Bradley Saunders

Name: Bradley Saunders
Hometown: Essex, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Danny Vaughan (2012-2015), Peter Sims (2016-2017)
Promoter: Frank Warren (2012-2014) Eddie Hearn (2014-2017)

Amateur Career

• 2007 ABA Light welterweight champion
• 2007 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships Bronze medalist in Dublin, Ireland at 64kg
• 2007 World Championships Bronze medalist in Chicago, United States at 64kg:
  • Defeated Boris Katalinic (Croatia) 23-12
  • Defeated Gumersindo Lucas Carrasco (Argentina) RSCO 3
  • Defeated Javier Molina (United States) 24-12
  • Defeated Alexis Vastine (France) 30-13
  • Lost to Gennady Kovalev (Russia) 8-16
• 2008 Olympic Games participant in Beijing, China at 64kg:
  • Defeated Samuel Kotey Neequaye (Ghana) KO 1 (2:24)
  • Lost to Alexis Vastine (France) 7-11
• 2009 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships Gold medalist in Odense, Denmark at 64kg
• 2010 Commonwealth Games Silver medalist in New Delhi, India at 64kg:
  • Defeated Dominic Boatswain (Grenada) RSCH 1
  • Defeated Anthony Taylor (New Zealand) 10-0
  • Defeated Yves Ulysse Jr. (Canada) 11-4
  • Defeated Richarno Colin (Mauritius) 10-7
  • Lost to Manoj Kumar (India) 2-11

Regional & Minor Titles

WBO Inter-Continental super lightweight title

Notes

• November 2008 - Saunders was arrested on suspicion of dealing cocaine after police dogs in executing a warrant discovered a large quantity of the drug in he and his girlfriend's back garden. [1]
• On April 17, 2009 it was announced that Saunders would not face charges as the British CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) decided not to proceed with the case. [2]
• Saunders did not box for over 21 months, after suffering two broken hands in his defeat to Renald Garrido.