比利喬桑德斯 (Billy Joe Saunders) 將於 12 月登上擂台 16 在加拿大成為 WBO 中量級衛冕冠軍, 早在 12 月就贏得了腰帶，成為他自豪的擁有者 2015 擊敗同路人安迪李時.

但自從以多數票勝出愛爾蘭人李之後 在曼徹斯特競技場成為世界冠軍, 桑德斯僅兩次為其辯護, 以一致判定戰勝了阿圖爾·阿卡沃夫和小威利·門羅。, 最近.

對俄羅斯阿卡沃夫比賽, 這位不敗的世界冠軍得主最終在蘇格蘭土地上的潟湖休閒中心做出瞭如此輕鬆的決定，這遠非令人印象深刻，甚至可能是幸運的. 對美國挑戰者小門羅的勝利要好得多, 隨後任命多明尼克·英格爾為他的最新教練.

但後一場比賽仍然是一場單調的比賽，並沒有進一步或提振桑德斯’ 吸引更廣大的受眾, 因為他輕鬆地擊敗了紐約出生的左撇子. 對於大部分衛冕, 他幾乎沒有被要求去工作, 門羅的比賽計畫極為低效.

然而, 28歲的 接下來無疑將面臨他迄今為止最嚴峻的職業考驗 對陣前 160 磅冠軍 David Lemieux, 這是一個比缺乏經驗且年輕的小克里斯·尤班克（Chris Eubank Jr）更嚴峻的挑戰, 冷漠的安迪李和遠沒有威脅的小威利門羅.

加拿大選手勒米厄 (Lemieux) 實力強勁，將進入環繩賽場 as the evens outsider in the latest boxing odds to prevail on home territory, a promising price for a fighter on a strong surge of victories of late. Since being viciously stopped in a gallant showing against the division kingpin Gennady Golovkin in October 2015, the 28-year-old has earned four consecutive wins, including two big knockouts of Glen Tapia and Curtis Stevens.

Of all the opponents Saunders has gone toe to toe with to date, none have possessed the punching power of Lemieux, and that could be a decisive factor come fight night. The latter home hope is promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy, who are seemingly keen to match the Canadian up with main cash cow Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez next year, rather than throw him in with ‘GGG’ once again in a highly awaited rematch.

Despite being the favourite to prevail and maintain his unbeaten record on what will be his maiden venture outside of the UK in his professional career, it seems the odds are actually stacked against Saunders for this latest encounter.

It has been evident, 太, that Saunders doesn’t boast the massive power capable of keeping a fleet-footed Lemieux away from the danger areas throughout their match-up. Knockout artist Lemieux produced what could eventually be voted stoppage of the year back in March when he brutally put Stevens’ lights out in New York City.

Could another vicious stoppage success be on the cards on home soil? It’s up to Saunders and Ingle to execute their upcoming gameplan perfectly to secure what would be a highly impressive victory on the road, but it looks likely of being a truly testing night in Quebec.