Billy Joe Saunders: ‘I wouldn’t chase Chris Eubank Jnr in a million years’

Billy Joe Saunders

BILLY JOE SAUNDERS has no interest in following rival Chris Eubank Jnr up to super-middleweight to seek out a rematch and pursue the major fight that has eluded him as a world champion so far.

โ€œNever in a million years, I wouldnโ€™t chase him. Iโ€™ve beaten him already. He dissed me for fighting at a leisure centre,โ€ Saunders, the WBO middleweight champion, said. โ€œHeโ€™s fighting a bum, who genuinely probably works at the leisure centre.

โ€œI donโ€™t need to chase him. Iโ€™m world champion.โ€

The biggest fights for Saunders would be Canelo Alvarez or Gennady Golovkin, both of whom have other opponents already scheduled for later on this year.

โ€œIโ€™ve been very unlucky with a few big fights. Iโ€™ve always had my pen out ready to sign but itโ€™s the boxing gods, sometimes the big fight just doesnโ€™t happen because theyโ€™re not meant to at the time. Iโ€™m a believer in that. Iโ€™m a world champion if Iโ€™ve got to defend and defend and defend until one comes along then so be it. I know that weโ€™re very, very close. Iโ€™m touching distance away from a big, big fight,โ€ Saunders said.

He has faith he could stand up to the fearsome Kazakh, Gennady Golovkin, who holds the three other middleweight world titles. โ€œI havenโ€™t seen somebody box Golovkin thatโ€™s got a bit of heart, a little bit of stand up. When heโ€™s walking them down and beating on them, they give in, take it,โ€ Saunders said. โ€œHe will not be bullying me, thatโ€™s for certain. If I have to ram an elbow in, I will. Iโ€™ll do anything I can to hold him off of me. But he wonโ€™t be bullying me, definitely not.

โ€œHeโ€™s the best fighter on the planet in my opinion but to be the best youโ€™re not ever going to get given it, youโ€™ve got to beat the best and obviously heโ€™s the man that I want.โ€

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