WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0 12 KOs) will make the first defense of his title after a long hiatus from the sport of boxing against Artur Akavov (16-1 7 KOs) on Frank Warren’s October 22 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff show. Akavov is on a winning streak and holds the European

Bay Area native Melissa McMorrow (10-5-3 1KO) will return to action on October 22nd in Mexico City, Mexico at the Arena Coliseo against Esmeralda Moreno (33-9-1 11KOs) in the women’s flyweight division. McMorrow, the WBO women’s flyweight champion, trains out of B St Boxing in San Mateo, CA with Eddie