Billy Joe Saunders *updates*

[dookus]

Was there ever an opponent that pissed you off? Alvarez didn’t hesitate to name the offender.

“Billy Joe Saunders,” he said. “That fornicator pissed me off. That’s why he gets what he deserves.”

“Some fighters, they talk to sell the fight or themselves,” Alvarez said. “But I think he’s a bad person, and I really enjoyed to beat that guy.”

canelo is right, bjs aint just a 'personality' for the hype, he is a genuine cock head

Would you say, margaret thatcher, that he is also a jabroni?

[margaret thatcher]

candy ass jabroni

[Cask]

Yeah Saunders is a complete scumbag

[SeanBrennan]

he's been out of the ring over 3 years, he's never fighting again. he always fought at too higher a weight anyway due to ill discipline.

[mickey1975]

He's telling people he'll box at 13st on a GBM show.

[samwbr]

He's telling people he'll box at 13st on a GBM show.

Cruiserweight then.

[KiwiRider]

Why on earth would any promoter want anything to do with Saunders now.

He has zero fanbase, is unreliable, sustained a potentially career ending injury in his last fight, and is seemingly a nightmare to deal with, oh and he's 34, inactive, and has a style predicated on being sharp, evasive and utilising his reflexes and footwork to avoid shots and counter.

It's really quite a shite proposition.

I still recall him saying upon retiring that he would come back if the fans wanted it.
I'd like to hold him to that.

[keithmoonhangover]

Why on earth would any promoter want anything to do with Saunders now.

He has zero fanbase, is unreliable, sustained a potentially career ending injury in his last fight, and is seemingly a nightmare to deal with, oh and he's 34, inactive, and has a style predicated on being sharp, evasive and utilising his reflexes and footwork to avoid shots and counter.

It's really quite a shite proposition.

I still recall him saying upon retiring that he would come back if the fans wanted it.
I'd like to hold him to that.

He's only got two fans, so it is possible.

[Ruthless-RKO]

“When I was in there, I’d boxed all of my life since I was five, when I was in there, I felt like after six I thought ‘do you know what I can feel him trying to drop the pace with his feints’, I could feel his pace dropping and I thought I was just growing more confidence.

It’s like snooker, you see all the great players, you can pot a ball but they think four, five, six shots ahead, and he let me get away with minor stuff at the beginning and he capitalized on it, I kept going one way and then in the end I sort of got a bit careless because I didn’t find no freaky power, I didn’t find something in there that really shocked me.”

[Ruthless-RKO]

BILLY JOE SAUNDERS SEES PATHWAY BACK AFTER TORTUROUS FOUR-YEAR HIATUS

In the four years since Billy Joe Saunders was stopped by Saul "Canelo" Alvarez not a single night has passed without him reliving the painful ending over and over in his head before he manages to drift off to sleep.

It was May 8, 2021, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where Saunders headed into the biggest fight of his life and the culmination of more than two decades of pain and sacrifice. He had felt comfortable that night, surprised at the level of success he was having against the best fighter on the planet.

But everything changed as the eighth round reached its halfway mark. As Saunders, a southpaw, attempted to land with a slashing lead hook, Canelo cleverly swayed backwards and fired back with a rear uppercut, immediately causing multiple orbital fractures in his opponent’s right eye socket.

Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) refused to go down and hung on until the end of the round despite the shattered bone fragments, but he was pulled out by his corner before the ninth could begin.

“I remember people saying, 'Billy Joe quit, Billy Joe this, Billy Joe that,'” the 35-year-old tells The Ring. “But my corner pulled me out. There’s never been an ounce of quit in my body But it’s something that still lives upon you and you ask yourself: ‘Is that people’s perception of me?’”

In the months that followed the stoppage, Saunders retreated into the shadows and was barely seen around the boxing world, his home for so long, whatsoever. Before he even realised, those months became years and it was not until he rocked up at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as a favour to Conor Benn before his fight with Chris Eubank Jr on April 26, he had barely been pictured at a boxing event.

