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Alvarez now holds the WBC, WBA and WBO super middleweight titles

Alvarez stops Saunders in eighth to take third belt

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has added the WBO super middleweight championship to his collection after England's Billy Joe Saunders retired following the eighth round of their unification bout in Arlington, Texas.

Boxing • 09 May 21

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders do battle at the AT&T Stadium in Texas this weekend

Saunders believes he can pull off Alvarez upset

Billy Joe Saunders questioned the will to win of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's recent opponents as the Briton insisted his rival will be "bumping into the wrong man" in their super-middleweight showdown this weekend.

Boxing • 06 May 21

Saunders extended his record to 30 unbeaten

Saunders eases past Murray to retain WBO title

Billy Joe Saunders comfortably retained his WBO super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win against Martin Murray at the Wembley Arena.

Billy Joe Saunders • 04 Dec 20

Saunders hopes he can have his cake and beat Murray too

Billy Joe Saunders fears his diet of cakes could cost him dear as he prepares to return to the ring for the first time in 13 months against Martin Murray on Friday night.

Boxing • 02 Dec 20

Billy Joe Saunders is free to fight again

Saunders has suspension lifted but is fined £15,000

Billy Joe Saunders has had his suspension lifted but has been fined £15,000 after appearing to encourage domestic violence.

Boxing • 23 Jul 20

Saunders suspended over 'silly' domestic abuse video

Billy Joe Saunders has been suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control pending a hearing into a social media video he released which appeared to condone domestic violence but that the boxer insisted was just a "silly mistake".

Boxing • 30 Mar 20

The WBO super middleweight champion apologised for the offence caused over a video posted on Twitter

Saunders sorry over video teaching men to hit partners

WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders has apologised after a video emerged of him giving advice to men on how to hit their partners if tempers flared during the coronavirus lockdown.

Boxing • 29 Mar 20

Saunders edged out Callum Smith for a highly sought after bout against Alvarez

Hearn optimistic over Alvarez and Saunders summer fight

Eddie Hearn expects Billy Joe Saunders' blockbuster showdown against Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to go ahead provided the global coronavirus pandemic does not eat into boxing's summer schedule.

Boxing • 18 Mar 20

Gennady Golovkin punches Canelo Alvarez during their WBC/WBA middleweight title fight in 2018

Third instalment of Alvarez vs GGG trilogy on the cards

Mexican Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Kazakhstan's Gennady Golovkin have agreed terms for a third fight with a potential September fight date according to a report by The Athletic.

Boxing • 17 Mar 20

Saunders set for title defence against Coceres

Billy Joe Saunders will face Argentinian Marcelo Esteban Coceres on his American debut in Los Angeles on 9 November.

Boxing • 10 Oct 19

Saunders could lose belt after licence is denied

WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, who failed a doping test in August, has been denied a licence by the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission to face American Demetrius Andrade in Boston this month.

Boxing • 10 Oct 18

Warren: Saunders not in breach of doping regulations

Billy Joe Saunders has insisted he is a "clean athlete" following confirmation from the British Boxing Board of Control that he was "not in breach of BBBofC or UKAD anti-doping regulations".

Boxing • 28 Sep 18

Billy Joe Saunders will defend his world title next month

Saunders fined £100,000 for social media video

Billy Joe Saunders has been fined £100,000 and given a severe reprimand about his future conduct after video footage emerged of him appearing to offer a woman drugs.

Boxing • 25 Sep 18

Billy Joe Saunders apologised on Twitter over a video posted on social media

Saunders charged with misconduct over 'sickening' video

Billy Joe Saunders has been charged with misconduct by the British Boxing Board of Control after the emergence of video footage in which he appears to offer a woman drugs.

Boxing • 18 Sep 18

Saunders pulls out of title bout with hamstring injury

Billy Joe Saunders has withdrawn from his WBO middleweight title defence against fellow Englishman Martin Murray through injury.

Boxing • 03 Jun 18

Billy Joe Saunders impressed in Montreal

Saunders eyes Golovkin after classy defeat of Lemieux

Billy Joe Saunders made a successful defence of his WBO middleweight title as he out-classed David Lemieux in Canada.

Boxing • 17 Dec 17

Saunders proves a class apart to sweep past Monroe

Billy Joe Saunders remains on course to challenge the winner of the Las Vegas superfight between Gennady Golovkin and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez after defending his WBO middleweight title against Willie Monroe Jnr.

Boxing • 17 Sep 17

Billy Joe Saunders is the WBO middleweight champion

Billy Joe Saunders defends son's actions at weigh-in

The weigh-in for Billy Joe Saunders and Willie Monroe Jr's WBO middleweight title fight was disrupted when the English boxer's young son attacked his opponent.

Boxing • 15 Sep 17

Gennady Golovkin is not worried about losing some of the spotlight

Golovkin not worried about being overshadowed

Gennady Golovkin has dismissed the threat of his superfight with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez being overshadowed by Floyd Mayweather's bout against Conor McGregor.

Boxing • 20 Jun 17

Billy Joe Saunders (L) won his title from Andy Lee last December

Saunders and Alvarez to lock horns next year

Negotiations will resume for a fight between Billy Joe Saunders and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez after the Mexican was installed as the mandatory challenger for Saunders' WBO middleweight title.

Boxing • 22 Dec 16

Billy Joe Saunders took it on points in Scotland

Billy Joe Saunders endures tough first defence

Billy Joe Saunders took his time before coming to life in the first defence of his WBO middleweight title against Artur Akavov at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley.

Boxing • 04 Dec 16

Billy Joe Saunders (R) is 'very concerned'

Champ Saunders fears Fury 'won't see 30'

Tyson Fury's friend Billy Joe Saunders fears the heavyweight will be dead by 30 if he "doesn't get the help he needs".

Boxing • 04 Oct 16

Gennady Golovkin stopped Kell Brook in the fifth round last Saturday

Saunders: I know what it takes to beat Golovkin

Billy Joe Saunders is eager to challenge middleweight supremo Gennady Golovkin once he shakes off the ring rust after nearly a year out of action.

Boxing • 13 Sep 16

Chris Eubank: "I am biting at the bit to get back into the ring with that man."

Eubank Jnr desperate for another shot at Saunders

Chris Eubank Jnr has reiterated his desire to challenge Billy Joe Saunders in a rematch "as soon as possible" in order to avenge the only defeat of his professional career.

Boxing • 01 Apr 16

Matt Korobov (L) and Andy Lee during their fight for the WBO middleweight title in Las Vegas last December

Andy Lee ready to repeat world title heroics

Andy Lee maintains that he will celebrate the anniversary of his world title win in style by successfully defending his belt against Billy Joe Saunders on Saturday night.

Boxing • 19 Dec 15