders is definitely a tough fight for GGG but I wouldn't put to much stock into this performance. Lemieux is literally a caveman and no I'm not saying this to discredit Saunders, people on this forum will back me up and I've had hundreds of arguments about how crude he is for years. I wouldn't lean to Saunders clearly beating Charlo either. Before I favored Charlo now it's closer to 50/50 for me. I wouldn't mind seeing that next either.

 

More slickness than a Russian oil refinery in Siberia

 

He definitely has a shot. GGG had major issues landing on Canelo landing early in that fight. When Canelo moved GGG had issues. Now GGG will definitely tire you out more than Lemieux with his pressure. It all depends on how long Saunders can sustain his stamina. I think Saunders takes the early rounds and GGG takes over mid-late.