He had found solace in family time, managing a handful of professional fighters and spending time with his horses, but the truth was, Saunders was hurting badly. Try as he might, there was simply no filling the void that boxing had left.

“Never once did it go through my head that I was actually retired,” Saunders adds. “It all just took a long time to get my head around because I had built up so much to that fight. When I was in there I was thinking ‘Is this it?’ I had built him up so much in my mind. Look, he’s stopped me in eight rounds so I’m not suggesting he wasn’t good because he’s the best I’ve ever shared a ring with, probably the best fighter of the generation, but honestly when I was in there it didn’t really feel like that.

“I felt I was in the fight and then it ended how it ended. Sometimes I sit and think, 'Well, why did I have to get an injury in that particular fight when I haven't got them in my other 30 fights? Why did that happen to me then?' I know that I wasn’t really out of my depth. I never felt outclassed.

“The feelings on the fight have not changed in four years. I still think about that fight every single night. There's a lot of questions, a lot of demons inside me I need to get out. There’s only one way to get them out and to answer the questions and that is by getting back in the ring. Let’s see what I’ve got left there.”

Saunders has teased a ring return before, but nothing has ever materalised. This time, he insists, he is serious. He booked a one-way ticket to Thailand for an intense training camp, where he lost 50lbs and got back to regular punching again. It was the first time since the Canelo fight that a comeback seemed genuinely realistic and finally there was a light at the end of a very dark tunnel that he entered four years ago.

“So the first year after the fight I just had to enjoy myself,” Saunders recalls. “Second was a bit of gym. It was, 'Do I? Don't I?’ But I put on a lot of weight. At one point I got up to 18st. So then in the third year it was just about getting some weight off so I could at least look presentable. But the problem was there was no real end goal for me.

“Life without boxing is harder than I ever imagined. And I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t know what will ever fill that gap from boxing. Even if I come back and have 10 more fights, when I stop again I don’t know what’s going to fill that gap.

“Trying to fill that gap probably got me lower than anything ever has before in my life. You think to yourself, 'Right, I’ll just go out for a week,' or ‘Let’s go on holiday. I’ll take the kids somewhere.' Or ‘I’ll go and buy some more horses or I’ll do this, I’ll do that.

“There is simply nothing that will ever fill that gap and that makes you think. It’s a bit sad, really. I remember I used to look at the likes of Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe or Oscar De La Hoya, who struggled after retirement. I used to think, 'What are you doing? What’s going on?’

“But now I have been through that myself and I’ve realised people are just trying to fill the gap boxing has left in their lives. Because I’ve done this since I was five and, let me tell you, it’s a very, very big gap to fill.

“I haven’t really found anything to take me away from my thoughts still. I thought that time goes by and I’ll get over it, but it's very hard to get over something when you've done it since five years old.”

After hearing Saunders speak about the last four years, it is quite easy to see why he is planning a comeback. The former WBO middleweight and super middleweight champion says he has even met with his long-term promoter allegedly to get the ball rolling on a plan which the former hopes will result in a return, at 175lbs, in September.

“It’s more a case of needing to do it for myself rather than anything else, including world titles,” Saunders adds. “My biggest goal would be to become a three-weight world champion, but let’s just get back fighting and then see where we are.
“If I go in there and get splattered by somebody, then I can look at myself and go, 'Well, look, it wasn't X, Y and Z. Clearly, you left that too late.' I can probably live with that, if I'm totally honest. But if I do everything right and go in there, and I know how I'm feeling, I’ll be OK. I’ve still never been down once, 86 amateur bouts, 31 fights as a pro, even against Canelo, never touched a canvas in my life. I’m fresh.

“I’ll be meeting with George and allegedly again, having a conversation about a plan from there, but the plan for me is that I just have to have a goal.

“I have set my sights on something and then I have to deliver. I have to do what I’m saying I’m going to do for my own self. Not for fans, not for TV, not for promoters, not for managers, but for myself.

