Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whawhai a Saunders mo te karapu Mekemeke Mekemeke Cheshunt, na Charlie Bliss i tirotiro, ana i te Hoddesdon Amateur Boxing Club. 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 hinga ia
Ko te toa o Europi a Andrey Balanov me Kakhaber Zhvania, engari i hinga i te haurua whakamutunga ki a Oleksandr Stretskyy i mua i te patu i a Pavol Hlavačka mo te tuatoru o nga waahi nui.