Billy Joe Saunders defended his WBO Middleweight title with an easy 12-round unanimous decision over David Lemeiex in Lemieux’s hometown of Laval, Quebec, Canada
Saunders was masterful with his boxing and defense throughout the fight. In round seven, Lemieux began to bleed from his nose. Saunders was never threatened at all down the stretch and cruised home to the victory 120-108, 118-110, and 117-111.
Saunders of England is now 26-0. Lemieux is 38-4.
Saunders outlanded Lemieux 165-67.
“I knew what sort of fighter David Lemieux is, and I knew what sort of coach he’s got,” said Saunders. “I knew what he was coming for. I look easy to hurt, but you can’t hit me. I like going to somebody’s backyard because I perform better. I’m a whole different animal now. When I hurt David, I wanted to put it on him. I really did, but that’s what I pay my trainer Dominic Ingle to do. I went to put it on him, but he told me to take my time, and that was the best advice.”
“I wasn’t at my best. Hats off to Billy Joe [Saunders],” said Lemieux. “From the second round on, I could not use my left hand the way I wanted, and he was on the run, so I had a hard time throwing my shots. It wasn’t my best night. A lot of this was because of me, because I couldn’t use my left hand the way I wanted to. He was running from the first round to the end, and I guess that’s his strategy to win. If this is the way you want to win, then congratulations.”
Douglas boxed well over the first three rounds but O’Sullivan came back to take the next three rounds with hard right hands.
In round seven, O’Sullivan landed a huge left hook that stopped Douglas on the ropes. O’Sullivan followed up with five unanswered blows that dropped Douglas. Douglas got up but the fight was stopped at 1:03.
O’Sullivan is 27-2 with 19 knockouts. Douglas is 22-2-1.
O’Sullivan Outlanded Douglas 130-108.
“I was sick for 2 weeks with a chest infection, so I was not at 100 percent,” said O’Sullivan. “I thought it was a good opportunity, so I decided to fight anyway. I’m happy with my performance, but I could have done better. Douglas is a tough guy with a good chin, and he had never been knocked out like that.”
Yves Ulysse, Jr dropped Cletus Seldin three times en-route to a 10-round unanimous decision in a junior welterweight fight.
In round one, Ulysse dropped Seldin with a right hand. In round two, It was deja-vu as another right hand sent Seldin to the canvas. In round three, It was a left hook that sent Seldin down. Seldin was cut on his forehead.
Ulysse jabbed and moved and had his way with Seldin, and cruised to the victory by scores of 99-88 on all cards.
Ulysse is now 15-1. Seldin is 21-1.
Ulysse outlanded Seldin 157-42.
“I was the underdog,” said Ulysse. “Everyone thought that I was in for a beating, and look at what happened. I told you that my moment was coming. Speed kills! The sky is the limit!”
“Yves Ulysse is a good fighter but he is not exciting,” said Seldin. “I was not expecting him to run that much. I thought he would come to fight coming from a decision lost. I showed my thoroughness and tried to finish strong but it was impossible because of all the running.”