“I’m the one who has to look myself in the mirror, and I’m the one who has to get to sleep every night.”

[Jimmy2025]

BILLY JOE SAUNDERS SEES PATHWAY BACK AFTER TORTUROUS FOUR-YEAR HIATUS

In the four years since Billy Joe Saunders was stopped by Saul "Canelo" Alvarez not a single night has passed without him reliving the painful ending over and over in his head before he manages to drift off to sleep.

It was May 8, 2021, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where Saunders headed into the biggest fight of his life and the culmination of more than two decades of pain and sacrifice. He had felt comfortable that night, surprised at the level of success he was having against the best fighter on the planet.

But everything changed as the eighth round reached its halfway mark. As Saunders, a southpaw, attempted to land with a slashing lead hook, Canelo cleverly swayed backwards and fired back with a rear uppercut, immediately causing multiple orbital fractures in his opponent’s right eye socket.

Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) refused to go down and hung on until the end of the round despite the shattered bone fragments, but he was pulled out by his corner before the ninth could begin.

“I remember people saying, 'Billy Joe quit, Billy Joe this, Billy Joe that,'” the 35-year-old tells The Ring. “But my corner pulled me out. There’s never been an ounce of quit in my body But it’s something that still lives upon you and you ask yourself: ‘Is that people’s perception of me?’”

In the months that followed the stoppage, Saunders retreated into the shadows and was barely seen around the boxing world, his home for so long, whatsoever. Before he even realised, those months became years and it was not until he rocked up at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as a favour to Conor Benn before his fight with Chris Eubank Jr on April 26, he had barely been pictured at a boxing event.

He had found solace in family time, managing a handful of professional fighters and spending time with his horses, but the truth was, Saunders was hurting badly. Try as he might, there was simply no filling the void that boxing had left.

“Never once did it go through my head that I was actually retired,” Saunders adds. “It all just took a long time to get my head around because I had built up so much to that fight. When I was in there I was thinking ‘Is this it?’ I had built him up so much in my mind. Look, he’s stopped me in eight rounds so I’m not suggesting he wasn’t good because he’s the best I’ve ever shared a ring with, probably the best fighter of the generation, but honestly when I was in there it didn’t really feel like that.

“I felt I was in the fight and then it ended how it ended. Sometimes I sit and think, 'Well, why did I have to get an injury in that particular fight when I haven't got them in my other 30 fights? Why did that happen to me then?' I know that I wasn’t really out of my depth. I never felt outclassed.

“The feelings on the fight have not changed in four years. I still think about that fight every single night. There's a lot of questions, a lot of demons inside me I need to get out. There’s only one way to get them out and to answer the questions and that is by getting back in the ring. Let’s see what I’ve got left there.”

Saunders has teased a ring return before, but nothing has ever materalised. This time, he insists, he is serious. He booked a one-way ticket to Thailand for an intense training camp, where he lost 50lbs and got back to regular punching again. It was the first time since the Canelo fight that a comeback seemed genuinely realistic and finally there was a light at the end of a very dark tunnel that he entered four years ago.

“So the first year after the fight I just had to enjoy myself,” Saunders recalls. “Second was a bit of gym. It was, 'Do I? Don't I?’ But I put on a lot of weight. At one point I got up to 18st. So then in the third year it was just about getting some weight off so I could at least look presentable. But the problem was there was no real end goal for me.

“Life without boxing is harder than I ever imagined. And I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t know what will ever fill that gap from boxing. Even if I come back and have 10 more fights, when I stop again I don’t know what’s going to fill that gap.

“Trying to fill that gap probably got me lower than anything ever has before in my life. You think to yourself, 'Right, I’ll just go out for a week,' or ‘Let’s go on holiday. I’ll take the kids somewhere.' Or ‘I’ll go and buy some more horses or I’ll do this, I’ll do that.

