Billy Joe Saunders: record, next fight and profile →
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. believes Billy Joe Saunders has a 'good chance' of shocking the world with a victory over Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The two champions will collide for the WBO, WBC, WBA super middleweight titles.
Billy Joe Saunders is talking a brash game ahead of his bout with Canelo Alvarez on May 8 at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas. Although Saunders (30-0, 14 KOs) is the WBO super middleweight champion, he is still approaching the fight with an upset-minded attitude against boxing’s biggest star.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Apparently, after a tiff about the size of the ring they will be fighting in at AT&T Stadium, Billy Joe Saunders is showing up to meet Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night. That’s good, because it’s what 70,000 fans are paying to see. But does it really matter? It could be Saunders, John Ryder, or anybody else, and the Canelo faithful will show up. Build it, and they will come.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Three American judges have been chosen to score the Canelo Alvarez-Billy Joe Saunders fight Saturday night. BoxingScene.com has learned that the Texas Combative Sports Program has assigned Nevada’s Tim Cheatham, California’s Max De Luca and Connecticut’s Glenn Feldman to work their 12-round, 168-pound title unification fight at AT&T Stadium. Texas’ Mark Calo-oy has been appointed as the referee for the Alvarez-Saunders bout, which DAZN will stream from the home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys.
WBA interim-middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. made good on his promise to bet £10,000 on Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to score a knockout victory over Billy Joe Saunders. Canelo and Saunders will collide on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Billy Joe Saunders is ready to move forward with fight week. The unbeaten two-division and reigning WBO super middleweight titlists claims that all matters are cleared up ahead of his three-belt unification clash with WBC/WBA champ and pound-for-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. Saunders (30-0, 14KOs) and his father, Tommy made headlines after voicing their displeasure over the ring size being smaller than what they claim to have been contractually agreed upon, to the point of threatening to board a plane and head back to England.
Canelo Alvarez accused Billy Joe Saunders of making “excuses” before they even enter the ring Saturday night. Alvarez dismissed Saunders’ concerns about the judging of their 12-round, 168-pound championship unification bout because they’ll fight in the United States, not Mexico. The 30-year-old Alvarez is from Guadalajara, Mexico, but his showdown with England’s Saunders will be Alvarez’s 19th straight fight in the United States.
Super middleweight contender John Ryder has confirmed that he's flying out to Dallas, but highly doubts that he'll replace Billy Joe Saunders in the upcoming clash with Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Saunders and Canelo are scheduled to collide on Saturday night for the WBC, WBA, WBO world titles at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Canelo Alvarez Media day Photos Gallery - Canelo Alvarez was forced to go solo for his media day, as upcoming opponent Billy Joe Saunders no-showed. The two super middleweight champions will collide at AT&T Stadium on Saturday May 8, live worldwide on DAZN and on TV Azteca in Mexico. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
WBO super middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders, and his father Tom Saunders, have created quite a stir with the scheduled unification against WBC, WBA champion Saul "Canelo' Alvarez. The fight is scheduled to take place on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.