Billy Joe Saunders has boxing licence suspended for crass viral video on ‘hitting women’
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dailystar.co.ukWorld champion Billy Joe Saunders has had his boxing license suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control pending a misconduct hearing.
WBO super-middleweight champion Saunders has been charged with misconduct over a viral video sent on WhatsApp and leaked online over the weekend in which he appeared to use a punchbag to advise men on how to hit women annoying them during the coronavirus lockdown.
The 30-year-old apologised for the video but has now been suspended until his hearing at a date yet to be decided. A statement from the British Boxing Board of Control read: "The British Boxing Board of Control having considered comments made by Billy Joe Saunders on social media have suspended his boxer's licence pending a hearing under the
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