Billy Joe Saunders (c) vs. Max Bursak - Cancelled

[brilo33]

Forget eubank jr. Might as well fight lee again. Cotto would be a good fight. Similar in a way. Cotto always died late on. Couldn't call it. But go cotto

[bigjack]

Forget eubank jr. Might as well fight lee again. Cotto would be a good fight. Similar in a way. Cotto always died late on. Couldn't call it. But go cotto

can't see cotto being interested to be honest,huge comedown from his last few fights,doubt he'd come over here either.

[wesshaw1985]

allegedly ‏@allegedly_tv 23 hours ago

Details of undefeated WBO World Middleweight Champion @bjsaunders_ ' first title defence will be announced this Wednesday

[wesshaw1985]

rumours circulating it will be Hassan NDam, but I think that would be a bad option.
NDam is coming off a loss to Lemieux, who got stopped by GGG. He also has a fight scheduled with Patrick Mendy for March 12th.

I'd prefer to see BJS in with Heiland. Other un-matched options being Jacobs, Magomedov, Sulecki, Johnson, Brant and Langford...

[wesshaw1985]

WBO Rankings (available & coming off a win) -

1. Arif Magomedov (17-0)
2. Hugo Centeno, Jr. (24-0)
5. Artur Akavov (15-1)
7. Ryota Murata (9-0)
8. Tureano Johnson (19-1)
9. Lajos Mark Nagy (21-0)
10. Maciej Sulecki (22-0)
11. Max Bursak (32-4-1)
12. Kerry Hope (23-7)
15. Jan Meiser (10-0-1)

[palooka]

Murata would-be a good fight, I think I remember him from the Olympics.

[fizzjambo]

Murata would-be a good fight, I think I remember him from the Olympics.

A lot of money behind him in Japan I believe, don't think he'd realistically come over unless it was good money I don't think the fight does good money over here.

I'm guessing if it's N'Dam he'll get an easy gig on the 12th March and there's your win

Nagy, Hope and Meiser are all well below acceptable for me. Other than that the rest are fine

[wesshaw1985]

allegedly ‏@allegedly_tv - 32 minutes ago

Presser today with @bjsaunders_ where his first world title defence will be announced.

[steve689]

Langford will either next or one after you'd imagine.

[wesshaw1985]

Langford will either next or one after you'd imagine.

yea, I would imagine he will get a shot at some point. Easy in-house fight for W@rren to make.
Maybe W@rren puts Langford vs. say a Kerry Hope on a BJS undercard and makes the fight after...

[ste1983]

Langford will either next or one after you'd imagine.

won't be next Langford fight Lewis Taylor for the Commonwealth title Saturday on the Flanagan/Mathews card

[wesshaw1985]

vs. Max Bursak at the Copperbox...

[expe]

After rumours of N'Dam and Trout, Bursak is a poor opponent, only one winner in this one.

[wesshaw1985]

After rumours of N'Dam and Trout, Bursak is a poor opponent, only one winner in this one.

He's been the distance with N'Dam...

[Boxing Prospect]

Bleh, cheers for nothing Frank

[Cholo_cws]

People shouldn't be surprised by this. Is Bursak in the WBO rankings or is he 'yet to arrive?'

- oops, I see in a previous post that he is.

[Stuarty]

this is a massive let down. What has Bursak done to merit a world title shot? He lost to Fletcher who BJS ko'd. Very safe fight for BJS. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. Hopefully it's a decent undercard because this fight is impossible to get excited for.

[fizzjambo]

It's nothing to get excited about but not a farce. N'Dam, I honestly believe, would have been an excellent fight, this is pretty ordinary. McKenzie is in a good fight

[keirw]

Meh, mediocre opponent.

Ovill vs Kucher should be a good one though

[Oiky]

shame, much rather of sin the n'dam fight

[steve689]

Langford will either next or one after you'd imagine.

won't be next Langford fight Lewis Taylor for the Commonwealth title Saturday on the Flanagan/Mathews card

Yes sorry I meant next-next after the Taylor fight. Apologies for being unclear.

[wesshaw1985]

Presser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JeuQJ_UaUU

[Taansend]

I have to say what a terrible first defence. I like Saunders but surely they could have found someone more credible than this. The bloke hasn't fought at Middleweight for a couple of years, lost his last two bouts at Middlweight (3 of 4 if you include the dodgy win over Blackwell) and has since lost at SuperMiddle against Zac Dunn (I like Dunn but they don't all share my opinion Down Under).

Best of luck to him as I'm a big Saunders fan but

[crusader]

After rumours of N'Dam and Trout, Bursak is a poor opponent, only one winner in this one.

He's been the distance with N'Dam...

Going the distance with N'dam isn't really an impressive accomplishment.

[tigermoth87]

Joke of a defence.

He should be stripped of the title if he isn't going to defend it against a decent opponent. Bursak isn't even top 20. This is giving Broner vs Theophane a good running for worst title defence of the year.