“There is simply nothing that will ever fill that gap and that makes you think. It’s a bit sad, really. I remember I used to look at the likes of Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe or Oscar De La Hoya, who struggled after retirement. I used to think, 'What are you doing? What’s going on?’

“But now I have been through that myself and I’ve realised people are just trying to fill the gap boxing has left in their lives. Because I’ve done this since I was five and, let me tell you, it’s a very, very big gap to fill.

“I haven’t really found anything to take me away from my thoughts still. I thought that time goes by and I’ll get over it, but it's very hard to get over something when you've done it since five years old.”

After hearing Saunders speak about the last four years, it is quite easy to see why he is planning a comeback. The former WBO middleweight and super middleweight champion says he has even met with his long-term promoter allegedly to get the ball rolling on a plan which the former hopes will result in a return, at 175lbs, in September.

“It’s more a case of needing to do it for myself rather than anything else, including world titles,” Saunders adds. “My biggest goal would be to become a three-weight world champion, but let’s just get back fighting and then see where we are.
“If I go in there and get splattered by somebody, then I can look at myself and go, 'Well, look, it wasn't X, Y and Z. Clearly, you left that too late.' I can probably live with that, if I'm totally honest. But if I do everything right and go in there, and I know how I'm feeling, I’ll be OK. I’ve still never been down once, 86 amateur bouts, 31 fights as a pro, even against Canelo, never touched a canvas in my life. I’m fresh.

“I’ll be meeting with George and allegedly again, having a conversation about a plan from there, but the plan for me is that I just have to have a goal.

“I have set my sights on something and then I have to deliver. I have to do what I’m saying I’m going to do for my own self. Not for fans, not for TV, not for promoters, not for managers, but for myself.

“I’m the one who has to look myself in the mirror, and I’m the one who has to get to sleep every night.”

What a crock. He thinks there's a chunk of money for him to scoop up for fighting a fading Eubanks. That's the sum total of it IMO.

Saunders was a brilliant boxer and the fact he is knob with a gob will get him what he wants (bizarrely) if he can get the weight off.

[SeanBrennan]

BILLY JOE SAUNDERS SEES PATHWAY BACK AFTER TORTUROUS FOUR-YEAR HIATUS

In the four years since Billy Joe Saunders was stopped by Saul "Canelo" Alvarez not a single night has passed without him reliving the painful ending over and over in his head before he manages to drift off to sleep.

It was May 8, 2021, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where Saunders headed into the biggest fight of his life and the culmination of more than two decades of pain and sacrifice. He had felt comfortable that night, surprised at the level of success he was having against the best fighter on the planet.

But everything changed as the eighth round reached its halfway mark. As Saunders, a southpaw, attempted to land with a slashing lead hook, Canelo cleverly swayed backwards and fired back with a rear uppercut, immediately causing multiple orbital fractures in his opponent’s right eye socket.

Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) refused to go down and hung on until the end of the round despite the shattered bone fragments, but he was pulled out by his corner before the ninth could begin.

“I remember people saying, 'Billy Joe quit, Billy Joe this, Billy Joe that,'” the 35-year-old tells The Ring. “But my corner pulled me out. There’s never been an ounce of quit in my body But it’s something that still lives upon you and you ask yourself: ‘Is that people’s perception of me?’”

In the months that followed the stoppage, Saunders retreated into the shadows and was barely seen around the boxing world, his home for so long, whatsoever. Before he even realised, those months became years and it was not until he rocked up at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as a favour to Conor Benn before his fight with Chris Eubank Jr on April 26, he had barely been pictured at a boxing event.

He had found solace in family time, managing a handful of professional fighters and spending time with his horses, but the truth was, Saunders was hurting badly. Try as he might, there was simply no filling the void that boxing had left.

