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Crease wrote:

Crazyboy wrote:Good question and you are right... no one of note.

Agreed. Eubank Jr has been professional for three years now, and he has not done anything remarkable.
Consider this - Chris has had EIGHTEEN fights, which you have to say is a helluva lot - and to put that in to context, the likes of Carl Frampton has only had nineteen fights and he's a World Champion and has challenged for & defended a European Title.

When comparing that to young Chris, what has he done? What impact has he made in the sport?

Crazyboy wrote:All I meant was....while you say Saunders could put the brakes on Eubank...I think the same the other way as I just don't see anything great about BJS.....just my opinion.

Certainly you are entitled to your opinion, sir. But at least Suanders has made a steady progression up the rankings, fighting good British opponents and accumulating titles while doing so.

To date, Saunders is the reigning British, Commonwealth & European Champion - yet Eubank Jr has only had a single scheduled 12 round fight. Surely that has to be considered poor form after three years of professional boxing.

Crazyboy wrote:I could ask you a similar thing...what makes you think BJS will beat Eubank? how do you know?

Well Saunders has been tried and tested. He's beaten the likes of John Ryder, Jarrod Fletcher & Nick Blackwell who are each good fighters, and to a lesser degree opponents like Matthew Hall, Tony Hill & Gary O'Sullivan are certainly noteworthy as well. He's show that he can consistently go twelve rounds, no problem.

And I would also point out that Eubank has not met any of these opponents in the squared circle.

Crazyboy wrote:Its an Interesting fight because as you will see from the poll on here...its divided peoples opinion big time. Do you not find it an interesting fight?

There's no denying that this is a big step-up for Eubank. He's going in against the best young Middleweight on these islands, can I can't help but think that he could've fought some of the above guys to bring his level up a bit before facing Saunders.

I hope that this is a close contest, but I do think that there's a distinct possibility that Eubank just isn't prepared for Saunders and that he could be sorely outmatched here.