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- Updated: December 4, 2016
Billy Joe Saunders beat Artur Akavov by a unanimous decision in the first defence of his WBO middleweight world title.
The judges’ scorecards had it 116-113, 116-112, 115-113 in favour of Saunders, who was far from convincing against the Brooklyn-based Russian fighter.
Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) was making his first title defence against challenger Akavov (16-1, 7 KOs) at Paisley’s Lagoon Leisure Centre after a frustrating 11 months of …
