Boxing has kept me off the streets, stops me smoking and drinking and gives me something to do.
Billy Joe Saunders Quotes
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
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| Birth: | 30th August, 1989 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Boxer |
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Billy Joe Saunders is a British boxer, who qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after a distinguished amateur career. He is the current British, Commonwealth and EBU champion in the middleweight division, and remains undefeated as a professional. Saunders won his first 49 amateur fights at senior level in a row, including the 2007 Commonwealth Championships and the 2008 Strandya Cup, edging out Carlos Banteux. In 2008 Saunders qualified for the Beijing Olympics in the welterweight division at the age of 18. Saunders made his professional debut on 28 February 2009 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, against Attila Molnar.
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