Billy Joe Saunders

Name: Billy Joe Saunders
Alias: 'Superb'
Hometown: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 180cm
Reach: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Jimmy Tibbs (2009-2016), Ben Davison (2016) (2019-), Adam Booth (2017), Dominic Ingle (2017-2019)
Promoters: Frank Warren (2009-2019), Eddie Hearn (2019-present)

Amateur Career

• 2007 Commonwealth Championships Gold medalist in Liverpool, England (69kg):
  • Defeated William McLaughlin (Ireland) 34:21
  • Defeated Joe Blackbourn (New Zealand) 22:8
  • Defeated Gerard O'Mahony (Australia) RSCI 1

• 2008 Strandja Memorial Cup Gold medalist in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (69kg):
  • Defeated Carlos Banteaux (Cuba) +24:24
  • Defeated Oleksandr Spirko (Ukraine) 34:10
  • Defeated Kanat Orakbayev (Kazakhstan) 28:6
  • Defeated Evgeni Borisov (Bulgaria) 29:19

• 2008 European Olympic Qualification Tournament third-place in Pescara, Italy (69kg):
  • Defeated Andrey Balanov (Russia) 18:11
  • Defeated Michał Starbała (Poland) 13:12
  • Defeated Kahaber Jvania (Gibraltar) 15:5
  • Lost to Oleksandr Stretsky (Ukraine) 13:15
  • Defeated Pavol Hlavacka (Slovakia) 20:10

• 2008 Olympic Games participant in Beijing, China (69kg):
  • Defeated Adem Kilicci (Turkey) 14:3
  • Lost to Carlos Banteaux (Cuba) 6:13

Regional & Minor Titles

• BBBoC Southern Area middleweight title
• Commonwealth Boxing Council middleweight title
• BBBoC British middleweight title
• WBO International middleweight title
• EBU (European) middleweight title

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 7 opponents (1 by KO) beaten in world championship bouts.
  • 3 opponents (1 by KO) in World Super Middleweight Title bouts.
  • 4 opponents (0 by KO) in World Middleweight Title bouts.
• 7-1-0 (1 KO's) in world championship bouts.
• 2-1-0 (0 KO's) against former or current world champions:
  • Won against Andy Lee & David Lemieux.
  • Lost against Canelo Alvarez.

Variant Records

• 1-1-0 (0 KO's) in fights outside of his native United Kingdom.
• Defeated 6 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Jarrod Fletcher, Gary O'Sullivan, John Ryder, Emanuele Blandamura, Chris Eubank Jr & Marcelo Esteban Coceres.

Notes

• Billy Joe Saunders is the great-grandson of one of Britain's most famous gypsy bare-knuckle champions, Absolom Beeney.
• Saunders was the first person from the British Romany Gypsy community to qualify for the Olympic Games.

Preceded by: Andy Lee	WBO Middleweight Champion 2015 Dec 19 – 2018 Oct 10 Vacated	Succeeded by: Demetrius Andrade
Preceded by: Gilberto Ramirez Vacated	WBO Super Middleweight Champion 2019 May 18 – present	Succeeded by: _