Gary O’Sullivan targets Billy Joe Saunders as world title dream lives on

Gary O’Sullivan is hoping to secure a rematch with old friend and foe Billy Joe Saunders, the WBO middleweight champion, after a shock victory in Canada put him right back in the world title frame.

O’Sullivan was hand-picked by the team of Antoine Douglas for the co-main event slot here in Montreal, Canada. They were hoping for an easy night’s work against ‘Spike’, who was only given four weeks’ notice for the bout.

The Mahon, Cork puncher, who believes he is destined to be world champion, jumped at the chance and upset the odds by stopping the American rising star in the seventh round at the Place Bell in the city’s Laval suburb.