Billy Joe Saunders has rattled the boxing world and we love it
“Obviously, as you can see, I tagged Canelo and [promoter] Eddie Hearn in my last video. The ring is not a problem. Thumbs are up."
Saunders' insisted he would pull out of the fight if the 'unacceptable ring size' could not get resolved before fight night.
"For me, that's just unacceptable. I want a 24ft ring and they're saying it's not gonna happen."
"I've left it to my team and I'm sure they'll resolve it, otherwise there won't be any fight," Saunders continued.
"We all know his style of fighting, anybody who knows boxing knows how this fight - how I've got in my head of it playing out.
"If Saunders pulls out over the size of a legal ring he will be the laughingstock of boxing and probably get sued to the end of the earth and ruin his career," respected journalist Dan Rafael said.
To make his point, Saunders decided not to turn up at this week's press conference.
John Ryder - who could have fought Canelo if the judges had given him a fair whip against Callum Smith - was put on standby, according to Boxing News.
But any jeopardy was ended by a social media video post by Saunders.
"Obviously, as you can see, I tagged Canelo and [promoter] Eddie Hearn in my last video. The ring is not a problem. Thumbs are up."
The truth of the matter is, Saunders was never going to boycott the biggest fight of his career and he has simply used every trick in the book to try and unsettle boxing's biggest star.
His good friend and heavyweight champion Tyson Fury got his way in 2015 when he did a similar thing on the day of the fight against Wladimir Klitschko.