Billy Joe Saunders promises to be Gennadyevich Golovkin’s worst nightmare
Triple G targets Brit champ's WBO belt as he aims to complete his dream of unifying the middleweight division
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS stands in the way of Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin’s dream — and promises to be Triple-G’s worst nightmare.
Invincible Golovkin is determined to unify the middleweight division after retaining his WBA, WBC and IBF titles against Daniel Jacobs in New York.
Now he wants Saunders’ WBO belt and has challenged the Brit to face him in his native Kazakhstan.
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Golovkin, 34, said: “Saunders is the last step to my dream to own all the belts. Hopefully this fight will be in Kazakhstan — 100 per cent I would like that next.”
Saunders, 27, is more than happy to face the man rated the world’s most ferocious boxer.
He said: “I’ll travel anywhere. I’m not bothered about fighting him in Kazakhstan — I’ll fight him in a field for all I care.
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“He wants the WBO belt and I’m willing to put it on the line. Golovkin is strong but a boxer always beats a puncher and he’s never faced anyone as tricky as me.
“Jacobs gave him a real fight on Saturday but he isn’t in my class when I’m on form.”
New Yorker Jacobs was the first fighter in nine years to take Golovkin the distance before losing a unanimous points decision.
But the Kazakh’s promoter Tom Loeffler insisted: “Now that Gennady’s knockout streak has been broken it will be easier to put a fight together.
“We will sit down with Saunders’ camp and see how realistic it is to go to Kazakhstan.
“But the O2 sold out in 11 minutes when Gennady fought Kell Brook last year so the UK is always an option.”