Round-By-Round - Billy Joe Saunders (c) vs. Willie Monroe jr - September 16th 2017

[gilgamesh]

So I assume the decision for Saunders was Unanimous? Boy I gotta tell you...you guys don't give very concise RBR

[samwbr]

Dull.

[BitPlayer]

So I assume the decision for Saunders was Unanimous? Boy I gotta tell you...you guys don't give very concise RBR

Round 1: Cagey start, not a lot of action Monroe started a bit better, but Saunders won it back later on.
Round 2: *yawn* Still cagey
Round 3: zzz
Round 4: zzz
Round 5: zzz
Round 6: zzz
Round 7: zzz
Round 8: zzz
Round 9: zzz
Round 10: zzz
Round 11: zzz
Round 12: zzz

Yeah Saunders won unanimously

[crusader]

It was a competitive-ish chess match for the first 7, with BJS having an edge on workrate; Munroe wasnt very busy, but he was still landing jabs and the occasional power (less) shot to stay in it. Then Munrore went totally dead and lost the next 3 to put him well behind. I thought he won the last two but it was far too late.

[handsofstone]

117-113 Saunders, unsurprisingly it was a poor fight with very little action, at least 5 rounds could've been even, Monroe Jr again just didn't do near enough to win the title, Saunders little bursts were the difference in a lot of the rounds, Monroe worked the jab well and could've clearly upped the tempo but just refused to pour it on, Saunders faded again a bit later on but he never looked tired just uninspired

Pish fight and Golovkin and Alvarez would piss themselves laughing if they see it, big improvement from Saunders but he has to learn to turn the screw

[Covfefe]

117-113 Saunders, unsurprisingly it was a poor fight with very little action, at least 5 rounds could've been even, Monroe Jr again just didn't do near enough to win the title, Saunders little bursts were the difference in a lot of the rounds, Monroe worked the jab well and could've clearly upped the tempo but just refused to pour it on, Saunders faded again a bit later on but he never looked tired just uninspired

Pish fight and Golovkin and Alvarez would piss themselves laughing if they see it, big improvement from Saunders but he has to learn to turn the screw

I said earlier Saunders can tire from the sixth but he was allowed to fight this at his own pace.

[BitPlayer]

[Tomasino]

Made it to near the end of the first round before came on here and discovered that was the best round.

fornicate watching the rest.

[boxingknockout]

That about sums up Monroe's effort.

Ps people can still easily find your twitter account

PPS when he joins Yusuf Mack's company you know he's going to be the catcher / pillow biter/ bottom

[BitPlayer]

That about sums up Monroe's effort.

Ps people can still easily find your twitter account

PPS when he joins Yusuf Mack's company you know he's going to be the catcher / pillow biter/ bottom

I don't mind if people find my twitter. It's someone else's post I saw, so I blocked out their name.

[Nightmare Roy]

Can you imagine if the kid did that to Golovkin lol.

The kid would probably of broken his hand.

[maverick23]

What did people think of the show last night?

For me it was the worst show since FW linked up with BT Sports. The only competitive fight was the BJS fight (although the Chelli was decent). Too many predictable mismatches - it missed a couple of good competitive fights which they've had on previous shows.

[crusader]

The card seemed to drag on forever before the main event...a good support wouldve made it seem like the time was passing faster. Im also getting very tired of Yarde bashing up no hopers (big deal if that guy went 6 with Dirrell) , though I know it was a sub.

[dirk2686]

What did people think of the show last night?

My abiding memory will be letting out a massive yawn at half midnight, with the main event still not finished, and questioning why I bother watching such obvious rubbish.

[veriton]

what happened to the pigford fight, that was the only one that seemed worth watching?

[maverick23]

what happened to the pigford fight, that was the only one that seemed worth watching?

Agreed - that was the one fight worth watching on the undercard.

[Supremo]

what happened to the pigford fight, that was the only one that seemed worth watching?

Pigford vs Smith was cancelled about 6 weeks ago after Smith got injured. No idea why it was still being listed as on.

[Andrew]

Awful fight,

I said it when it was made stylewise it would be bad. I left for the casino after round 9.

The worst card by far that BT have put on. Was poor having prospects in 6 rounders before the main event.

Yarde I couldn't care less about now until he gets tested.

The Dubois fight was just dangerous you only had to look at the AJ Carter thread on here a few months back.

At least Saunders won't be getting that big payday soon.

[Boxerbeetle]

Terrible card.

[Coco]

Monroe's heart was never really in it

[dirk2686]

Awful fight,

I said it when it was made stylewise it would be bad. I left for the casino after round 9.

The worst card by far that BT have put on. Was poor having prospects in 6 rounders before the main event.

Yarde I couldn't care less about now until he gets tested.

The Dubois fight was just dangerous you only had to look at the AJ Carter thread on here a few months back.

At least Saunders won't be getting that big payday soon.

Indeed.

My two main issues with Warren cards are the tendency to have prospects fighting high up the card and the time of the main events. Why was the Saunders fight starting at ten to midnight? It makes the night drag on for viewers and is a nightmare for punters at the fights who are relying on public transport. To be honest I bet there were a fair few people last night who watched a bit of the undercard, switched over to Smith on ITV and called it a night in order to watch Golovkin before Saunders was in the ring.

[martinmrts]

best fight of the night was in the crowd during the main event

[Andrew]

Awful fight,

I said it when it was made stylewise it would be bad. I left for the casino after round 9.

The worst card by far that BT have put on. Was poor having prospects in 6 rounders before the main event.

Yarde I couldn't care less about now until he gets tested.

The Dubois fight was just dangerous you only had to look at the AJ Carter thread on here a few months back.

At least Saunders won't be getting that big payday soon.

Indeed.

My two main issues with Warren cards are the tendency to have prospects fighting high up the card and the time of the main events. Why was the Saunders fight starting at ten to midnight? It makes the night drag on for viewers and is a nightmare for punters at the fights who are relying on public transport. To be honest I bet there were a fair few people last night who watched a bit of the undercard, switched over to Smith on ITV and called it a night in order to watch Golovkin before Saunders was in the ring.

It was a joke for people in there to have the main event starting just before midnight.

Still not as bad as when Saunders v Ryder and Chisora v Fury was at 1:30am

[veriton]

what happened to the pigford fight, that was the only one that seemed worth watching?

Pigford vs Smith was cancelled about 6 weeks ago after Smith got injured. No idea why it was still being listed as on.

Wish I had known that, could have spent the first part of the evening doing something more productive like counting the woodlice in the back garden.

[tobyh5]

My two main issues with Warren cards are the tendency to have prospects fighting high up the card and the time of the main events. Why was the Saunders fight starting at ten to midnight? It makes the night drag on for viewers and is a nightmare for punters at the fights who are relying on public transport. To be honest I bet there were a fair few people last night who watched a bit of the undercard, switched over to Smith on ITV and called it a night in order to watch Golovkin before Saunders was in the ring.

Yep, exactly that. Watched the ITV4 stuff and then went to bed. I have the BT Sport App but it was not available on there, I was going to seek out a stream until I saw the projected start time so decided to just watch ITV4, go to bed at 11ish and get up again at 3am for the GGG bout. Pish poor forethought on viewer emotions, the choices they had, what they were likely to do and how they would act and I bet many did the same