The day of reckoning for warring Super Middleweights Billy Joe Saunders and Chris Eubank Jr is finally almost upon us. For both potential superstars, Saturday night’s battle goes way beyond the realms of a boxing ring, it’s become very personal.
Over the past year, Chris Eubank Jr., the namesake of the enigmatic former world champion Chris Eubank Sr., has pestered the reigning British, Commonwealth and European champion, at every interview and press conference claiming that Billy Joe would not stand a chance against the man who calls himself “The Next Gen,” labeling Saunders “Average Joe” to the media.
Since then, Saunders has bitten back, igniting a monumental feud between the pair’s respective camps, culminated in so many unpredictable twists and turns in this captivating melodrama, that will come to a head on Saturday night.
So just a few days on since the highly anticipated grudge match between Tony Bellew and Nathan Cleverly failed to deliver up to the mammoth hype, miserably, we can only hope that Saunders versus Eubank Jr. proves to be quite the contrary.
