Billy Joe Saunders: record, next fight and profile →
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is hungry to get the "toughest fight possible" in 2017, according his promoter Frank Warren. This coming Saturday night, Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) will make the first defense of his world title against Russian Artur Akavov (16-1, 7 KOs) at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. The fight will be Saunders' first since winning the title from Andy Lee last December.
With a bumper year of boxing ahead, the stakes are very high for a number of our fighters set to be showcased on the ‘A Little Less Conversation‘ card at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena on November 26. In particular, perhaps, for our two world champions putting their belts on the line in the Welsh capital.
Wynn,Las Vegas - BoxingScene.com has been advised by World Boxing Organization President Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel that Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs) could very well become the mandatory challenger to WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12KOs).
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0 12 KOs) is wanted man - with just about everyone targeting his world title. Nobody in the middleweight division is more focused on getting Saunders in the ring than IBO/IBF/WBC/WBA champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs). Saunders is holding the only title outside of Golovkin's grasp...
World Boxing Organization President Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel is fully in support of a potential fight between WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12KOs) and challenger Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs), who holds the WBO's world title at 154-pounds.
WBO junior middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1, 34KOs) is looking at facing both Billy Joe Saunders and Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin in 2017. Canelo captured the WBC middleweight championship last November when he won a twelve round decision over Miguel Cotto.
Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren and members of his team are currently in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Caribe Hilton Hotel for the 29th Annual WBO Convention and securing a huge fight in early 2017 for undefeated WBO World Middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders is high on the agenda.
Tyson Fury has made the right call in moving to end the conjecture over the future of his titles by vacating the belts and allowing the heavyweight train to proceed to its next destinations.
As only he can, Billy Joe Saunders continues to add to what has been a comically miserable 2016 ring campaign. The unbeaten middleweight beltholder was forced to postpone an already undesirable first title defense versus Artur Akavov after reportedly suffering a muscle injury during training camp. Their bout was due to take place on October 22 at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales, with the entire show now pushed back after another participant - super welterweight Liam Williams - also suffered an injury during sparring ahead of his British title defense versus Ahmet Patterson. The card will now take place on November 26 at the very same venue.
WBO middleweight world champion Billy Joe Saunders has warned that his friend and IBO/WBO/WBA heavyweight champion Tyson Fury could 'sink into the soil' if he is stripped of his boxing licence.