Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Saunders lụrụ ọgụ maka Cheshunt Amateur Boxing club, nke Charlie Bliss na-elekọta, nakwa na Hoddesdon Amateur Boxing Club. Saunders meriri n'agha 49 mbụ ya na ọkwa ndị okenye, gụnyere 2007 Commonwealth Championship na 2008 Strandzha Cup, na-agafe Cuban Carlos Banteux. N'afọ 2008, Saunders tozuru oke maka asọmpi Olympic nke Beijing na ngalaba welterweight mgbe ọ dị afọ 18. N'asọmpi asọmpi mpaghara Europe na Pescara, Italy ọ meriri
Onye mmeri Europe Andrey Balanov na Kakhaber Zhvania, mana Oleksandr Stretskyy meriri ya na ọkara ikpeazu tupu o merie Pavol Hlavačka maka ebe nke atọ dị mkpa.