WBO World middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunder and challenger David Lemieux stepped on the scales yesterday as both fighters weighed in at 160 pounds.
But fans and media present got to witness a bit of madness when the two fighters weighed in.
First it was Lemieux who had to strip naked in order to make the weight. Saunders’ trainer Dominic Ingle was suspicious that the Canadian had jumped off the scale too early and demanded a re-weigh in for Lemieux.
As promoter Frank Warren over watched the second weigh in, an agitated Lemieux put up his two middlefingers and flipped Saunders off.
Saunders then ‘made things fair’ and stripped naked himself.
You can't try cheat on scales ๐๐๐
— billyjoesaunders (@bjsaunders_) December 15, 2017
The champion then called his challenger ‘weight-drained p***y boy’.
Here’s a video of the weigh in.
๐จ๐ฆ Madness in Montreal! ๐จ๐ฆ
David Lemieux is forced to weigh in multiple times under the watchful eyes of Billy Joe Saunders and Dom Ingle ๐
It all goes down in the early hours of Sunday morning!
๐ฅ Saunders vs. Lemieux
๐ 2am
๐บ BT Sport 2 HD pic.twitter.com/hAUvCjt3hT— Boxing on BT Sport ๐ฅ (@BTSportBoxing) December 15, 2017
A confident Saunders also promised to donate his purse to charity if he loses and ‘vice versa’.
“@lemieuxboxing has no chance of winning, he will not make the distance. I’m willing to bet part of my purse to charity if I lose and the winner will choose which charity to give it to. I’m not here for the money, I’m here to make a statement.”
Saunders famously put Lemieux on the spot in front of a packed audience in Montreal.
.@bjsaunders_ says if @lemieuxboxing is so confident he will win on Saturday, Saunders will wager that the loser must donate $500,000 to a children's cancer charity of the winner's choice. #SaundersLemieuxpic.twitter.com/O5GtYnqbZV
— HBOboxing (@HBOboxing) December 14, 2017
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is also present in Montreal as he helps Saunders to get ready for his next challenger.
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