Canelo V BJ Saunders - Texas - DAZN - May 8th

darced · 09-05-2021 5:01am

What is this?

EagererBeaver · 09-05-2021 5:01am

Ffs

volono · 09-05-2021 5:01am

Broken eye socket?

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:01am

As I thought

Saunders quit..

Yes, eye closing...but hardly fight ending..

darced · 09-05-2021 5:02am

Pathetic from saunders

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:03am

darced wrote: »

Pathetic from saunders

He was interviewed a while ago saying never ever quit..

This is an injury quit job..

Morrison J · 09-05-2021 5:03am

Quit from Saunders. Surprised he broke that quickly. Thought he'd go out on his shield. Good effort from him but never felt he was really winning that. Had it 6-2 Canelo at the time of the stoppage.

PaddyCar · 09-05-2021 5:03am

Ffs. And him mouthing off about willing to die to win the fight

EagererBeaver · 09-05-2021 5:04am

Why would he quit when he was doing so much better than anybody had thought he would have?! Eye looks bad but not enough to do the fight bad? Maybe just that the series of the shots in the 8th let him know how powerful he was and he didn't want any more?

volono · 09-05-2021 5:05am

Was a good fight till that, surely he wouldn't of quit must be the eye socket?

Diddley Squat · 09-05-2021 5:05am

He quit at the sight of first trouble ......
half expected it , but i wanted to see Saunders ko'ed proper

Augme · 09-05-2021 5:05am

Quit from Billy. But I'm not sure id blame him! Canelo really is ferioucis. BJS would have been destroyed in the following round which would have been great to see. A shame.

Alfred Borden · 09-05-2021 5:05am

Had it 5-3 to Canelo at the time of the stoppage. Feels like a strange stoppage.

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:06am

Diddley Squat wrote: »

He quit at the sight of first trouble ......
half expected it , but i wanted to see Saunders ko'ed proper

Exactly it..

Was tiring, had done all he could. Canelo coming on, and he knew this..

Quit job

darced · 09-05-2021 5:07am

Canelo is a tiny man.

Morrison J · 09-05-2021 5:08am

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Why would he quit when he was doing so much better than anybody had thought he would have?! Eye looks bad but not enough to do the fight bad? Maybe just that the series of the shots in the 8th let him know how powerful he was and he didn't want any more?

Think most thought he'd be competitive until the gas tank started to go to be fair. Pretty much played out exactly as that.

volono · 09-05-2021 5:08am

Don't know how you make that out, he got caught with a good uppercut to the eye and your saying he was tired, finished and quit, don't see it pwrsonally

Alfred Borden · 09-05-2021 5:10am

Ah here

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1391243727776137219

Raving_Magic · 09-05-2021 5:10am

Good fight but a disappointing ending. Thought BJS was well and truly in that fight until he got caught in the 8th

volono · 09-05-2021 5:10am

I instantly thought of the eye socket, has to be serious damage whatever it is

EagererBeaver · 09-05-2021 5:11am

Morrison J wrote: »

Think most thought he'd be competitive until the gas tank started to go to be fair. Pretty much played out exactly as that.

Don't think the gas tank was going, think he was slowed down as he was getting really rocked for the first time in the fight.

Morrison J · 09-05-2021 5:13am

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Ah here

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1391243727776137219

No issues with them for me. I think Chris Mannix's card on the broadcast is the worst offender by far tbh

simongurnick · 09-05-2021 5:13am

Canelo stays the pace and eventually unleashes the power.

EagererBeaver · 09-05-2021 5:14am

Hearn says the corner stopped it. Can't argue with any trainer not wanting to send their fighter back out to face Canelo with an eye like that, especially after the shots he had just taken.

Diddley Squat · 09-05-2021 5:14am

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Ah here

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1391243727776137219

Thats fine , 6 -2 and 5-3 .......

simongurnick · 09-05-2021 5:15am

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Ah here

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1391243727776137219

Billy would never have won on points.

Morrison J · 09-05-2021 5:15am

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Don't think the gas tank was going, think he was slowed down as he was getting really rocked for the first time in the fight.

The hands were dropping and the legs were slowing I thought. Canelo made that 22ft ring look very small.

EagererBeaver · 09-05-2021 5:15am

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Ah here

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1391243727776137219

5-3 is fine. Think 6-2 would have been harsh but none of them are particularly egregious. Canelo didn't lose any rounds the way Saunders lost the 8th.

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:15am

I had it 5-3 Canelo

Saunders wasn’t really winning. He was being competitive and slippy, but not really authoritative.

NewMan1982 · 09-05-2021 5:17am

Disappointing to see a fighter who claimed they were willing to die in the ring go and retire between rounds.

We obviously don’t know what injury he has behind it but I hope it wasn’t a quit.

Sandor Clegane · 09-05-2021 5:18am

You couldn't send him back out with that eye tbf, that looks pretty bad and Canelo would of done serious damage to it.

