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Billy Joe Saunders is backing fellow British boxer, Tyson Fury, to beat Deontay Wilder in Saturday night’s heavyweight bout.
Saunders, a British professional boxer, held the WBO middleweight title from 2015 to 2018, and previously the European, British, and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2012 and 2015.
Fury is seen as a slight underdog by bookmakers as he attempts to dethrone the WBC champion in Los Angeles.
But Saunders is clearly confident that his pal can come out on top as he has staked £70,000 on the result.
Yesterday morning, Saunders posted a video to Instagram showing himself at a Ladbrokes betting shop. Read more