The comeback of former two division champion Billy Joe Saunders has continued to play out.
Saunders, 34-years-old, has been out of the ring for over two years.
His final battle got here in Could of 2021, when he suffered the primary defeat of his profession – a stoppage loss by the hands of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of their tremendous middleweight unification conflict.
During the last two years, Saunders would trace at coming again and he would additionally trace at retirement.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom has been speaking with Saunders a few potential return by the tip of the yr.
Saunders is at present coaching, however he seems to be very heavy based mostly on current pictures circulating on social media.
Hearn want to see Saunders again on a date in December, probably in a lightweight heavyweight contest, after which again right down to tremendous middleweight in 2024.
“I preferred what I heard from Billy. The fact about Billy Joe Saunders is he’s been a ache within the ass to me at occasions, I additionally really feel like we’ve completed an important job for him, I believe he respects that,” Hearn informed IFL TV.
“After I sit down with him I notice what an asset he could be to British boxing when he’s not misbehaving. I believe he could return in December. I believe a battle up at 175-pounds may very well be an possibility, after which right down to 168-pounds for a giant battle within the Spring, and that’s what we mentioned.”
In the meanwhile, Canelo remains to be the highest man at 168 and holds each main title. He returns to the ring on September 30 in a Showtime pay-per-view showdown towards Jermell Charlo, the undisputed junior middleweight champion, on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
