Billy Joe Saunders Net Worth: The Boxer’s Fortunes
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Billy Joe Saunders has become an in-demand midweight boxing champ in recent times- and he’s been reaping the rewards in his pay packet.
After facing boxing’s biggest boxing star Canelo Alvarez earlier this year, he’s seen his status soar. But it seems like retirement may well be on the cards after a brutal defeat…
So how is Billy Joe Saunders’ current net worth?
Let’s take a look…
Billy Joe Saunders Net Worth
But this has increased massively since his fight with Canelo Alvarez.
He made a whopping £3.8 million in his fight against his rival– which means he tripled his net worth in just one night!
The Hertfordshire-born fighter has been in big domestic bouts with the likes of Andy Lee, John Ryder, Chris Eubank Jr and Martin Murray. He also beat fearsome middleweight puncher David Lemieux out in Canada back in 2017.
But before he became professional, he was ranked second in the Olympics in the welterweight bracket- and he even represented Great Britain in the Olympics in 2008.
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Now he’s hit the big time, Billy also has a chance to rake in the cash from numerous endorsements and sponsorship deals, and has become one of the biggest pay-per-view headliners.
Controversies
While the star has been enjoying his new found fame, there’s been times when Billy’s landed himself in serious hot water. And there’s almost too many incidents to choose from…
The boxing champ hit the headlines after he appeared to promote domestic violence.
It seemed that he was trying to give advice to men on how to hit their partners in social media video, which quite rightly caused disgust.
He ended up having his boxing license suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control- and quickly had to make an apology.
The star said:
“I would never condone domestic violence and if I saw a man touch a woman I would smash him to pieces myself I have a Daughter and if a man laid a finger on her it would be end well. Apologies if I offended any women stay blessed x”.
Billy Joe Saunders then donated £25,000 to a domestic violence charity.
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But this was the tip of the iceberg for Billy. His reputation suffered a serious blow after he was caught taunting a drug addict.
A video of the boxer showed the star offering a woman £150 of cocaine to perform a sex act, or punch a passer-by. The woman punched a man walking past, and Billy then drove away from the scene.
A second video then surfaced of him calling another woman “a prostitute”.
And if that wasn’t enough, he’s failed drugs tests, been caught speeding (and filming himself while doing it) on multiple occasions, and allowed his ten year old son to drive his cars THREE times.
Retirement?
After his devasting defeat at the hands of Canelo Alvarez, there’s been talk that Billy Joe Saunders’ boxing career may be over for good.
It was his first-ever loss, and he sustained a fractured eye socket by his rival during the match.
His eye socket was broken in three different places.
Now in recovery, the boxing star is assessing all options- and retirement could be one of them.
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Speaking with Dazn, Billy said:
“At the end of the day, I’m 31 years old, if I don’t ever wanna work again, wanna sit back, wanna chill, I can do that.
I’m 31, I haven’t took no punishment, I haven’t been battered from pillar to post, brain dead and can’t put a sentence together, so I need to sit back and look at my options.”
