ROSE: I’M LOOKING AFTER NO.1
SAUNDERS FACES RAP OVER VIDEO NASTY GOLF
SKY Sports Box Office will exclusively show Anthony Joshua v Alexander Povetkin on Saturday from 6pm. Available to buy now at www.sky.com/joshua. WBO MIDDLEWEIGHT champ Billy Joe Saunders will be clobbered by boxing’s authorities for taunting an apparent drug addict in a video. The British Boxing Board of Control have charged Saunders (left) with misconduct and ordered him to appear before them next week. The unbeaten Saunders, 29, who defends his WBO title next month against American Demetrius Andrade in Boston, is filmed from inside a Rolls-Royce asking a woman to perform a sex act and punch a random passer-by in return for £150 worth of crack cocaine.
The woman slaps a man and the video clip (right) ends with Saunders driving off laughing. In a statement yesterday, general secretary of the BBBoC Robert Smith said: “The British Boxing Board of Control are aware of a video featuring WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders and have called Mr Saunders to appear before the Stewards of the Board on a misconduct charge next week.” JUSTIN ROSE wants the target of being world No.1 on his back at the Ryder Cup next week. The Olympic champion (below) topped the rankings for the first time after finishing second at the BMW Championship in his last event. But Americans Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas can all overtake him at the Tour Championship in Atlanta this weekend. Rose said: “I think being No.1 in France is more of a target on your back, if anything, but I’d love that title. I accept it’s really tight up top. It could easily switch this week. “I want to enjoy playing my first event as world No. 1, but the challenge is to stay there doing the same stuff. “I’d love to end the year No.1.”