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Ugly Video Shows Billy Joe Saunders' Father Attacked By Security In Wild Brawl, Tyson Fury Tries To Break It Up

Ugly Video Shows Billy Joe Saunders' Father Attacked By Security In Wild Brawl, Tyson Fury Tries To Break It Up

Tom Saunders tried to attend to his son following his defeat to Canelo Alvarez.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Billy Joe Saunders' father was aggressively dealt with by security after he tried to make his way into the ring to check on his son following his crushing defeat to Canelo Alvarez.

Saunders was pulled out of his championship clash with Canelo after suffering a sickening eye injury in round eight.

Mark Tibbs deemed his fighter in no position continue, waving off the fight to the concern of Billy Joe's father, Tom.

Image: PA
Image: PA

Watching on from the first row along with the rest of team - including Tyson Fury, Tom attempted to break the barrier and attend to his son.

But he was stopped from entering the ring after security pushed him over, sparking a wild brawl.

Other members of Team Saunders raced to the incident in ugly scenes, with WBC world heavyweight champion Fury trying his best to defuse the situation without getting involved in the actual melee.

Promoter Eddie Hearn said Saunders stayed in Dallas to undergo surgery on his damaged eye.

Speaking after the super-middleweight unification bout, the Matchroom boss explained: "You could see as soon as he [Canelo] hit him [Saunders] that he'd done his eye socket.

"I think because he couldn't see, the next round was going to be a bad situation. I think he would have got badly hurt in that round.

"He's gone to hospital and I believe he'll have that operated on immediately.

"So, he's going to be out for a long, long time."

Hearn added: "But he's a world class fighter who lost to the pound-for-pound number one. He's a two-weight world champion.

"If he wants to carry on there's some big fights out there for him. He may feel he has got to a stage where he's been there, he's done it, he's seen it all.

"We'll back him 100 per cent."

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Topics: Tyson Fury, Boxing News, Boxing, Fight News, Canelo Alvarez

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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