Only a ring death will stop murdering drug cheats, says Billy Joe Saunders
24 April 2018 09:30
• WBO middleweight champion says such a death would be a murder • Challenger Martin Murray agrees on Canelo case, saying ‘boxing is bent’The unbeaten world middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders says only a ring death will jolt boxing into a proper crackdown on fighters using performance-enhancing drugs – and he believes such a tragedy should be regarded as murder.Saunders and Martin Murray – the Merseysider who challenges him for his WBO title at the O2 Arena in south-east London on 23 June – have joined the growing chorus of condemnation being poured on Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, who has received a derisory six-month ban for the presence of clenbuterol in his system. His transgression led to the rearrangement of his 5 May rematch with the majority title-holder at 11st 6lb, Gennady Golovkin, which almost certainly will still go ahead in September, when the Mexican’s ban runs out. Continue readingread full article