“Never once did it go through my head that I was actually retired,” Saunders adds. “It all just took a long time to get my head around because I had built up so much to that fight. When I was in there I was thinking ‘Is this it?’ I had built him up so much in my mind. Look, he’s stopped me in eight rounds so I’m not suggesting he wasn’t good because he’s the best I’ve ever shared a ring with, probably the best fighter of the generation, but honestly when I was in there it didn’t really feel like that.

“I felt I was in the fight and then it ended how it ended. Sometimes I sit and think, 'Well, why did I have to get an injury in that particular fight when I haven't got them in my other 30 fights? Why did that happen to me then?' I know that I wasn’t really out of my depth. I never felt outclassed.

“The feelings on the fight have not changed in four years. I still think about that fight every single night. There's a lot of questions, a lot of demons inside me I need to get out. There’s only one way to get them out and to answer the questions and that is by getting back in the ring. Let’s see what I’ve got left there.”

Saunders has teased a ring return before, but nothing has ever materalised. This time, he insists, he is serious. He booked a one-way ticket to Thailand for an intense training camp, where he lost 50lbs and got back to regular punching again. It was the first time since the Canelo fight that a comeback seemed genuinely realistic and finally there was a light at the end of a very dark tunnel that he entered four years ago.

“So the first year after the fight I just had to enjoy myself,” Saunders recalls. “Second was a bit of gym. It was, 'Do I? Don't I?’ But I put on a lot of weight. At one point I got up to 18st. So then in the third year it was just about getting some weight off so I could at least look presentable. But the problem was there was no real end goal for me.

“Life without boxing is harder than I ever imagined. And I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t know what will ever fill that gap from boxing. Even if I come back and have 10 more fights, when I stop again I don’t know what’s going to fill that gap.

“Trying to fill that gap probably got me lower than anything ever has before in my life. You think to yourself, 'Right, I’ll just go out for a week,' or ‘Let’s go on holiday. I’ll take the kids somewhere.' Or ‘I’ll go and buy some more horses or I’ll do this, I’ll do that.

“There is simply nothing that will ever fill that gap and that makes you think. It’s a bit sad, really. I remember I used to look at the likes of Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe or Oscar De La Hoya, who struggled after retirement. I used to think, 'What are you doing? What’s going on?’

“But now I have been through that myself and I’ve realised people are just trying to fill the gap boxing has left in their lives. Because I’ve done this since I was five and, let me tell you, it’s a very, very big gap to fill.

“I haven’t really found anything to take me away from my thoughts still. I thought that time goes by and I’ll get over it, but it's very hard to get over something when you've done it since five years old.”

After hearing Saunders speak about the last four years, it is quite easy to see why he is planning a comeback. The former WBO middleweight and super middleweight champion says he has even met with his long-term promoter allegedly to get the ball rolling on a plan which the former hopes will result in a return, at 175lbs, in September.

“It’s more a case of needing to do it for myself rather than anything else, including world titles,” Saunders adds. “My biggest goal would be to become a three-weight world champion, but let’s just get back fighting and then see where we are.
“If I go in there and get splattered by somebody, then I can look at myself and go, 'Well, look, it wasn't X, Y and Z. Clearly, you left that too late.' I can probably live with that, if I'm totally honest. But if I do everything right and go in there, and I know how I'm feeling, I’ll be OK. I’ve still never been down once, 86 amateur bouts, 31 fights as a pro, even against Canelo, never touched a canvas in my life. I’m fresh.

“I’ll be meeting with George and allegedly again, having a conversation about a plan from there, but the plan for me is that I just have to have a goal.

“I have set my sights on something and then I have to deliver. I have to do what I’m saying I’m going to do for my own self. Not for fans, not for TV, not for promoters, not for managers, but for myself.

“I’m the one who has to look myself in the mirror, and I’m the one who has to get to sleep every night.”

What a crock. He thinks there's a chunk of money for him to scoop up for fighting a fading Eubanks. That's the sum total of it IMO.

Saunders was a brilliant boxer and the fact he is knob with a gob will get him what he wants (bizarrely) if he can get the weight off.

