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Boxing champ Saunders apologizes for making light of domestic violence during coronavirus lockdown

British boxer Billy Joe Saunders, who successfully defended his WBO Super Middleweight title against Argentinian Marcelo Esteban Coceres last November in Los Angeles, has once again found himself in a self-made controversy. Saunders, who previously released a video of himself taunting and convincing a drug addict to punch passers-by from his Rolls Royce in 2018, posted this latest problematic video on twitter.

Dressed in sweats and standing beside a heavy bag, Saunders addresses the rising tensions of households across the world. He then suggested that if “your old woman is giving you a little bit of mouth” or if “she’s coming at you, spitting a bit of venom in your face” to “hit her on the chin.