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Billy Joe Saunders offered ‘truckload of money’ to fight Chris Eubank Jr as comeback update provided

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Billy Joe Saunders sat down with the talkBOXING panel on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of him launching a comeback. The former WBO middleweight and super middleweight world champion hasn’t set foot between the ropes since May 2021, when he was retired on his stool by Canelo Alvarez with a fractured eye socket. Saunders has been out of action for five years Getty Over the past five years, he has repeatedly teased a return to the ring. At the start of 2025, Saunders held a meeting with long-term promoter Frank Warren to discuss the possibility of him ending his hiatus to box at light heavyweight in September. However, nothing ever came to fruition. Speaking to talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan , Spencer Oliver, and Paul Smith this week, Saunders was candid about what the future holds for him. Billy Joe Saunders provides update on possible comeback “I think you have got to be realistic after being out of the ring for five years and not staying in touch with the game,” said Saunders. “If I wer