Billy Joe Saunders 'Wants' To Fight GGG at Wembley Stadium

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  1. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Well so would I and at the moment, with BJS' drawing power, that seems about as likely.

    One of the problems in British boxing at the minute is everyone's fixation with getting a huge payday at Wembley post Froch vs Groves II. It's ridiculously mooted as a venue for fights nowhere near big enough to justify holding it in a stadium at all, let alone the 80,000 seater national one.

    Eubank vs Benn III, BJS vs GGG, AJ vs Browne. GTFO.


    Source: Sky Sports

    http://www.skysports.com/boxing/new...ther-face-saul-alvarez-not-billy-joe-saunders
     
  2. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    Saunders wanted the GGG fight as soon as his fight with Wade was confirmed. It's not a Wembley fight, if that's what he will demand to fight GGG then as far as I'm concerned he is intentionally making the fight impossible to make
     
  3. I Shot JR

    I Shot JR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think the issue is that there aren't any indoor arenas over 20k (that I'm aware of) in the UK so promoters talk up Wembley as a way of having a bigger venue.

    BJS/GGG does 10k on a very good day for Frank. Hold it in London with a decent undercard and everyone is a winner.
     
  4. likemike31

    likemike31 Active Member Full Member

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    The fight doesn't really sell.

    If Billy does win - and he's never lost so I wouldn't write him off, it's going to be by moving and using all the skills he has in his locker. Which translates into a boring ****ing fight.
     
  5. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    GGG would ko Joe, probably quite easily too, no disrespect.
    A fight between the two is unlikely for any number of reasons.
     
  6. GGG was a much more decorated amateur and has far more skills than BJS. There's absolutely no chance he could outbox him on the back foot.
     
  7. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What a moron, just because he was a better amateur does not mean he is immune to being outboxed. If anything it is easier to outbox someone on the back foot in the pro's, however with your boxing knowledge being limited to talking about ppv and trying to wind up Billy Nelson, I dont know why I expected you to know that moron.
     
  8. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    Whilst I agree with your point in principle, I will have to agree with him that I can't see Saunders outboxing Golovkin at all.
     
  9. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No I agree that wouldnt happen, but to simply say boxer a cant be outboxed by boxer b because he was a better amateur is simply absurd mate.

    Gavin was a better amateur then Brook, Degale was a better amateur then George Groves and Wladimir Klitschkho was a better amateur then Tyson Fury.
     
  10. BEATDOWNZ

    BEATDOWNZ Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Translation: I don't want to fight Golovkin.
     
  11. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    Yep, I agree with you on that part. Although I thought Degale beat Groves but that's another conversation entirely
     
  12. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well it could of gone either way, it was a subjective fight
     
  13. Terry probably thinks BJS is a silky boxer because he beat Andy Lee 8-4.

    BJS wouldn't win a single second of any round vs GGG and you'd have to be a complete moron to think otherwise.
     
  14. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No but he is a very good boxer with a very good boxing brain, something you wouldn't notice because I honestly believe you dont even like the sport.
     
  15. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    I think Saunders is very good but I see it going quite similar to how GGG-Geale went