Britains WBO middleweight title holder Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) looks set to defend his belt against number 5 ranked Willie Monroe Jr (21-2, 6 KOs) on September 16 at the Copper Box Arena in London. This is Saunders second defence since winning the title in December of 2015, his last appearance following a year of inactivity was an unconvincing points win over Artur Akavov in December.. Monroe who lost in his only title opportunity to Gennady Golovkin in 2015 is coming off a points victory over Gabe Rosado in September.. Saunders v Monroe will coincide with the forthcoming WBA/WBC/IBF middleweight championship bout between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas..
Saunders’ promoter Frank Warren understands the importance of this fight, the winner of this fight will have the missing piece on the Middleweight puzzle, Canelo and Golovkin will both want that WBO belt to complete unification..
This fight is crucial.
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