Former world champion Billy Joe Saunders is open to staging a comeback struggle, however provided that it occurs to be in opposition to an previous home foe.
The slick southpaw final competed in 2021 after dropping his WBO super-middleweight title through an eighth-round stoppage defeat to Canelo Alvarez.
Earlier than that, Saunders had turn into a two-division world champion however, in reality, his greatest performances got here down at 160lbs, the place he dethroned Andy Lee for the WBO strap in 2015.
The Hertfordshire man then retained his belt with a dominant show in opposition to David Lemieux, who was dealt a complete boxing lesson of their 2017 encounter.
Since final stepping by the ropes, although, Saunders has often expressed his curiosity in rematching Chris Eubank Jr, who he defeated with a cut up determination victory in 2014.
Whereas the scorecards would recommend in any other case, it was a reasonably convincing win for Saunders, who largely befuddled Eubank along with his superior technical attributes.
But the 36-year-old has instructed talkSPORT that he would nonetheless entertain a rematch, if solely to show his level and silence Eubank’s protests over their first struggle.
“The one [man] I might actually come out [of retirement] for is clearly Eubank. That’s about it, as a result of I do know I may go in there with none warm-up [fight] and beat him. Particularly after his final efficiency.
“I’m not going to go in there and suppose I’m going to chase this younger fighter [or] that younger fighter – [David] Benavidez and all that.”
Eubank’s final efficiency noticed him endure two knockdowns and lose a unanimous determination to Conor Benn in November, regardless of successful their first encounter by the identical verdict.
