Billy Joe Saunders is backing fellow British boxer, Tyson Fury, to beat Deontay Wilder in Saturday night’s heavyweight bout.

Saunders, a British professional boxer, held the WBO middleweight title from 2015 to 2018, and previously the European, British, and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2012 and 2015.

Fury is seen as a slight underdog by bookmakers as he attempts to dethrone the WBC champion in Los Angeles.
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But Saunders is clearly confident that his pal can come out on top as he has staked £70,000 on the result.

Yesterday morning, Saunders posted a video to Instagram showing himself at a Ladbrokes betting shop.

Saunders was seen placing a £20,000 punt on Fury to win at odds of 11-8, having already staked £50,000 on another slip.

In the video, as Saunders hands over a betting slip to the cashier he can be heard saying: ‘Tyson Fury ready to rock and roll. If you win, Tyson, we’re going to give this man a good drink.’

Saunders captioned the video with the message: ‘Let’s go champ’.

If Fury does defeat his American opponent, Saunders will be set to receive £166,250 from his bets, giving him a profit of more than £96,000.
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