[REAL TALK] Look Back In Anger: Canelo vs. Billy Joe Saunders

[Guest]

What I thought I'd do is resurrect a series where I occasionally rewatch recent fights and give my thoughts on them with the benefit of hindsight. So what better place to start than with Canelo vs. Saunders?



ROUND ONE:

tbh when I first put this fight on, it started with Billy Joe's ring walk, and for a minute I had to rub my eyes and make sure I hadn't accidentally put on a highlight reel of Fred Astaire. Billy Joe showing off some moves there - why did no one take him to one side and say "Billy, skip the dance, lad - you look like a right daft cunt. Just do what gypsies are good at - stealing from the crowd, fingering their own sisters and ******ing donkeys"?

I'd also forgotten that Billy started with a sound clip of Winston Churchill's famous World War II speech: "We shall fight them on the beaches... nah, fuck it, throw the towel in."


Anyway, the bout gets underway, and Canelo has already been elevated in many circles, including NSB, of that special rank of fighter: the guy who gets credit even when he's doing fuck all. People were saying "Canelo round, you could tell he had bad intentions and wanted to KO Billy." And that's probably true. But you can't score a fight for someone biding their time, can you? It's like me getting in the ring with my cock out and someone saying "I'm putting that down as Annie having bummed someone." No. The intention is there, but give it time.

Because, let's be real, this first round is very much a "feeling out" round... and by "feeling out", I mean "feeling out who's gonna actually throw a punch." There's a couple of moments where Canelo gets him on the ropes, and he's often walking Billy down, but you don't get points for walking forward shuffling your shoulders. Basically, BUGGER ALL happens in this first round. I actually gave it to Billy Joe - you bias Brit! - as he landed a few jabs. But it was like giving someone the round for giving five tugs of a cock because the other guy had just given three.

I'll go through the other rounds over the next few days, I can't take too much excitement all at once.

Score: 10-9 Saunders.

[Citizen Koba]

Why would you put this in the lounge instead of NSB?

[Guest]

Why would you put this in the lounge instead of NSB?

Alright, dad.

I've dropped it in NSB as well (where it will probably be deleted within the hour)

[Guest]

ROUND TWO:

People say Canelo's improved his technique, but I sometimes wonder if he has? His handspeed is quick, but when he marches forward with those awkward foot movements it's like looking at a gay ginger crab. People say he really came on against, say, Khan, but Amir Khan is a guy who, while not exactly gassing, does decline in energy as a fight goes on, and has the chin of a 7-year-old girl.

Canelo took this round with some hard bodyshots, but I dunno if he's that good, or whether it's just that he wins by KOing the opponents. And that's kind of strange, how a 4 foot ginge has suddenly developed the power to knock down walls and KO light heavyweights, even talking about going up to Cruiser. I said "strange". I didn't say "it's blatantly obvious he must be roided up to the gills", I said "strange".

But what I was thinking during this okayish round is... who would you rather look like out of these two fighters? Whose affliction would you decide to take on?

Obviously Canelo is the better looking guy, and Billy Joe walks around all day with that beetroot splash of a birthmark on his face. And I wouldn't be keen on that.

But then think about it... if you were Canelo, every time you took your pants (underpants, Fat Yanks) off, you'd think to yourself "that reminds me... I must go to the shops and buy some more grated carrots."

I dunno if I could live my life with ginger pubes, I really don't. It's one to ponder on, isn't it?


Score: 19-19

[Guest]

I've been a bit busy these past couple of days, so let's catch up with two rounds:



ROUND THREE:

Canelo round, but more competitive than I recalled. The commentary team keep talking about how Canelo is a much harder puncher and labouring (laboring, Fat Yanks) on it, which bugs me, as it's wasting time. We KNOW Canelo is a much harder puncher.. Billy Joe Saunders is probably a moderate puncher, but that's not the way he was going to win this fight. If Canelo can take a flush shot off GGG and not blink (which did seriously impress me) then BJS TKOing him was always going to be highly unlikely. If BJS was going to win this bout, it'd be on points. He'd have to do what he did to David LeMewMew, and, although there's flashes of it here and there, there's not enough of it, and I feel in pain just HEARING the shots from Canelo. You can hear every bite of special meat on them.

SCORE: 29-28 Canelo



ROUND FOUR:

So, what do I think about these fighters? Well, I have mixed feelings about both. We'll get to Canelo another time, but I used to HATE Billy Joe Saunders as the guy simply has no class. Putting another man's cap down his pants (underpants, Fat Yanks) or getting his kid to hit a guy in the balls... it's gross stuff. This is a guy who, if you scolded him for not washing his hands after he went to the toilet, he'd lick them clean - and that's after a shit. Still, for a gypsy he has class, I suppose - he'll only ****** a horse if it's consensual.

But then... THAT move against David LeMewMew. You know the one. Looking out over the ropes to find out where a missed punch went. That made me a fan. And some of his pranks - such as getting that crackhead to smack a man in the face after BJS tells her he's a nonce and he'll give her some crack if she does it - well, people got sanctimonious about it, but I can't deny I laughed. I really did.

There are parts in this round where you can see BJS's class - his fighting class, I mean - and he does a good job sliding around. Canelo misses a lot here, BJS does have some skills. But then there are other parts where he's just like a heavy bag for Canelo, and an ominous moment where Canelo catches him with an uppercut... a foretelling of what's to come, almost like if you bent down in front of me when I have my dick out. Speaking of bumming, the round ends with BJS bending forward, and being kind of clinch-pushed face first into Canelo's crotch... how on Earth did I not screenshot that for an avatar? Maybe I did and I forgot.

You look at this round, it's about a fifth BJS taking shots, and the rest BJS avoiding shots. But you can't give him the round in any sense as his own activity is too low. Again, it's the "three tugs of a ****" rule that gives it to Canelo....

SCORE: 39-37 Canelo

[Rockin']

It has not been two months yet, why are you posting? Liar..

Since when did 22 days ever equal 2 months?

I like what you wrote doe.....................Rockin'

[Guest]

ROUND FIVE:

So Billy Joe Saunders comes round your house and asks to take a bath. You don't really want to let him, but it seems rude to say no. Then when he gets out, he's left a turd in there, explaining "I needed to take a shit and I didn't want to let the water get cold." When you get angry with him over it, he grabs the turd out of the bath, eats a third of it, puts another third in his pocket to take home for his kid to eat, and force feeds you the remainder like a bully.

You can picture that happening, can't you? That's the kind of guy he is.

But in this fight, he's getting fluid here, and increasing the volume. There's one horrible thudding body shot from Canelo (and, as we'll see, he only needs one shot to drastically change the direction of this fight) but Billy's avoiding the majority, and landing some of his own. He doesn't seem to find it hard to land on Canelo, and seems to be getting into his rhythm. Now, you might suggest that this is because Canelo's not especially concerned with the power, and that might be right, but in terms of scoring, I have to give that one to Saunders.

SCORE: 48-47 Canelo

[Guest]

Here's the NSB version btw, which I did assume would be wiped... I'm clearly not being offensive enough (a bit like BJS in that fifth round):

http://jeetwin24.com/forums/b...lo-vs-saunders

[Rockin']

A cry baby thread with my comments deleted. It's incomplete..............Rockin'

[siablo14]

A cry baby thread with my comments deleted. It's incomplete..............Rockin'

Get out, bum!

You know you don't watch boxing.