By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Frank Warren says there are 2 important fights he’s hoping to make in 2018 involving his fighter WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders facing the winner of Gennady Golovkin vs. Saul Canelo Alvarez, and IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby vs. Josh Warrington fighting Carl Frampton.
By Jeff Aranow: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is highly complementary of WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) after hearing the nice things he said about him during a recent interview. Saunders, 28, says he wants to follow the “Mayweather blueprint” in his fights.
By Tim Royner: David Lemieux says he was injured during his loss to WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders 10 days ago on December 16 in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) had a left hand injury, shoulder problem and blisters on his feet that slowed him up against Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) at the Place Bell.
By Gav Duthie: There were some good fights in another solid year for British boxing. Here are my top 5 fighters of 2017 in the UK. Honorable mentions go to Lee Selby who had 3 solid wins in the year, Tony Bellew for beating David Haye and Kal Yafai for is two title defenses against Japanese opposition.
By Scott Gilfoid: David Lemieux’s promoter Camille Estephan wonders whether HBO executives will want to televise WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders’ fights again in the future after his rather dull, spoiling performance against his fighter 9 days ago on December 16 at the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada.
By Allan Fox: Middleweight prospect Felix Cash is giving Billy Joe Saunders a good chance of defeating superstars Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Saul Canelo Alvarez. Cash was impressed with Saunders’s recent win over David Lemieux in Canada. Cash feels that Saunders showed what he’s capable of doing when he’s in excellent shape.
By Jeff Aranow: Trainer Andre Rozier thinks it’ll be a much different story for WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders if he elects to face his fighter Daniel ‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs in his next fight compared to his last contest against former IBF 160lb champion David Lemieux.
By Scott Gilfoid: Billy Joe Saunders says he wants to move up to super middleweight and take on newly crowned IBF 168 lb. champion Caleb Truax for his title that he won recently in beating James DeGale by a 12 round majority decision on December 9. Saunders says that if the WBO will freeze his middleweight title while he moves up to 168, he’d like to fight Truax for his IBF title at super middleweight. DeGale would then vacate the IBF 168 lb. title immediately if he beats Truax.
By Dan Ambrose: WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) believes there is no chance IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) will be able to out-box him when/if the two of them face each other at some point.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders says he might play some mind games with unbeaten Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin if they wind up facing each other soon. Saunders says he could give him a street fight.