Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Saunders ya yi yaƙi da kulob din Cheshunt Amateur Boxing, wanda Charlie Bliss ke kula da shi, kuma a Hoddesdon Amateur Boxing Club. Saunders ya lashe wasanninsa na farko na 49 a matakin manya, gami da Gasar Commonwealth ta 2007 da Kofin Strandzha na 2008, inda ya doke dan Cuba Carlos Banteux. A cikin 2008 Saunders ya cancanci shiga wasannin Olympics na Beijing a cikin rukunin welterweight yana da shekaru 18. A wasan neman shiga gasar zakarun Turai a Pescara, Italiya ya doke zakaran Turai
Andrey Balanov da Kakhaber Zhvania, amma sun yi rashin nasara a wasan kusa da karshe zuwa Oleksandr Stretskyy kafin su doke Pavol Hlavačka don matsayi na uku mai mahimmanci.