Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-18, disappointing fight between Billy Joe Saunders and Shefat Isufi: it gets two stars.The undefeated former Wbo Mw champion Billy Joe Saunders entered this fight with a perfect record of 27-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Callum Smith). In his last three bouts he has won over Willie Monroe Jr (Saunders vs Monroe Jr), David Lemieux (Billy Joe Saunders vs David Lemieux) and Charles Adamu.
His opponent, Shefat Isufi, has an official boxing record of 27-3-2 (20 knockouts) and he entered as the No.48 in the same weight class. He lost to Dariusz Sek in 2015 but since then he has won ten consecutive bouts defeating Rafael Sosa Pintos and Mohamed El Achi in 2018. Saunders vs Isufi is valid for the vacant WBO World super middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-05-18
Where: Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Division: super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg)
Title: vacant WBO World super middleweight title
Saunders vs Isufi full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQx1udJWFdk
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x78rc7i
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Official highlights
Saunders is cherry picking. Too bad this guy could not take him out. There was help from refferee too holding him saying no push. Wtf the guy didnt know where he was.
Master class performance by BJS with one notable slip up. Otherwise, he proves again he is one of boxing’s very best stylists. Pity he’s such a fuckup outside the ring because if he could keep his career on track, we’d be treated to style matchups at the highest levels instead of Saunders always climbing back into top form against this or that guy.