Billy Joe Saunders
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Nickname | Superb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1989 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reach | 71 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billy Joe Saunders (born 30 August 1989) is a British former professional boxer. He is the first fighter from the Romanichal to win world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title from 2015 to 2018 and the WBO super-middleweight title from 2019 to 2021. At regional level, he held the European, British, and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2012 and 2015. Saunders represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics as an amateur, reaching the second round of the welterweight bracket. In the same year, he won gold at the EU Championships.
On 19 December 2015, Saunders made history by competing in the first world title fight contested between two members of the travelling community with his opponent Andy Lee; Saunders won the bout by majority decision to become WBO middleweight champion.