Billy Joe Saunders

Billy Joe Saunders ( born August 30, 1989 in Hatfield ) is an English boxer.

Career

Billy Joe Saunders is one of the greatest English Boxtalente. He lives in Waltham Abbey in London, is 1,80 m tall and starts welterweight ( class to 69 kg body weight). He began as a child in the Hoddesdon Boxing Academy with the boxes.

As a 17 -year-old he won the 2006 in Liverpool for 4- Nationas Cup welterweight with victories over Matthew Innes from Wales and Mike McGregor from Scotland. In the same year he represented the English colors in a box - meet against the United States and thereby defeated William Jackson convincingly on points ( 34:8 ).

In 2007 he was in Warsaw Junior European welterweight champion with wins over Michael Gurgacz, Poland, Ioannis Kimitsidis, Greece and Mladen Manew from Bulgaria. He also won the the championship title at the Commonwealth Championships of the same year in Liverpool. There he defeated William McLaughlin from Ireland ( 43:21 ) and Joseph Blackbourne from New Zealand ( 22:8 ) on points and won over Gerard O'Mahony from Australia by demolition in the 1st round.

In February 2008, Billy Joe Saunders surprised the experts, when he took first place in the welterweight division at the extremely well-staffed Strandja Tournament in Plovdiv / Bulgaria. He defeated while the Cuban champion and Olympic starter Carlos Banteur ( 24:24 ), the Serbs Alexander Spirko ( 34:10 ), the Kazakhs Kanat Orakbajew ( 28:6 ) and Evgeni Borisov of Bulgaria ( 29:19 ) on points. Then he qualified in Pescara / Italy at the 1st European Qualifying Tournament for participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing. He defeated in Pescara against Russian champion Andrei Balanow ( 18:11 ), the Poland Michal Starbala ( 13:12 ) and Kahabaer Javina from Georgia ( 15:5 ) on points. In the semifinals he was defeated by Alexander Stretskyy from Ukraine just by points ( 13:15) and defeated in the battle for the important third place, the right to participate in Beijing, Pavel Havalka from Slovakia convincingly on points ( 20:10). In the Polish Cetniewo he also won in the championship of the European Union in the welterweight division. He won there over Tamas Sipos from Hungary by demolition in the 1st round, Mariano Hilario from Spain by demolition in the 3rd round and Xavier Noel of France ( 14:5 ) and Dieter doehl from Germany ( 19:6 ) to points.

With almost 19 years, Billy Joe Saunders is one of the youngest participants in the Olympic boxing tournament in Beijing.

International success

(EM = European Championship, We = welterweight, to 69 kg body weight)

  • 2006 1st place, 4-Nations Cup in Liverpool, We, before Mike McGregor, Scotland & Matthew Innes, Wales;
  • 2007 1st place, Junior European Championships in Warsaw, We, before Mladen Manew, Bulgaria and Kimitsidis Ioannis, Greece;
  • 2007, 1st Place, Commonwealth Championships in Liverpool, We, before Gerard O'Mahony, Australia & Joseph Blackbourne, New Zealand;
  • 2007 1st place, Strandja Tournament in Plovdiv / Bulgaria, We, before Evgeny Borisov, Bulgaria and KNAT Orakbajew, Kazakhstan;
  • 2008, 3rd place, Europ. Olympic Qualif. tournament in Pescara / Italy, We, behind Magomed Nurutdinow, Belarus and Alexander Stretskyy, Ukraine, before Pavel Havalka, Slovakia;
  • 2008, 1st Place, Championship of the European Union Cetniewo / Poland, We, before Dieter doehl, Germany and Xavier Noel, France

Countries fighting

  • 2006 in London, England vs USA, We, point winner over William Jackson

Swell

  • Journal box sport from the years 2006 to 2008,
  • Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "
  • Website " www.olympics.org.uk "
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