With Eubank Jr I think credit has to be given for being the only name fighter to actively pursue a fight with him at his current status, meanwhile Saunders is practically rolling over for GGG sucking up big time saying he would need an AK47, he would beat him and another fighter on the same night etc basically saying he would take the fight for a big payday but would have no chance. I also think Saunders owes Eubank more than he realises, to date it's still his biggest win and it was the win that catapulted him into the limelight. Eubank was inexperienced having had a brief amateur background which played into Saunders hands as he outpointed him in the first half of the fight, yet it was Eubank who seemed to be getting stronger and stronger as that fight went on and Saunders back peddling to hold on for the final bell. "Listen" ;) for all of BJS's talk I don't believe he fancies a rematch with a now more experienced and even stronger Eubank Jr at any point in the future, he clearly doesn't want a hard fight the way he talked about GGG.
Haye does like the "tune up" fights and sells them the best he can but really even casuals aren't stupid they can easily look up a fighter online and use a bit of common sense, if they want to see him knock out nobodies and journeymen let them enjoy it. Even the peoples favorite GGG has been doing it but he's getting praise for it because HBO has been doing the hyping of the nobodies for him. Why? because he's a HBO fighter(everyone seems to take their word as gospel which is odd to me... they milk their fighters as much as anyone else)... just look at some of the names on that record, he's not popular for his technical brilliance it's his power and his knockouts and I don't think most know or care enough to know the level of opponent on the canvas. Haye is one of the most technical at his weight-class, he's also one of the fastest and most mobile and one of the most powerful... there's little reason he would dodge anyone with those assets but he is driven by money and fame IMO he's not a fighter that revels in back and forth grueling battles, more making money and looking good(Mayweather is like that somewhat supremely skillful but it's all about what he wants, when he wants... not the fans).
Against a giant like Valuev(which he won and had him wobbled in btw) he is giving up so much weight advantage there that he can't afford to be getting hit or leaned on how did you expect him to fight that, did you actually see the size difference? Same with Wlad (to a lesser extent but still giving up a big advantage), he was much taller and heavier while being pretty technical himself(great jab, good at range)... Wlad also leans on his opponents, clinches and does the dark arts well especially when they are smaller, faster and more mobile than him and it was something he seemingly never got warned for throughout his career over there in Germany. Haye was terrible that night for whatever reason but if peoples expectations were that his gameplan would be to fight on the inside toe to toe then what were they thinking? That's just a bad plan, it would be a lean fest and a clinch fest... all scrappy until Wlad had him at range again as he tired , his plan would have probably been moving in and out of range and the use of lateral movement to make angles for himself to get around his defenses.
