Saunders moves up to 168, in line for vacant WBO title

Seems to be the money on offer as a mandatory challenger. Lame excuse

 

Wrong side of the mando split apparently.

 

It’s lame as Andrade was going to be on that side the first time round.

Obviously they are weighing up the risk vs reward and Andrade is no gimme.

 

Andrade is a serious fighter. It would have been a terrific highly skilled match.

 

Thing is his promoter could have made Andrade an offer to ensure BJS got more money than the standard purse split but clearly sees no value in that.

 

Wonder if he'll be earning more money fighting this nobody.

 

That division is there for the taking, once Smith goes up to Light Heavyweight, the Middleweight division is a much harder one, Saunders knows it's time. That said, can he cope with the extra height that some of his opponents will have, given that he's not a particularly powerful puncher and relies more on his movement and punch output?