Demetrius Andrade and Billy Joe Saunders are heading back to the negotiating table—only this times with the roles reversed.
A ruling handed down by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) on Tuesday proved to be a double-barrel victory for Saunders. Not only was his previously issued six-month suspension lifted, but the 30-year old Brit has been declared the mandatory challenger to his old middleweight title which now belongs to Andrade.
According to a statement released by the WBO Championship Committee, “Based on the evidence ratifying complete fulfillment of all imposed conditions on behalf of Mr. Saunders presented before this Committee and pursuant to Section 1 subsection (c) of the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests, we hereby terminate immediately his suspension from any WBO sanctioned contest....
rest of the story by Jake Donovan here -https://www.boxingscene.com/demetriu...by-wbo--135616


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combine that with his antics over the last while resulting in fines, the suspension and now getting the challengers share of this purse, it all couldn’t happen to a bigger knob. I didn’t see Andrades last fight so really have no pick for this one, should be a slippery fight for sure though. Neither guy has been in tough for donkeys years, should come down to who has the better preparation.

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