Billy Joe Saunders: record, next fight and profile →
The one I can really see playing a panto part to perfection is Chris Eubank snr – sorry, ‘English’ – to use his new stage name. Never mind Puss-in -Boots, it’s Puss- in- Jodhpurs. And he already has one well-rehearsed line about his prodigal son which has us rocking in the aisles.
Oleg Hermann, manager of IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin, is shaking his head at the lack of concrete communication from WBO champion Billy Joe Saunders and his promoter Frank Warren. Saunders captured the title last month with a twelve round majority decision over Andy Lee. Following his win, Golovkin's team sent his promoter a solid offer for a fight to potentially take place on an April date at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders would not rule out the possibility of an April unification with IBO/WBA/IBF champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin. Saunders captured the title on December 19th with a majority decision over Andy Lee in Manchester. He raised his record to 23-0, 12KOs.
There have been published reports stating that representatives of WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs) have offered a fight to the newly crowned WBO belt-holder Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12KOs), who defeated Andy Lee for this title on December 19th.
Former champion Andy Lee admits he was validly beaten by Billy Joe Saunders on December 19th in Manchester. Lee lost his WBO middleweight championship by way of a majority decision. Two judges saw it for Saunders based on scores of 114-112 and 115-111, while a third had it a 113-113 draw.
NEW YORK – Billy Joe Saunders dethroned WBO Middleweight World Champion Andy Lee with a 12-round majority decision Saturday on SHOWTIME BOXING INTERNATIONAL from Manchester, England. The fight, which was scored 115-111, 114-112 and 113-113.
Two knockdowns and a lot of jabs. A lot of jabs. That's what most will probably remember about Saturday's battle to for a title and the right to be called, at best, the fourth best middleweight in the world. Despite a winning streak, and some dramatic knockout wins along the way, Andy Lee remained suspect.
Newly crowned WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders has dared Chris Eubank Jr. to make good on his boast of going after WBA/IBO/IBF champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin. In numerous interviews, Eubank (and his father) said he was confident of having the capabilities to hand Golovkin his first loss as a pro. Eubank suffered his first career defeat last year in a close decision loss to Saunders.
Frank Warren claims Billy Joe Saunders has "a lot of options" to consider for his next fight after he captured the WBO middleweight title on Saturday night. Saunders knocked down Andy Lee twice en route to a majority decision victory at the Manchester Arena, in a bout billed as the first world title fight between two Travellers.
It’s that time of year when the number 12 takes on a larger significance than usual. The twelfth month, the start of the 12 days of Christmas and on Saturday night Billy Joe Saunders took a dozen rounds to become Britain’s twelfth world title holder. As is becoming a rather unfortunate habit for me I backed the wrong horse and could not see past an Andy Lee victory. I was not the only one in that position though and not without good reason. Saunders had not fought anyone near Lee’s level and in truth had struggled against opposition he deemed to be less talented than himself.