Shefat Isufi: record, next fight and profile →
For the first time in 17 months, Billy Joe Saunders can officially look forward to a title fight. The brash Brit seeks to become a two-division titlist, as he and Shefat Isufi both made weight ahead of their vacant super middleweight title fight Saturday evening at Lamex Arena in Stevenage, England.
Billy Joe Saunders (27-0, 13 KOs) is ready for a unification on the biggest stage, after he manages to win on Saturday. Saunders is already looking ahead to a unification clash with WBA super middleweight champion Callum Smith (25-0, 18 KOs). Saunders will first have to capture the vacant WBO 168-pound title when he faces Shefat Isufi at Lamex Stadium in Stevneage, UK.
Billy Joe Saunders is really hoping for a year to remember after one he’d forever love to forget—even if 2019 hasn’t quite jumped off to the start he preferred. The unbeaten former middleweight titlist is ready to put the past behind him, as he heads into his vacant super middleweight title fight versus Shefat Isufi. Their clash takes place this Saturday live on BT Sport and ESPN+ from Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, England—mere minutes from Saunders’ hometown of Hatfield.
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS has revealed that becoming a two-weight world champion was his childhood dream. He can achieve that lifelong ambition at The Lamex Stadium, Stevenage FC this Saturday night when he challenges Shefat Isufi (27-3-2) for the vacant WBO super-middleweight crown, live on BT Sport.
Former WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders expects to be a new man at 168-pounds. Saunders, no stranger to boiling down in weight, will look to become a two division champion on Saturday when he faces Shefat Isufi (27-3-2, 20 KOs), 29, at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage, for the vacant WBO super middleweight title.
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS will bid to win the hearts of the Hertfordshire public when he fights for the first time in the county as a professional, seeking to become a two-weight world champion by claiming the vacant WBO world super middleweight title against the Albanian Shefat Isufi.
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS insists he will not underestimate Shefat Isufi in his big super-middleweight test. Saunders (27-0, 13 KOs) will be in action just 12 miles from his Hatfield home when he faces the German based Albanian at Stevenage FC’s Lamex Stadium on Saturday May 18, live on BT Sport.
Frank Warren, promoter for Billy Joe Saunders, is looking to upgrade his boxer's upcoming contest with Shefat Isufi, which is scheduled for May 18th. Initially, the fight was scheduled to have the vacant WBO super middleweight title at stake - because the WBO's champion at 168, Gilberto Ramirez, was heading up to make his light heavyweight debut.
THE EARLY SUPPORTING cast for Billy Joe Saunders’ WBO Interim world super middleweight title showdown with Shefat Isufi on Saturday May 18 can now be revealed, with a number of further title contests to be confirmed shortly.
Former WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (27-0, 13 KOs) needs to make a real statement this year, so says his longtime promoter Frank Warren. Saunders had the performance of his career when he dominated David Lemieux at the end of 2017.