Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whawhai a Saunders mō te karapu Mekemeke Mekemeke o Cheshunt, i mātakihia e Charlie Bliss, ā, i te Karapu Mekemeke o Hoddesdon hoki. I wikitoria a Saunders i ana whawhai 49 amateur tuatahi i te taumata pakeke, tae atu ki te 2007 Commonwealth Championships me te 2008 Strandzha Cup, i te taha o Cuban Carlos Banteux. I te tau 2008 i tohu a Saunders mo nga Orimipia o Beijing i te wehenga welterweight i te 18 o ona tau. I te whakataetae ā-rohe o Ūropi i Pescara, Itari, i whiua e ia te toa o Ūropi
Ko Andrey Balanov me Kakhaber Zhvania, engari i ngaro i te haurua whakamutunga ki a Oleksandr Stretskyy i mua i te whiu i a Pavol Hlavačka mo te tuatoru o nga waahi nui.