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Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he may renew his boxing licence with a different organisation as he believes the British Boxing Board of Control treated him poorly after he was charged by UK Anti-Doping in June 2016.
Billy Joe Saunders Video Interview - Christmas will come early for boxing fans this year as WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) will put his belt on the line on Saturday, December 16 against former IBF World Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) in Montreal, Canada. The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:40 p.m. ET/PT.
David Lemieux Video Interview - Christmas will come early for boxing fans this year as WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) will put his belt on the line on Saturday, December 16 against former IBF World Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) in Montreal, Canada. The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:40 p.m. ET/PT. Photos by Vincent Ethier.
Billy Joe Saunders Training Photos Gallery - Christmas will come early for boxing fans this year as WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) will put his belt on the line on Saturday, December 16 against former IBF World Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) in Montreal, Canada. The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:40 p.m. ET/PT. Photos by Vincent Ethier.
David Lemieux Video Interview - Christmas will come early for boxing fans this year as WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) will put his belt on the line on Saturday, December 16 against former IBF World Middleweight Champion David Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) in Montreal, Canada. The fight will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:40 p.m. ET/PT.
Billy Joe Saunders is so sure he’ll be able to withstand David Lemieux’s power, the WBO middleweight champion claimed Monday that he would give Lemieux his undisclosed purse if Lemieux knocks him out Saturday night. Saunders’ offer was made in response to Lemieux telling him during a conference call to make sure his “granite chin holds up.”
If Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin can’t come to an agreement for a rematch proposed for May 5, Billy Joe Saunders “would love” to face Alvarez after he defeats David Lemieux on Saturday night. The unbeaten Saunders has traveled to Lemieux’s native Quebec to defend his WBO middleweight title at Place Bell in Laval, near Montreal. The supremely confident southpaw is sure beating the hard-hitting Lemieux will put him in perfect position to become Plan B for Alvarez if Golovkin negotiations don’t lead to finalizing a deal for what would be boxing’s biggest fight of 2018.
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is very confident that he can defeat former IBF king David Lemieux decisively. Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) vs. Lemieux (38-3, 33 KOs) takes place on December 16th Bell Place in Montreal and headlines an HBO televised card. There are many who view Saunders as the underdog against the very dangerous puncher.
WBO middleweight Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) is scratching his head as to why Daniel Jacobs (33-2, 29 KOs) is being praised by some experts for a twelve round unanimous decision loss to WBC, WBA, IBO, IBF middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs). Jacobs was a big underdog in the fight and many expected him to get knocked out - especially since prior to that contest Golovkin had knocked out 23 opponents in a row.
With less than a month to go until he travels to Canada, Billy Joe Saunders is relaxed about taking on David Lemieux in his hometown. Saunders puts his WBO world middleweight crown on the line against the heavy-handed Lemieux, and admits he wants a convincing win to avoid any doubts should the judges be required.