Billy Joe Saunders: record, next fight and profile →
WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders has reunited with Ben Davison as his coach, the trainer told BoxingScene.com. The reunion of Brits comes at a time when Saunders (29-0, 14 KOs) is being considered as Canelo Alvarez’s next opponent in May during Cinco de Mayo weekend.
Eddie Hearn is convinced Canelo Alvarez will fight Billy Joe Saunders or Callum Smith next. Hearn would welcome either bout because his company, Matchroom Boxing, promotes Saunders and Smith. If, for some reason, Alvarez decides to fight someone other than Saunders or Smith when he returns to the ring May 2, Hearn has an intriguing, albeit less lucrative alternative for those two super middleweight champions.
In front of 10,697 on Friday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena, Daniel ‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs (36-3, 30 KOs) earned a stoppage victory over Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (51-4-1, 33 KOs). The referee called an end to the contest after Chavez Jr. complained of problems breathing after the fifth round.
WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is looking to secure one of two fights in 2020. He wants to get his hands on WBA super middleweight champion Callum Smith, or Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, who owns the WBA's "regular" title at 168-pounds.
It’s becoming a bit more clear why Canelo Alvarez vacated the WBO light heavyweight title earlier this week. According to Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn, Alvarez will continue campaigning in his career as a super middleweight, likely against a selection of three champions in his stable on Cinco De Mayo weekend in 2020.
For better or for worse, Billy Joe Saunders has a pathway to emerge as the winner of the Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez sweepstakes. The unbeaten two-division and reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight titlist has been ordered to face his mandatory challenger for the next defense.
Callum Smith's head trainer, Joe Gallagher, wants his man to pull of a brutal win over mandatory challenger John Ryder. Smith will defend his WBA super middleweight title against Ryder on Saturday night at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
Joe Gallagher, the trainer for WBA super middleweight champion Callum Smith, is not convinced that WBO world champion Billy Joe Saunders is the right opponent to draw a proper crowd for a mega-fight in 2020 at Anfield. Smith is facing mandatory challenger John Ryder on Saturday night.
Billy Joe Saunders admitted that his performance Saturday night doesn’t warrant what would be the biggest fight of his career. Saunders hopes, however, that Canelo Alvarez saw so much vulnerability in him during his 11th-round stoppage of Marcelo Coceres that the Mexican superstar will want to face Saunders next. Opposing Saunders would afford Alvarez an opportunity to win the WBO super middleweight title.
Technically, Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo' Alvarez holds world titles in three difference weight divisions. He has the WBA world title at middleweight, the WBA "regular" title at super middleweight, and the WBO title at light heavyweight.