Saunders vs. Lemieux: Who's watching?

[Ruthless-RKO]

UK fight fans. I believe it's the final time this year we're staying up for a fight? Should be a good close to a good year.

I've never had to stay up late for a BJS fight before and I probably wouldn't depending on his opponent. I like Lemieux's style. Should be an interesting one. Plus I have no work tomorrow.

The clash will be shown on BT Sport 2 and allegedly.

Live coverage will start 2am GMT.

I rekon Box-Nation/BT will show 3 fights at least..

I think we're all watching this one.?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Who is fighting on the undercard?

Antoine Douglas vs Gary O’Sullivan.

Cletus Seldin vs Yves Ulysse Jr.

Custio Clayton vs Cristian Rafael Coria.

Batyrzhan Jukembayev vs Wilberth Lopez.

Steven Butler vs Lanardo Tyner.

Nicola Adams vs Soledad Macedo.

Ryan Garcia vs Noe Martinez Raygoza.

Simon Kean vs Mike Sheppard.

Mathieu Germain vs Juan Garcia Mendez.

Vincent Thibault vs Adrian Haro Campos.

Kim Clavel vs Yoseline Martinez Jose.

[Boxerbeetle]

Nah, the Saunders won’t be on til around 4:30am apparently. Definitely one to record and watch in the morning. Looking forward to it though.

[Taansend]

I should be watching. It's on at 11:30ish my time. We'll see. Been knackered from work lately.

[bigjack]

Won't be watching as i don't have sky,BT or Bnation but i am very interested in it, hoping for BJS to get ko'd but doubt that will happen.

[leejonesjnr]

Whilst not being a huge fan of either I believe it will be a good contest so I will be watching

[TheLeprechaun]

If Saunders has his way it will be a stinker

[Ruthless-RKO]

Nah, the Saunders won’t be on til around 4:30am apparently. Definitely one to record and watch in the morning. Looking forward to it though.

No spoilers then here mate.

[Boxerbeetle]

Nah, the Saunders won’t be on til around 4:30am apparently. Definitely one to record and watch in the morning. Looking forward to it though.

No spoilers then here mate.

Don’t worry, I always watch first thing in the morning before looking at the internet. I even put my phone on airplane mode overnight so a mate can’t text me the result and spoil it accidentally

[Ruthless-RKO]

Demetrius Andrade will be ringside to scout the opposition.

[KiwiRider]

I can't remember a Lemieux fight that wasn't exciting.
I also find myself enjoying the Hebrew Hammer in the 3 fights of his I have seen. While I find his boxing fairly basic, it's sure exciting.

It's different for me, this fight is live at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon. Ive got some cold ones in the fridge and a big bag of corn chips and salsa. And by 2pm it will be nice to get out of the heat.
Got some chores to do this morning, quick blast on the motorcycle after lunch, then a cracking fight after that.
Livin' the life baby!

[brilo33]

all day long , huge fight for bill, i feel he could turn it on tonight ,

[rd350lc]

I can't remember a Lemieux fight that wasn't exciting.
I also find myself enjoying the Hebrew Hammer in the 3 fights of his I have seen. While I find his boxing fairly basic, it's sure exciting.

It's different for me, this fight is live at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon. Ive got some cold ones in the fridge and a big bag of corn chips and salsa. And by 2pm it will be nice to get out of the heat.
Got some chores to do this morning, quick blast on the motorcycle after lunch, then a cracking fight after that.
Livin' the life baby!

Not jealous in the slightest , didn't get above 2 degrees centigrade here today with sleet etc .

God I hate the winter !

[Ruthless-RKO]

Won't be watching as i don't have sky,BT or Bnation but i am very interested in it, hoping for BJS to get ko'd but doubt that will happen.

Should be on Youtube by the morning

[Ruthless-RKO]

Not the best fight. But by far BJS's best fight and win.

[TheLeprechaun]

I stopped watching after the 6th. Lemieuxs problem - he needs his feet to be set to throw his shots.

I watched Eubank Saunders recently and that was the adjustment Eubank made. He was throwing punches and moving at the same time rather than trying to set his feet before throwing. Lemieux wasn't able to do that. He missed badly every time he threw punches because setting his feet takes too long against someone like Saunders and when he tried to throw as he was moving he just didn't have the coordination or balance and looked foolish.

[Oiky]

Well done Bill

[gilgamesh]

He clowned the sh*t out of Lemieux. Complete shutout. Seemed fairly obvious early on that Lemieux was outclassed.

[African Monkey]

Easy Saunders win. Had him winning every round.

[TheLeprechaun]

Southpaw traveller Billy Joe Saunders scored an easy unanimous decision against challenger David Lemieux in Quebec.

Saunders won every round of the fight on most cards. One judge had it 120-108 while the other two managed to show some sympathy for Lemieux and give him a couple of rounds. HBO scorer Harold Lederman showed a 120-108 scorecard in favour of Saunders.

From the opening bell Lemieux was made to look like he had just come in off the street and put on a pair of gloves. Saunders masterfully boxed circles around him, winning the rounds clearly. An Ali Shuffle was performed by Saunders early in the second round which added further embarrassment to Lemieux, who could only look on in frustration.

The crowd booed Saunders as he did everything he could to stink the joint out and win the rounds but Saunders didn't have a care in the world as he was winning the rounds easily and avoiding any punches that Lemieux threw in his direction.

In a fight that will never be rewatched by fans, Lemieux was completely outclassed. In the post fight interviews, Lemieux claimed he injured his hand and criticized Saunders for "running" while Saunders challenged Golovkin to a fight. HBO analyst Max Kellerman said he didn't know who would win that fight. Saunders has shown he is capable of doing a 10k run in the ring on fightnight and we would imagine that he would up that to a 15k run vs Golovkin.

Saunders seems to be over the moon in the Ingle gym and master tactician Dom Ingle will now look to craft a plan of action for a fight with Golovkin next year.

[Wa1nuts]

I enjoyed the first 7 rounds after that I just wanted Saunders to do a bit more. He could have easily an could have maybe stopped him but I suppose why take the risk

[Oiky]

Bill made Lemieux look like a total novice

[handsofstone]

Well that was an absolute masterclass from Saunders from the 1st bell to the last, I did give Lemieux a share of the 12th but that was it, he was punching fresh air all night and Saunders put in the performance of his life, his jab was excellent, his footwork was incredible and his shot selection was on point, Lemieux never got a sniff all night and was made to look like a club fighter

Nothing wrong with Saunders engine either, he fought a very clever fight and picked Lemieux off at will, he did hurt Lemieux as well and I would've liked to have seen Saunders maybe turn it up a notch to try and get Lemieux out of there but I'm nitpicking, excellent showing from BJS and one of the best performances away from home from a British fighter, surely even the Americans will be impressed

[Oiky]

Yeah, Bill went there and dominated from the off, really gave a cracking performance last night