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Billy Joe Saunders and Liam Smith both target WBO bouts with Miguel Cotto

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BILLY JOE SAUNDERS and Liam Smith are gunning for Miguel Cotto after they continued the British boxing boom. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both Billy Joe Saunders and Liam Smith want to fight Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto</td></tr>
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Hatfield-based Traveller Saunders, 26, became Great Britain's 12th reigning world champion when he wrenched the WBO middleweight strap from Ireland's Andy Lee on Saturday night.</div>
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While Smith made the first defence of his WBO light-middleweight title by stopping Jimmy Kelly in the seventh round at Manchester Arena.</div>
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Now both Saunders and Smith want to face Puerto Rican Cotto, who competes at both of their weights.</div>
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Saunders said: "Since I was a young boy I thought I would love that fight against Cotto, his style suits me. If I could have two weeks off, I would get back in training, I would love that fight. To go to America and do it would be a bigger dream."</div>
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Smith spoke before his comprehensive win over Kelly about facing Cotto and promoter Frank Warren believes either man could face the veteran former world champion.</div>
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He said: "For Liam there are a couple of fights I'm looking at, they were talking about Cotto as well as Bill so that would be one. He is capable in going in with the best in the division, he will be around for a good while. We will get him a big fight."</div>
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Another fight out there for Saunders is WBA and IBF champion Gennady Golovkin, but the British boxer is not ready for the Kazakh knockout artist.</div>
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He said: "I know he wants to clean up the division, but I have to do what is best for my career. Realistically I am 18 months away from that fight."</div>
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Billy Joe Saunders and Liam Smith both target WBO bouts with Miguel Cotto

BILLY JOE SAUNDERS and Liam Smith are gunning for Miguel Cotto after they continued the British boxing boom. Both Billy Joe Saunder...

Billy Joe Saunders wins WBO middleweight title after beating Andy Lee in Manchester

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BILLY JOE SAUNDERS became Britain’s 12th reigning world champion as he edged out Andy Lee in a tight clash to claim the WBO middleweight title. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Billy Joe Saunders won on points against Andy Lee to become WBO middleweight world champion</td></tr>
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The Hatfield-based fighter had Lee down twice in the third round, but had to come through a tactical battle to dethrone the Irishman.</div>
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Saunders, 26, was given the decision on two of the judges’ scorecards at 115-111 and 114-112 while the third gave it a draw.</div>
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This bout – the first world title fight between two Travellers - had been a long time in the making with the previous two dates postponed due to illness to Lee and then a cut suffered in sparring by Saunders.</div>
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But finally on the weekend before Christmas it happened – yet it was not the cracker many expected it would be.</div>
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It was instead a largely tactical chess match of a fight with the exception of the blistering third round.</div>
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Saunders was on the front foot from the off, but both men were cagey in the opening two rounds.</div>
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The challenger probably shaded the brief exchanges, but there was no doubting who got the better of the third.</div>
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Saunders swung wildly with a big left and missed, but caught Lee with a right as he came around and the champion was down.</div>
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<span class="s1">The former British Olympian then pounced and landed another two rights that sent a dazzled Lee to the canvas again.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The Irishman had to hang on to see out the round but recovered in the fourth as the pace slowed again.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Saunders landed a stunning left in the fifth that hurt Lee, but then the former British, Commonwealth and European champion appeared to go into his shell for a few rounds.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It allowed Lee back into the fight and meant it would be a nervy finish.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Saunders seemed to rally in the tenth, but it was Lee who finished the strongest as he made a last-ditch attempt to hold on to his title.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">But it was not enough as he fell to the third defeat of his 37-fight career while Saunders remains unbeaten and joins an elite club of world champions from these shores.</span></div>
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Billy Joe Saunders wins WBO middleweight title after beating Andy Lee in Manchester

BILLY JOE SAUNDERS became Britain’s 12th reigning world champion as he edged out Andy Lee in a tight clash to claim the WBO middleweight ti...

Leave Britain, Tyson: Fellow boxer urges Fury to move to Ireland

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saunders believes Fury's background outs the public against him</td></tr>
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BILLY JOE SAUNDERS believes that controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury should leave Great Britain and move to Ireland.</div>
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Fury has courted controversy since beating Wladimir Klitschko for his WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO titles in Dusseldorf two weeks ago. The IBF has since stripped him of its crown for refusing a mandatory defence.</div>
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He also found himself in hot water for sexist and homophobic remarks.</div>
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The row continues to rumble on despite the self-styled Gypsy King trying to set the record straight.</div>
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Saunders - a former British, Commonwealth and European champion, who is unbeaten in 22 professional fights - believes it is because of Fury's background that the furore hasn't died down.</div>
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He said: "If I was him, I would take myself off to Ireland, base myself in Ireland and call myself Irish, instead of being British.</div>
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"I believe it's unfair and I believe it's because of his background.</div>
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"They look on Tyson in a different light than they do Wladimir Klitschko,</div>
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"I don't reckon it is right and I don't care what anyone says - it's because of his background.</div>
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"I feel for Tyson Fury. The British public have been completely against him."</div>
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Saunders, 26, who faces fellow traveller Andy Lee for his WBO middleweight strap in Manchester next weekend, says he has also suffered because of his background.</div>
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Saunders added: "Travellers don't get the right recognition. They never get publicity for the good things that they do - it's always the bad things. I also feel targeted.</div>
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"Mine and Andy's fight is a big fight in our community but we ain't going to get the publicity that we deserve. And I reckon that is because of our backgrounds.</div>
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"Tyson is a Christian man and he is going by his beliefs. If a Muslim couldn't go against his beliefs, he wouldn't be criticised.</div>
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"He is going by his beliefs. I have known him for many years. That is Tyson and that is the way that he is."</div>
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Tickets for Lee-Saunders are available for £40 from frankwarren.com or watch it live on BoxNation.</div>

Leave Britain, Tyson: Fellow boxer urges Fury to move to Ireland

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