Billy Joe Saunders Archives — Page 3 of 20

Billy Joe Saunders still hoping to land mega-fight with GGG or Canelo; says their handlers don’t want to take the risk

James Slater - 25/01/2018 Leave a Comment

Reigning, undefeated WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders hoped his hugely impressive December statement win over dangerous puncher David Lemieux would finally allow him to nail down a massive fight with either Gennady Golovkin or Canelo Alvarez. » Read Full Article

Saunders vs Murray: Press Conference Videos

MTK Global - 25/01/2018 Leave a Comment

Stablemates Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray went head to head today ahead of their all-MTK Global world-title fight on April 14 in London

Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray have both predicted that they will need to be at their best for their all-MTK Global world-title clash at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday, April 14. » Read Full Article

Saunders – Murray on April 14 at the O2 in London

Queensberry Promotions - 25/01/2018 Leave a Comment

Hall of Fame Promoter Frank Warren will stage a double World Title card on Saturday 14th April at The 02 in London featuring Billy Joe Saunders’ defence of his WBO World Middleweight Championship against domestic rival Martin Murray, alongside Terry Flanagan’s challenge for the vacant WBO World Super-Lightweight title against unbeaten American Maurice Hooker. » Read Full Article

BJ Saunders vs Martin Murray: A good fight or a predictable fight?

James Slater - 20/01/2018 Leave a Comment

According to a piece via BT Sports’ website (BT Sports in conjunction with BoxNation being the platform for the fight), WBO middleweight champ Billy Joe Saunders will make his next defence of the belt against fellow Brit Martin Murray, on April 14 at The O2 in London. » Read Full Article

British boxing closes out 2017 with less than half the number of world champions 2016 saw

James Slater - 29/12/2017 Leave a Comment

There were a quite amazing 13 world champions hailing from the UK at the close of last year, while this year, as 2017 reaches its end, the number has more than halved; with six men from these shores holding a legitimate world title. » Read Full Article

Billy Joe Saunders confident he’ll outbox Golovkin

Andy Brooks - 23/12/2017 Leave a Comment

Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin will NEVER outbox WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, says the British fighter. » Read Full Article

Billy Joe Saunders hungry for more belts; says he’d fight Caleb Truax next, move up to 168

James Slater - 22/12/2017 Leave a Comment

Billy Joe Saunders seems ready to fight just about everyone, at both middleweight and at super-middleweight. » Read Full Article

Fans want Burnett-Tete and Saunders-Jacobs

Rob Smith - 21/12/2017 Leave a Comment

The boxing public wants to see the best fights involving bantamweight champions Ryan Burnett facing Zolani Tete, and WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) defending against former IBF belt holder Daniel Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs). » Read Full Article

Frank Warren on Saunders’ win over Lemieux: That was as good as anything Floyd Mayweather’s done

James Slater - 21/12/2017 Leave a Comment

There is no doubt about it: Billy Joe Saunders turned in a quite magnificent performance last Saturday night in Canada when he totally outclassed and defused dangerous puncher David Lemieux; Saunders scoring one of the finest “away wins” from a British fighter in some time. » Read Full Article

Golovkin’s trainer says Saunders fight will be determined by demand by fans

Andy Brooks - 20/12/2017 Leave a Comment

It was thought that IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) would seek out a unification fight with WBO 160lb champion Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) once Triple G got past Saul ‘Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs), but it looks like that’s no longer the case. » Read Full Article