Demetrius Andrade talks Saunders, Charlos & Canelo/GGG in recent interview!

Billy Joe Saunders has been warned he could lose his world title to ‘’an octopus.’’ Saunders will head to America in October to defend his WBO middleweight championship against Demetrius Andrade after rival promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren reached an agreement.

Andrade, 30, is a 25-0 southpaw from Rhode Island and a former WBO super-welterweight champion. During his reign, he beat Blackpool’s Brian Rose in seven rounds in June 2014 at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn.


“It was like fighting an octopus,” Rose remembered. “He’s got long arms – they go all the way down to his knees – and he was hard to hit and you don’t see his punches coming.

“They come from everywhere, over the top and underneath. Every time I threw a punch, I got hit. He just leaned back and hit me. It was like every time you open your front door someone throwing a snowball in your face. I ended up keeping the door shut ! It got to the stage where I stopped throwing punches because I kept getting nailed. I was down twice and the referee had to stop the fight.

“Nobody, amateur or pro, did to me what Andrade did to me. He outclassed me and maybe if he had fought more he would be a pound-for-pound fighter by now.


“He was a top, top fighter and this is a 50-50 fight against Billy Joe. Billy Joe has been more active and that’s a big advantage, but it’s still too close to call.

“I made it easy for Andrade by standing in front of him not moving my head. He doesn’t move his feet much. He likes to stand there, lean back and keep low and I should have made him move. If you move your feet and box him, that’s the way to beat him – and that’s the way Billy Joe boxes. I hope Billy Joe wins because he’s British, but if Andrade wins I think I could be telling my kids in a few years’ time; ‘Your dad boxed a great, great fighter.’”

 

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