I really hope if the fight does get made, Eubank beats him, Saunders is an awful person, thug and the opposite of an ambassador for the sport, he indulges every stereotype about that community.

[Coco]

BJS will never get his weight off

[KiwiRider]

BJS will never get his weight off

Blobby Joe Saunders?
He might tease us that he can, we might get training clips taken with complementary angles, but ultimately I think your right.
Anyone signing up to fight him at a fixed weight better have fines in place up to and including his entire purse.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Butterbean Joe Saunders.

[SeanBrennan]

He genuinely has no fans at all. I’d love to see him get beat

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Billy Joe Saunders vs Matt Floyd: Pub Car-Park Talk Turns into BKFC Fight Offer

What began as a pub car-park spat has spiraled into a genuine fight proposal — and Australian bare-knuckle brawler Matt Floyd tells World Boxing News he wants Billy Joe Saunders to “sign the contract” for a brutal BKFC showdown.

The fiery back-and-forth, which WBN reports first, has rapidly escalated from a drunken dare to full-on negotiation talk — complete with location taunts, fight terms, and a swirl of online insults, pushing the chaos from social media into the sanctioned combat world.

From Pub Talk to Paycheck
Floyd, who narrowly lost a controversial bare-knuckle encounter with James DeGale, told WBN exclusively that his offer to Saunders is no gimmick.

“I want to fight Billy Joe Saunders in a proper fight,” Floyd told World Boxing News. “Hopefully, we can get a deal done.”

The outspoken Aussie has spent his recent time trying to lure the two-division world champion out of a four-year exile and into the circular ring. After losing controversially to DeGale, ‘The Jedi’ says he’s been “angling for headline-making scraps” — and sees Saunders as the perfect target to secure a massive payday.

The Challenge: ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’
On social media, Floyd went in hard — firing off a series of posts that questioned Saunders’ courage and claimed the former WBO titleholder had “outpriced himself” when offered a BKFC deal.

“I don’t know what you are on about. Just agree to the fight,” Floyd wrote.

“He was offered to fight me on Bare Knuckle FC, but he outpriced himself because he is scared to fight with bare knuckles.”

To Saunders directly, he added: “You said, ‘Divide your purse in two and they will make the fight.’ You are that confident. If you are not talking trash and are actually willing to fight in a car park like everyone is reckoning online, take the fight for what they offered then. This is the same as a car park, except you’ll probably get £500k, plus.

“You have no idea who you are talking to, Princess. Do you want to do this for money, or in the car park, fat boy?”

Then Floyd turned up the heat even further.

“I’m doing it because I actually want to fight you. I don’t care about the likes and the fake stuff — I do it so I actually get the fight with you because I’ll smash you. I know you’ll probably just drink or talk trash to try to get a bigger payday. I’m happy to fight you anywhere. Agree to the fight. Put your money where your drunk mouth is.

“You don’t know what world I come from. Put your money where your mouth is, you fat d*. You’ve been around, Bill — you know there’s only one real way to find out.”

Saunders Fires Back: ‘Meet Me in the Pub Car Park’
Never one to back down, Billy Joe Saunders — inactive since his 2021 first career loss to Canelo Alvarez — hit back through Instagram and Facebook, blending bravado with venom.

“But no problem, mate. I will send you my location on Friday night. When I’m in the pub, we will get in the car park,” Saunders wrote.

“I’m talking to a bum. (It’s a) Different world for you to understand. Try me, you’ll see. But you’re doing it for money and likes. When you see me, keep the same energy. Won’t be replying to you now, you kangaroo-sh—ing mother’s c*.”**

“I would absolutely splatter you all over the place. I figure I could be drunk and still beat you.”

On the potential talk of an official offer,” Saunders added, “Nobody contacted me to offer me anything to fight you. I had a message from somebody with a figure, but nobody who runs the show.”

Offering Floyd a fight on the spot, the 36-year-old former world champion stated, “I will be in (postcode) from now until 11 tonight. Don’t worry. Trust me, you’ll never meet a man like me face-to-face, you bum.

