The chip off the old Eubank block made his father proud but did not do quite enough on his own behalf to win a fight which was an epic of its class. Billy Joe Saunders boxed the boy’s ears off in the first half of their grudge match and then survived a torrid last six rounds to hold onto this British, Commonwealth and European middleweight titles. The ExCeL arena was rocking even more loudly than when Anthony Joshua was winning his super-heavyweight gold medal at the London Olympics. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Billy Joe Saunders: I still think Chris Eubank Jr is a 'c***'
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Billy Joe Saunders beat Chris Eubank Jnr on points after a pulsating fight in London
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Saunders made the faster start and was comfortably in front before Eubank responded
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Eubank had the better of the second half and did enough to win it on one judge's card
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But Saunders was given the nod and retains his British, Commonwealth and European belts
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He also earned a shot at the WBO world title next year with the victory
On my card @placeholder battled fairly safely to the finishing line, although the official judges had it close enough to give it to him on a split decision.