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:18am

NewMan1982 wrote: »

Disappointing to see a fighter who claimed they were willing to die in the ring go and retire between rounds.

We obviously don’t know what injury he has behind it but I hope it wasn’t a quit.

It was a quit..

Unless doctor stopped it..

I don’t think a doctor stopped it.

volono · 09-05-2021 5:20am

Yeah 5-3 is fine. Enjoyed the fight, power punch did it. Orbital bone= eye socket

deisedevil · 09-05-2021 5:20am

I'm not a Billy Joe fan by any means, but I don't get how people could say he just gave up. He has a fractured orbital bone. Supposed to be excruciating and if your sight in your eye is gone your corner are never going to leave you back out.

darced · 09-05-2021 5:20am

Nice to see Canelo with his whole family there.

Morrison J · 09-05-2021 5:21am

NewMan1982 wrote: »

Disappointing to see a fighter who claimed they were willing to die in the ring go and retire between rounds.

We obviously don’t know what injury he has behind it but I hope it wasn’t a quit.

Here he is calling out Dubois for quitting over the same injury. Deserves all the abuse that comes his way. Got to back up your statements.

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1333070142826291200?s=19

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:21am

Be interesting now to see how Saunders and his followers spin this into a win, or an excusable loss...

Give it a few days..

simongurnick · 09-05-2021 5:22am

Morrison J wrote: »

Here he is calling out Dubois for quitting over the same injury. Deserves all the abuse that comes his way. Got to back up your statements.

https://youtu.be/9-n8GFhhDfM

Interesting. BJS full of ****e.

NewMan1982 · 09-05-2021 5:22am

deisedevil wrote: »

I'm not a Billy Joe fan by any means, but I don't get how people could say he just gave up. He has a fractured orbital bone. Supposed to be excruciating and if your sight in your eye is gone your corner are never going to leave you back out.

Surely an X-ray is needed to confirm it? Couldn’t possibly be known at this early stage.

EagererBeaver · 09-05-2021 5:22am

walshb wrote: »

It was a quit..

Unless doctor stopped it..

I don’t think a doctor stopped it.

Hearn says trainer stopped it, but presumably that's after asking Billy Joe whether he wanted to go back out.

If it's a fractured orbital as suggested, nobody sitting at home watching on TV can criticise a fighter for not wanting to risk losing an eye.

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:23am

deisedevil wrote: »

I'm not a Billy Joe fan by any means, but I don't get how people could say he just gave up. He has a fractured orbital bone. Supposed to be excruciating and if your sight in your eye is gone your corner are never going to leave you back out.

It’s boxing. Not tickling

He gave up.

First sign hardship and trouble and he quit..

Not the first and won’t be the last..

volono · 09-05-2021 5:26am

Some serious hatred amongst posters for BJ's.
"He quit etc". What do you want him to do risk permanent blindness ffs

FileNotFound · 09-05-2021 5:26am

BJS didn't do too bad. Definitely won a few rounds.

Big hit and in fairness injury. Guess it's into the next belt for canelo.

No rematch for BJS and don't see him fighting his way to a challenger spot.

Not a bad fight all said.

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:27am

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Hearn says trainer stopped it, but presumably that's after asking Billy Joe whether he wanted to go back out.

If it's a fractured orbital as suggested, nobody sitting at home watching on TV can criticise a fighter for not wanting to risk losing an eye.

I saw no protestations from Billy.

He seemed more than ok to not go back out..

deisedevil · 09-05-2021 5:27am

Morrison J wrote: »

Here he is calling out Dubois for quitting over the same injury. Deserves all the abuse that comes his way. Got to back up your statements.

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1333070142826291200?s=19

Yep. He knows what it's like now.

NewMan1982 · 09-05-2021 5:27am

If he’s a broken bone or eye damage then it’s acceptable to retire.

If it’s just badly bruised or swollen then it’s a quit.

FileNotFound · 09-05-2021 5:27am

volono wrote: »

Some serious hatred amongst posters for BJ's.
"He quit etc". What do you want him to do risk permanent blindness ffs

Wonder if canelo was right when he said he broke the cheek.

Assume these lads have an idea.

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:28am

volono wrote: »

Some serious hatred amongst posters for BJ's.
"He quit etc". What do you want him to do risk permanent blindness ffs

Nonsense..

Folks say the same for any fighters..

It’s boxing. People get beaten up..

Fighters quit. He was one tonight. Nothing to do with hate..

walshb · 09-05-2021 5:29am

NewMan1982 wrote: »

If he’s a broken bone or eye damage then it’s acceptable to retire.

If it’s just badly bruised or swollen then it’s a quit.

But you only know broken when x rayed and verified!

volono · 09-05-2021 5:30am

walshb wrote: »

I saw no protestations from Billy.

He seemed more than ok to not go back out..

Yes because he can't see out of one eye and is probably in excruciating pain......a pain that he hasn't felt before. He talked to his corner obviously, they knew more than likely. End game. That's boxing though.

Canelo V BJ Saunders - Texas - DAZN - May 8th

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