Billy Joe Saunders: record, next fight and profile →
There appeared to be problems last week, when a potential fight between Gennady Golovkin and Billy Joe Saunders was lingering in the wind. Golovkin, who holds the IBO, WBA, WBC, IBF middleweight titles, has been pushing to land a unification encounter with the last remaining champion in the division, WBO beltholder Saunders.
An injury to Gennady Golovkin supposedly has held up the finalization of a Golovkin-Billy Joe Saunders middleweight title unification fight. According to Frank Warren, Saunders’ promoter, Saunders has signed a contract to challenge Golovkin for middleweight supremacy June 10 in Golovkin’s native Kazakhstan. Warren told iFL TV during an interview posted Thursday that he has been told – presumably by Tom Loeffler, Golovkin’s promoter – that an injury to Golovkin has delayed the completion of their deal.
Saturday’s salivating WBO Super-Welter interim title shoot out between seasoned Scouse star Liam Smith and rising Welsh warmonger Liam Williams at the Manchester Arena promises skill and savagery in equal measure.
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) has confirmed that he is still in the hunt for a unification with Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), holder of the IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA titles. A few days ago, Saunders took to Twitter and said he was "moving on" from the Golovkin negotiations.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), is crossing his fingers that a fight will be finalized with WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs). Their promoters are currently negotiating the details of a potential five belt unification for June 10th in the Golovkin's homeland of Kazakhstan.
According to Frank Warren, promoter of WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs), they have NOT "moved on" from a unification with Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), holder of the IBF, IBO, WBC, WBA titles.
It could just be a negotiating tactic, but Billy Joe Saunders sent out a Tweet on Friday that states he’s “moving on” from a much-discussed fight against Gennady Golovkin on June 10 in Golovkin’s native Kazakhstan. Saunders, the WBO middleweight champion, attached to the Tweet a direct-message exchange he had with Tom Loeffler, Golovkin’s promoter, on March 13. In the message, Loeffler informed Saunders that he was busy with events leading up to the Golovkin-Jacobs fight March 18 at Madison Square Garden, but that he would send a contract to Frank Warren, Saunders’ promoter, sometime that week for their June 10 fight in Golovkin’s homeland.
Tom Loeffler Video Interview - K2 Promotions head Tom Loeffler, who handles IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) has not faced any resistance with finalizing a possible June unification with WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders in Kazakhstan.
K2 Promotions head Tom Loeffler, who handles IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) has not faced any resistance with finalizing a possible June unification with WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders in Kazakhstan.
So what's the latest with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs), who was last seen defending his world titles against Daniel Jacobs on March 18th at the Madison Square Garden in New York? There has been a lot of talk of him making a homecoming fight in his native Kazakhstan on June date against Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs), who has the last middleweight belt (WBO) not in Golovkin's possession.