Billy Joe Saunders: record, next fight and profile →
We didn’t have to ponder for too long in coming up with a title for our proposed show in London on July 8 – especially after the headliner Billy Joe Saunders labelled his 5ft 4? opponent a puffed up Danny DeVito. So with the stocky Avtandil Khurtsidze set to emerge from the opposite corner at the Copper Box, we reckon ‘Get Shorty’ fits the bill nicely.
WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders is training in Marbella, Spain with former Heavyweight ruler Tyson Fury. The undefeated Hatfield star posted a video onto his Instagram page this morning confirming that Fury is back in training. This week Fury revealed that he is targeting a comeback this summer in a quest to regain his status as World Heavyweight Champion.
Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) captured the interim version of the WBO middleweight title this past weekend in England by stopping Tommy Langford in five rounds. After a slow start Khurtsidze uncorked a left hand that sent Langford down in the fifth, where the fight was then waved off by referee Phil Edwards.
Former Heavyweight Champion of the World Tyson Fury is targeting a sensational July ring return. The former linear, WBA Super, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine World Heavyweight Champion hasn’t fought since he dethroned long-reigning Heavyweight icon Wladimir Klitschko back in 2015.
Birmingham's Tommy Langford was beaten by Avtandil Khurtsidze with a fifth-round stoppage as the Brooklyn-based Georgian set up a bout against WBO World Champion Billy Joe Saunders.
On Saturday night at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) blasted out undefeated Tommy Langford in five rounds to secure the WBO interim-middleweight title - and a shot at full WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs).
According to promoter Frank Warren WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) will likely defend his world title against Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2, 22 KOs) on July 8th at the Copper Box in London.
Baggies bomber Tommy Langford is hoping a victory over Avtandil Khurtsidze for the WBO Interim Middleweight Title will secure an all-British showdown with World Champion Billy Joe Saunders. On Saturday night the unbeaten British Champion headlines the Leicester Arena, with a full undercard in support featuring Anthony Yarde, Tyrone Nurse, Daniel Dubois, Lyon Woodstock Jr and more.
According to World Boxing Organization President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel, a unification between WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) and WBA, IBO, WBC and IBF champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) is NOT going to happen - at least not next.
Oscar De La Hoya hadn’t heard or read before a conference call Tuesday that Gennady Golovkin is unlikely to fight Billy Joe Saunders on June 10 in Kazakhstan. Canelo Alvarez’s promoter considers that news encouraging as it relates to making an Alvarez-Golovkin fight for September 16. De La Hoya wouldn’t say much else, however, about Golovkin skipping the Saunders fight and how that move might impact ongoing negotiations for Alvarez-Golovkin.