By Carlos Boogs

As previously reported, Billy Joe Saunders' first title defense was cancelled due to a hand injury.

He was scheduled to face Ukraine's Max Bursak on April 30 at Copper Box Arena in London, England.

Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions revealed Saunders' injury on Wednesday morning and it appears the unbeaten champion is now looking ahead to other plans.

Saunders (23-0, 12KOs) vs. Bursak (32-4-1, 15KOs) appeared to be a final step before a potential unification with WBA/IBO/IBF champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin. Bursak and Golovkin are both promoted by K2 Promotions.

When BoxingScene.com spoke with Saunders earlier today, we asked him to explain the details of how he suffered his injury.

"I was at home wanking and ummm...a knock on the door scared me first of all...so I jumped up in the middle of wanking and hit me hand on the cupboard and it was killing me. It was killing me that bad I didn't know what to do. I was in the middle of it.," Saunders explained with a poker face to BoxingScene.com's Declan Taylor.

After raising some eyebrows with the explanation, he explained the actual events of what happened to his hand.

"I was sparring. Not a big injury, no surgery needed. Medical advice was not to punch for three weeks and my last four weeks was important for the fight," Saunders said.

He captured the WBO middleweight title last December with a decision victory over Andy Lee. Saunders is now plotting a major return in the summer, hopefully against Golovkin or someone else.