Billy Joe Saunders could lose world title if he makes more ‘stupid’ mistakes, says Eddie Hearn

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Billy Joe Saunders could be stripped of his world super middleweight title if he makes more ‘dumb’ mistakes, says promoter Eddie Hearn

The WBO champion had his license suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control earlier this year after posting a video that appeared to condone domestic violence

Saunders has since apologized and returns against Martin Murray on Friday, December 4, on Sky Sports, but Matchroom boss Hearn insists his fighter is fully aware of the consequences if he is involved in any of these events.  » other unsavory incidents

« He’s got a good heart, he’s a really good person, but every now and then on social media he’ll say something he shouldn’t say

« He got his fingers wrapped by the British Boxing Board of Control and the WBO The truth is, no more mistakes and he will lose his belt

« Fighters must be active If they are not active they cannot have that disciplined regimental lifestyle that boxing gives them

Billy Joe Saunders will make the second defense of his WBO super middleweight title against British rival Martin Murray at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Friday December 4th, live on Sky Sports

« When you have long stretches out of the ring, sometimes they get bored, sometimes they do stupid things, but they’re all really good people

« He had a lot of uncertainty He was out of the gym and then he started to get along with his buddies and do stupid things What he did was stupid He made a post on the networks social He thought it was funny, thought he was one of the guys and it was in bad taste and it was a mistake

« He apologizes for that and he moves on, so now we want to focus on boxing »

Saunders was set to face Mexican star Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, only for the fight to fail due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Hearn believes a win over Murray will put the two-weight world champion back on track for a big fight

“We know it’s hard to find international opponents right now,” said Hearn “We have a lot of British super middleweight, who wanted their shot Martin Murray got the call

« But it’s now for Billy Joe In 2021 he’s got to dive into these big fights People talk about how Billy Joe Saunders can beat everyone, but that’s talk

« We have to see him We saw him give an amazing performance against David Lemieux, Andy Lee, Chris Eubank Jr Big wins, but we want to see these wins at the elite level We’re talking about Canelo, Callum Smith, GGG, Demetrius Andrade

« All of these fights and they will play out for him in 2021, if he can beat Martin Murray We have to keep the momentum, we have to keep him in the gym and keep him focused »

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