“Get them to contact me directly. I could go to the pub, drink ten pints of Guinness, and still splatter him gypsy-style. Thank you for the offer, guys. When you’re serious, contact me personally instead of third parties.”

Trash Talk or Real Negotiation
For all the expletives and online showmanship, Floyd’s message carries weight: he believes Saunders can be tempted back if the deal is fair.

He claims the Brit was “offered a legitimate BKFC fight” but “priced himself out.” To solve that, Floyd even floated a split-purse arrangement to make it happen.

“Divide your purse in two,” Floyd reminded him. “You said that yourself. Let’s do it.”

Saunders, though, insists no promoter has properly reached out. “Nobody who runs the show has contacted me,” he wrote, adding that he’s open to discussion — but not through intermediaries or message chains.

[Coco]

Will BJS do a John Fury?

Give the Aussie 30 mins to get to the gypsy camp, and then say he didn't turn up?

And then say that he is challenging Uysk!

[coneye]

Will BJS do a John Fury?

Give the Aussie 30 mins to get to the gypsy camp, and then say he didn't turn up?

And then say that he is challenging Uysk!

Would think its along them lines , BS does'nt need the money , he does'nt need or i suspect want the hard training associated with getting back to a decent weight .

He does however need the backslappers , the kugans licking his arse , he needs the adulation and the fame , and if it comes from just talking and acting like a prick , he's OK with that

[paultom]

He genuinely has no fans at all. I’d love to see him get beat

Watching Canelo smash his vile face in is still one of my all time highlights in boxing.

[SeanBrennan]

He genuinely has no fans at all. I’d love to see him get beat

Watching Canelo smash his vile face in is still one of my all time highlights in boxing.

Pugilistic karma

[Bigdogsnose]

Stay classy Billy-joe

[2217189]

Saunders, Matchroom Unable To Strike Deal For Comeback Fight, Hearn Open To Billy Joe Moving On

It appears that Billy Joe Saunders’ comeback fight won’t be staged by his most recent promoter.

Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn said he and the former super middleweight champion Saunders were unable to strike a deal for Saunders’ return bout.

“We looked at it, talked some numbers. I don’t think we can deliver what he wants us to deliver for him. So we’re happy for him to take whatever opportunities. I’d love to see Billy Joe Saunders back with us or with somebody else. Billy always needs a date to work toward, and he’s a fantastic talent,” Hearn told Boxing Social.

Saunders (30-1, 14 KOs) has not fought since May 2021 when he lost his 168-pound WBO title to Canelo Alvarez via eighth-round stoppage due to a fractured right orbital bone.

Weeks after the fight, Saunders said he was contemplating retirement and even attached a 50-50 figure to it, but an official announcement never materialized.

Saunders reportedly started training again in June.

Hearn signed Saunders to a promotional deal in August 2019 after the fighter parted ways with longtime promoter Frank W.

The slick southpaw Saunders turned pro in 2009 and has beaten the likes of Chris Eubank Jr., David Lemieux, Andy Lee, John Ryder, Martin Murray, and Gary O’Sullivan.

He will turn 33 years old at the end of August.

Yeah, sounds like BJS still can’t settle on terms for a proper comeback. Hearn basically said the money wasn’t there, so Saunders might have to look elsewhere if he really wants to fight again. Been out since the Canelo loss — if he’s serious, he needs to get active soon before time runs out.

[coneye]

He genuinely has no fans at all. I’d love to see him get beat

Watching Canelo smash his vile face in is still one of my all time highlights in boxing.

Ditto , but i think the best thing was watching Saunders , flounder , and gasp for air when it was put on him , that orbital bone was'nt damaged , Saunders is a bully , abitt a very talented bully , but a bully just the same , and like all bullys when he met his match, he did'nt dig deep HE SHAT IT and wanted out , Canelo knew what he was and shown the world what he was