Billy Joe Saunders

Eubank Sr. says they still want Billy Joe Saunders

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By Scott Gilfoid: Chris Eubank Sr. is still interested in setting up a rematch between his son #2 WBA, #2 WBC Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) and unbeaten WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) so that his son can avenge his loss to Saunders from 2014. However, Eubank Sr. doesn’t know if Saunders is interested in the fight with Eubank Jr. Saunders has a chance of potentially getting a nice payday fight against former two division champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in December.

If Saunders takes energy showing interest in a fight against Eubank Jr. right now, he could wind up missing out on a fight against Canelo Alvarez. A fight against Canelo might have a more realistic chance of taking place for Saunders than a rematch against Eubank Jr., because the negotiations for that fight could prove to be a real headache for Saunders and his promoter.

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Saunders offers Eubank Jr. 80-20 split for rematch

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By Scott Gilfoid: Billy Joe Saunders and trainer Chris Eubank Sr. got into a little spat on social media today about this and that. Saunders pointed out that Eubank Sr. had got his son Chris Eubank Jr. a lot of money over the Gennady GGG Golovkin deal where he chose not to sign the contract for that fight. Eubank Sr. then intimated that he would let Saunders fight his son Eubank Jr. At this point, Saunders said the fight against Eubank Jr. can happen as long as he agrees to an 80-20 split of the loot for the fight.

It’s unclear if this was Saunders’ way of ducking the Eubank Jr rematch, but it would seem so. There’s no way Eubank Jr would accept such a low money split with the 26-year-old Saunders, who is seen by many in the boxing community as little more than a paper champion at best.

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GBP interested in Saunders vs. Rosado for December

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By Scott Gilfoid: Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) turned down a fight against Gabriel Rosado for the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Liam Smith card for September 17. By doing so, Saunders appears to have been taken out of the running for a fight against Canelo for December. Golden Boy Promotions was interested in matching Saunders against their Golden Boy fighter Rosado on the Canelo-Smith card in order to possibly build up a fight between Canelo and Saunders for December.

Golden Boy still hasn’t given up on the idea of matching Rosado against Saunders for December if he’s willing to take the fight then. If not, then it’s unclear whether Saunders will ever get a fight against the popular Mexican star Canelo.

I’m not sure if it’s a conditional thing with Golden Boy that Saunders faces their fighter Rosado first in order to earn the fight against Canelo, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case.

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Rosado: I would have whipped Saunders

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By Scott Gilfoid: Gabriel Rosado says he doesn’t understand why Billy Joe Saunders didn’t agree to fight him on September 17. Saunders, who holds the WBO middleweight title, reportedly turned down a fight against #11 WBO Rosado (23-9, 13 KOs) for the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Liam Smith card at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The winner of the Saunders vs. Rosado fight then would have had the chance to fight Canelo, who is promoted by the same Golden Boy promoters as Rosado. Golden Boy appeared to be setting Saunders in the driver’s seat for a fight against Canelo.

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Saunders won’t be fighting on Canelo vs. Smith card

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By Dan Ambrose: Billy Joe Saunders has turned down fights against a number of middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s past victims, and it doesn’t look like he’ll be defending his World Boxing Organization middleweight title on the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Liam Smith card on September 17. What a pity.

I can’t say I’m surprised. I mean, it’s not as if Saunders didn’t already have tons of opportunities to defend his WBO strap. According to Dan Rafael, Saunders turned down fights against the following top middleweights: Gabriel Rosado, Curtis Stevens, and Willie Monroe Jr. Saunders opted not to fight Golovkin in the past.

