To draw your attention this video of a champion boxer encouraging men to knock their female partners out during this lock in?

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link is here to view, warning, is disturbing

He has blocked me on twitter.

Billy Jo Saunders.

What a bloke

@n00bMaster69 yeah, I probably shouldn’t speak on behalf of him. I don’t even know what I was saying 🤦🏾‍♂️

It’s horrible. But by the time this matter is heard, I doubt much fighting will be going ahead anyway due to COVID.

It’s not a joke. People who say it is live badly; they assume a degree of violence in their lives. They should be pitied.

@ITasteSpring

Thank you for that.
I emailed them.

No wonder boxing has a "dregs of society" reputation....with many, many people not believing it is a sport.

There was absolutely nothing even vaguely humorous in what I watched..

Fair enough @Isoskdidin88282 . It’s rare for someone on MN to change their view, so I respect your response.

@Annamie Yeah yesterday I was up late and I didn’t actually know what he said. I’ve met him a few times and he’s a nice guy with a good heart but he’s done so many wrong things. A few days ago he was helping NHS workers and now he’s done this. I don’t know why he hasn’t learnt from past mistaiesb

Oh isn't he a delight. Clearly a complete Neanderthal dragging his knuckles along the floor. His Tweet was pathetic and unsurprisingly full of SPAG errors, I can imagine him practising it beforehand with his favourite wax crayon.

@Isosk yeah such a nice guy

@DrivingMsCrazy yeah, he’s said things that are not nice and unacceptable. Genuinely, knowing him, he has a good heart and cares for his family and the travelling community, but obviously no one can defend his actions

The pillow thing means either rape or murder, I'm not sure which he meant this time.

No he's not joking look at his face in the vid. Not a joke.

@Isoskdidin88282

Did you see the video where he asks a crack addict to perform a sex act for £150? And then gets her to punch a man for it? He and his friends then drive off laughing.

How can you say someone like that has a good heart? He was preying on the most vulnerable of our society.

There have been similar cases with other boxers and they haven’t been dealt with harshly

Which is exactly what worries some of us

Still, looking on the bright side at least it throws the board's ethos and what they support into sharper relief. I don't say this lightly and the fact I happen to loathe something is no reason in itself for it to be banned, but in this one case of violence masquerading as a sport I make an exception

His boxing licence has been suspended. Hope those offended are now happy.

I am, yes. Just like I would be happy if a dentist/doctor/massage therapist used their professional knowledge to teach others how to hurt someone was suspended.

@Annamie By the fact he cares for his family and the travelling community, but the way he’s been acting, I understand why everyone thinks he doesn’t, but those who know him know he does. Read Eddie Hearn’s statement - he said “Billy has a good heart and is a good kid”.

my partner thinks the sun shines out of his arse

Keep an eye on your partner.

He sounds so stupid that if he understands social distancing, he'd find it inconceivable that it should apply to him.

@Isosk

Forget what Eddie and the travelling BT community think, what do you think?

You’ve gone from saying he deserves every punishment he gets to saying he is a nice guy wiit a good heart.

What do you think about a man who taunts a female crack addict with sex in exchange for money?

What do you think about a man who gets his coach and colleague removed from a flight by lying and saying they have CV?

What do you think about a man who encourages men to hit their wives and partners?

Anyone who thinks it amusing to force an addict to perform a degrading act in return for drugs Does. Not. Have. A. Good. Heart.

HTH.

Some people I would just love to see in a ring with a real man like Anthony Joshua. He;d be wetting his pants within seconds. Pathetic excuse of a man

@Annamie When you put it like that, yeah I know what I should be thinking. It’s just when you’ve been following someone since the start of their career you want to defend them even though you know they’re in the wrong.

he's a disgusting human being

That’s horrible

He has a good heart

Why is this bollocks always said about the worst men? It's the go-to phrase for people who defend pond life.

By the fact he cares for his family and the travelling community

By buying things?

He's saying now that he's going to donate £25k to domestic violence charities.
Trying to buy his way out of trouble.

He is a disgrace to the Traveller and Romany community.