WBO middleweight Champion Billy Joe Saunders’ title defence against madatory challenger Avtandil Khurtsidze , scheduled to take place on July 8 at the Copper Box Arena in London, has been called off after the Georgian fighter was arrested.
Khurtsidze, who earned the world title shot when he won the interim WBO Middleweight title in April with a fifth round TKO victory over Britain’s Tommy Langford in Leicester, was arrested in New York after being linked to charges relating to a Russian…