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Billy Joe Saunders: Ring issue ‘is sorted’ and no longer a problem for Canelo Alvarez fight

Well that drama fizzled out pretty quickly.

It wasn’t but a few hours ago that the super-middleweight unification bout between Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders was in doubt after Team Saunders complained about the unfavorably small ring size. Well that’s a distant memory because Billy Joe has posted a video saying that this whole story is no longer a problem.

“Just want to say I’m pleased the issue is sorted,” Saunders said on his Instagram story. “I tagged Eddie Hearn and Canelo in the last video and the ring is not a problem.