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[108] Saunders advised if he is victorious, he would likely challenge Ramírez for the full title in late 2019, however if Ramírez opted to remain at light-heavyweight, the winner of Saunders vs. Isufi would become full champion. [58] The plan was to have Saunders fight around the same week as Golovkin vs. Álvarez, and then fight the winner. Saunders used his movement and jab effectively. [122], A video of Saunders taunting a drug addict, offering £150 of crack cocaine to perform a sex act or punch a passer-by while he sat in his Rolls-Royce, was released on 17 September 2018. Instead having Danny Vaughan, Johnney Roye and Ben Davison in his corner. The sick post attracted dozens of responses and upset a handful of women's groups, especially as Saunders has previous form. Wolff and his crazy swing primed to become youngest Major winner since Woods, © 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, Billy Joe Saunders could be facing another r, This is the tweet that has saw Saunders suspended on Twitter, Billy Joe Saunders says he has been given no indication when his next fight will be. According to reports, the cancellation meant Saunders team would be losing around $2.3 million. The supremely gifted super-middleweight world champ continued his dismal disciplinary record by mentioning his rival’s mum during a heated social media exchange this week. His great-grandfather, Absolom Beeney, was one of the community's most famous bare-knuckle boxers. [74] The fight, which marked Saunders' first appearance on HBO, averaged 716,000 viewers, peaking at 775,000 viewers. [51], On 22 April 2017, Khurtsidze knocked Langford out in round 5 with a left hook to secure his next fight against Saunders. [119] Both undefeated super-middleweight champions Saunders and Callum Smith had both turned down offers to fight Álvarez, hoping to bargain for a better purse to fight the pound-for-pound star. [10] Saunders and Eubank Jr, both 30, have been insulting each other since the build-up to their 2014 fight that Hatfields man Saunders won on points. [79][80] On 3 June, Murray announced via his Instagram page that Saunders' had once again pulled out of the fight citing a hamstring injury. [24] On 1 September, yet another postponement arose due to Saunders receiving a cut in sparring. [59], On 28 June, it was revealed that Saunders had parted ways with trainer Adam Booth, after working together for only six months, and joined Sheffield based trainer Dominic Ingle. [118], On 29 February, Canelo Álvarez' trainer Eddy Reynoso confirmed Saunders as the next opponent for the Mexican on 2 May, with a contract still to be finalised. [61], Warren announced on 6 July, that a deal was in place for Saunders to defend his title against former world title challenger Willie Monroe Jr. (21-2, 6 KOs) at the Copper Box Arena in London on 16 September 2017. Saunders' new opponent was revealed to be 41 year old veteran Charles Adamu (32-13, 25 KOs) from Ghana. Saunders won the fight by a landslide unanimous decision, winning the WBO super-middleweight title and becoming a two weight world champion. The fight would air on BT Sport in the UK and streamed live on ESPN+ in the United States. Hearn stated he would wait to see if the Massachusetts commission will allow Saunders to fight, however confirmed Andrade would still appear in the main event, whether it be a vacant world title or a non-title bout. [105], On 12 March, it was reported that MTK Global had signed a deal with ESPN for them to broadcast 30 events a year. Lemieux was never able to catch up to Saunders to land his big power shots. [52] A day later the fight between Saunders and Khurtsidze was discussed to take place at the Copper Box in London on 8 July 2017. [113] Saunders came in at the 168-pound limit and Isufi came in slightly lighter at 167.4 pounds. Having secured his third defence of the British middleweight title, Saunders earned the Lonsdale Belt outright; he gave this to his father Tommy as a Christmas present. [96][97] It was later announced his opponent would be Hungarian boxer Zoltan Sera (32-17-1, 22 KOs). Saunders is the first boxer from the Travelling community to become a two-weight world champion. [67], Although the Golovkin vs. Canelo fight ended in a split draw, Saunders still pursued a unification fight next. Saunders later tweeted, "You have your ups in boxing, but last three months have been downs, sorry to Martin and the fans, be back soon." He later posted a follow-up video to apologise for any offence caused. [8] In 2008 Saunders qualified for the Beijing Olympics in the welterweight division at the age of 18. Up until round 5, Akavov was the aggressor and doing enough to take the rounds. [95], On 12 December 2018, promoter Warren announced that Saunders would return to the ring on 22 December at the Manchester Arena on the Josh Warrington vs. Carl Frampton IBF featherweight championship undercard. [33] The fight was postponed again to 3 December due to transitional issues with Akavov getting into the UK, the fight then took place at Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Scotland. We had an original date of June 20 for Joshua-Pulev. [68] After weeks of going back and forth with former IBF champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) on Twitter, on 10 October, the WBO ordered them to meet in a mandatory fight with both camps having 30 days to negotiate a fight, which would likely take place early in 2018. [47] Saunders later claimed to have moved on from Golovkin, until Warren said the deal was still in place. That’s five weeks after, you’d hope live sport could return in July.". [102] On 18 February, Warren announced that Saunders would be moving up in weight and challenging for the vacant WBO super-middleweight title at the SSE Arena in London on 13 April.

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