“Per @Golden Boy Boxing, Saunders won’t be on the Canelo=Smith PPV because he turned down a fight with Gabe Rosado. #boxing. “”Golden Boy also said when names such as Curtis Stevens and Willie Monroe were suggested for Saunders to fight they were also turned down. Golden Boy also said when names such as Curtis Stevens and Willie Monroe were suggested for Saunders to fight they were also turned down. Saunders ran from GGG and now he’s turning down all his victims too (Stevens, Rosado, Monroe). lol,”

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Billy Joe Saunders targeted for Canelo vs. Smith undercard

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By Dan Ambrose: It’s looking more and more like WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders could very well wind up on the undercard of the Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Liam Smith fight on September 17 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. According to Dan Rafael, Golden Boy Promotions, the promoters for Canelo, are working with Saunders’ promoter Frank Warren to have the unbeaten Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) defend his World Boxing Organization title on the undercard of the Canelo-Smith fight.

With Saunders being on the card, it would mean that Canelo would be a likely opponent for him in December when he moves back up to the middleweight division. If Canelo and Saunders both win on September 17, then the two of them could face each other in December. It would give the 26-year-ol Canelo the chance of winning two quick titles within three months of each other with him first beating the smaller Liam Smith for his WBO 154lb strap, and then moving up to fight Saunders for his WBO 160lb title in December.

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Rosado vs. Saunders possible for Canelo-Smith card

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By Dan Ambrose: #13 WBC former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado (23-9, 13 KOs) reportedly is in the running for a fight against unbeaten WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) on the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Liam Smith card on September 17 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Golden Boy Promotions are looking to add Saunders to the undercard of the fight card with the possible idea of matching Canelo against him later this year in December or at some point in the near future.

Golden Boy wants to move Canelo up to middleweight soon, and a fight against Saunders is thought to be Canelo’s first at the full weight of 160 pounds.

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GBP still wants Saunders for Canelo vs. Smith card

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions are hoping to add WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders for the September 17 card headlined by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. WBO junior middleweight champion Liam Smith at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Golden Boy vice president Eric Gomez is reportedly trying to work a deal to get Saunders on the undercard against an opponent still to be determined.

This would potentially help setup an eventual fight between Canelo and Saunders at some point in the future for his WBO middleweight title. It would make the young Canelo look good if he can be seen taking two scalps back to back in winning the WBO 154lb strap from Liam Smith and then the WBO 160lb belt from Saunders.

I think it’s a smart move by Golden Boy if they can swing it. However, the money would have to be worth it for Saunders to fight on the undercard of the Canelo-Smith card. Saunders is a popular fighter, and he obviously wouldn’t go for the idea of fighting for chump change on an undercard.

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Rob Brant wants Billy Joe Saunders for September 17

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By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten #9 WBO contender Rob Brant (20-0, 13 KOs) is interested in challenging WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) for his next fight on September 17 on the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Liam Smith card. Saunders, 27, still doesn’t have an opponent picked out for his initial title defense, the 25-year-old Brant would like to be the guy that faces him.

Brant is currently scheduled to fight on August 7 against an opponent still to be determined at the Pechanga Resort in Temecula, California. However, it’s possible that he could be pulled from that card to fight Saunders if the interest is there from the British fighter.

Saunders has to fight someone eventually because he still hasn’t made his first title defense of his WBO belt after winning it seven months ago in December. It was thought that Saunders would be an active champion after he picked up the WBO belt, but he’s proven to be totally inactive. He suffered a hand injury that wiped out a title defense against Max Bursak last April. There wasn’t a heck of a lot of interest in that Saunders-Bursak fight, and you have to wonder why such a mediocre opponent was selected.

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Saunders takes a shot at Eubanks

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By Patrick McHugh: WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) took to social medial on Saturday to take a shot at Chris Eubank Jr. and his father Chris Eubank for them missing out on what would have been a very lucrative fight against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) for September 10 at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

According to their promoter Eddie Hearn, he gave them a deadline to agree to the contract for the Golovkin fight, and they let the deadline pass without agreeing to it. Hearn then made the same offer to IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and readily accepted.

Brook is now Golovkin’s opponent for September 10, and will be getting a career high payday win or lose.

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