Billy Joe Saunders trains at UFC Performance Institute ahead of Canelo Alvarez fight while rival works out in gym
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS is training at the UFC Performance Institute during the final preparations for his fight with Canelo Alvarez.
The Brit will attempt to unify his WBO super-middleweight crown with the Mexican’s WBC and WBA belts on May 8.
And Saunders’ strength and conditioning coach has revealed the pair have been doing sessions at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Cameron Goff shared a picture of himself alongside the boxer on Instagram with the caption: “Final preparations underway at the amazing @ufcpi.”
Saunders’ opponent Canelo traditionally fights in Las Vegas, but their contest is set to be held in Texas due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mexican star Canelo is currently busy in training as well after sharing his own video squatting with heavy weights before hitting the bag.
Fans went wild for the clips on social media, with one commenting: “Canelo looks SHREDDED!”
Another said: “”RIP Saunders”, while a third added: “Welp, Billy Joe Saunders is dead.”
Chris Eubank Jr – beaten by Saunders in 2014 – seemingly agrees after he claimed he will wager £10k on a KO defeat for his rival.
But southpaw Saunders did not hold back in response to the jibe this week, as he hit out at his former opponent.
He told Behind The Gloves: “At the end of the day, what he should have done was put the ten thousand on himself to beat me if he was that confident.
“He didn’t, because I beat him. It’s one of them, look he’s desperate isn’t he? He’s just really irrelevant to me.
“The closest he’s going to get to a fight like this is go and buy a ticket. Sit ringside if you really want.
“Go and spend you ten thousand, he’s probably going to get about ten thousand to box Marcus Morrison, whatever his name is.
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“So, spend that money on a ringside ticket, but that’s the closest he’s going to get to an Alvarez fight.”
Eddie Hearn was recently forced to deny Saunders had ‘ruptured his testicle’ after the Brit went on a social media wind-up last month.
But the Matchroom promoter did insist that the WBO champ could inflict a first loss on Canelo since he fought Floyd Mayweather in 2013.