Billy Joe Saunders: record, next fight and profile →
If you’ve gotten to this point and aren’t happy, it’s your own fault. You should have seen it coming last year. In keeping with tradition in this Tuesday morning space, we greet the New Year with a preview of stories other boxing scribes will be reacting to about 12 months from now.
Demetrius Andrade wants to face Billy Joe Saunders so badly that he is prepared to do the unthinkable: to forgo his usual high-figure purse demand for a title fight. “This is what I’m willing to do,” Demetrius said on a recent episode of the SI Boxing Podcast with Chris Mannix.
WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders believes UFC superstar Conor McGregor would do serious damage on Youtuber Jake Paul - if the two of them come together for a boxing match.
By Dan Rafael - Canelo Alvarez, the pound-for-pound king and biggest star in boxing, has more options for significant fights than anyone. And he’s in position to make any of them happen if he really wants it. Not only is Alvarez the biggest draw, which means his opponents can make more money by multiples fighting him than anyone else, but he can also slide up or do...
Billy Joe Saunders insists that he has every tool possible to beat Canelo Alvarez – as he bids to land a showdown with the Mexican star next year. Canelo (54-1-2, 36 KOs) was in action on Saturday as he defeated Callum Smith by unanimous decision to win the WBA and vacant WBC super-middleweight titles.
SAN ANTONIO – Two of Canelo Alvarez’s potential opponents for his likely fight early in May have vastly different styles than Callum Smith. Alvarez nevertheless expressed confidence during a post-fight press conference early Sunday morning regarding possible bouts against left-handed Billy Joe Saunders and right-handed Caleb Plant, both terrific technical fighters. England’s Saunders, the WBO super middleweight champion, and the United States’ Plant, the IBF 168-pound champ, each would provide Alvarez a chance to add one of the two remaining super middleweight titles he needs to become the undisputed champion in that division.
Former super middleweight champion George Groves believes Billy Joe Saunders has not done enough to earn a highly lucrative fight with Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. On Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Canelo captured the WBC, WBA super middleweight titles with a one-sided battering of unbeaten Callum Smith over twelve rounds.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom believes Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will target a unification fight with WBO beltholder Billy Joe Saunders in 2021. On Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio in Texas, Hearn's fighter, Callum Smith, was battered over twelve rounds by Canelo.
Saunders, Murray Fight Photos Gallery - SSE Arena, Wembley - WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (30-0, 14KOs) dominated veteran Martin Murray (39-6-1, 17 KOs) to a wide twelve round unanimous decision win.
Billy Joe Saunders cruised through his WBO super middleweight title defence against Martin Murray at the SSE Arena, Wembley, winning a landslide unanimous points decision, while giving the impression he had plenty more to give.