By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders’ lopsided 12 round unanimous decision win over the popular former IBF 160 lb. champion David Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) brought in good ratings on HBO World Championship Boxing last Saturday night at the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada.
By Scott Gilfoid: Billy Joe Saunders says he’s got Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez both scared after his win over David Lemieux last Saturday night at the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada.
By Jeff Aranow: Billy Joe Saunders isn’t looking to take the high road after his win over David Lemieux last Saturday night in Quebec, Canada. Rather than playing Mr. nice guy after beating the 28-year-old Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) by a decisive 12 round unanimous decision, Saunders chose to send a Tweet to his beaten opponent, reminding him of some trash talking he’d done recently.
By Allan Fox: Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) has christened himself as “the best” after his victory over David Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) last Saturday night. Saunders, 28, retained his WBO middleweight title, and he kept himself in position to face Saul Canelo Alvarez or Gennady Golovkin in 2018.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury doesn’t rate Danny Jacobs as being a good enough opponent to face WBO 160lb champion Billy Joe Saunders next after the way he beat David Lemieux in Quebec, Canada last Saturday night. Fury says the only 2 guys that can give Saunders a test is Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin or Saul Canelo Alvarez.
By Tim Royner: WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders will be fighting an opponent still to be determined in the spring of next year, according to his promoter Frank Warren. He wants the Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin winner for Saunders. However, that fight won’t take place until May 5, 2018, and that leaves Saunders with a lot of free time while he waits for the outcome of that mega-fight.
By Tim Royner: Eddie Hearn is reportedly open to making a fight between Billy Joe Saunders and Danny Jacobs for 2018, but his only concern is how the money would be work out, according to news reports.
By Jeff Aranow: Kell Brook recommends that Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo Alvarez swerve around WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) to avoid trouble. Brook says that’s what he would do if he were them. He thinks Saunders has got too much talent for them to fight him.
By Jeff Aranow: Tyson Fury saw enough of Billy Joe Saunders’ fight with David Lemieux last Saturday night believe that he’ll be too quick, skilled and elusive for the unbeaten IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) to beat him if the two champions face each other in 2018.
By Peter Smith: Last Saturday night, in what could only be described as a complete whitewash, David Lemieux once again fell woefully short against top level competition against WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders at the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The Canadian brawler looked like an aimless bull in the ring with Billy Joe Saunders playing the role of matador. In the end, like most bull fights, the matador stood victorious as the bull lay a bloody mess in defeat.