Burns seeks new opponent (again)

[Dunky McCafferty]

Originally Posted by MIK1000

Step in Eddie Hearn....

Im shocked at Ricksters rant to be honest, very unlike him to come out with statements like that, he sounds pissed off with 'ole uncle Frank reading between the lines!

& if a nice guy like Ricky Burns is pissed off, then you know something something is badly wrong behind the scenes

[JWP]

Originally Posted by Dunky McCafferty

Im shocked at Ricksters rant to be honest, very unlike him to come out with statements like that, he sounds pissed off with 'ole uncle Frank reading between the lines!

& if a nice guy like Ricky Burns is pissed off, then you know something something is badly wrong behind the scenes

i thought that and not not one kind word for the dead trainer either.

[Dennison]

He normally down plays anything so for him to actually go in to depth about the situation, I think it says something.

[Pecsaetan]

Originally Posted by HMSTempleGarden

Promoter Sammy Gello-ani has denied a BBC Sport report that claimed challenger Jose Ocampo has pulled out of his lightweight title bout against WBO champion Ricky Burns which is scheduled at the ExCel Arena in London.

Phil Goodland of the BBC had reported that it was not clear whether Burn’s title “will be on the line now that the challenger Jose Ocampo has pulled out.”

The fight was scheduled to be the third title defense of Burns against the 23 year old Ocampo who is ranked No. 14 in the world.

Ocampo was a late replacement for original challenger Liam Walsh who had to pull out after being injured in a car crash.

Although BBC Sports reported that it was not known why Ocampo pulled out Gello-ani told ***********.com/Manila Standard “they feel that Ocampo may be affected by the sudden death of his trainer. The cancellation is not confirmed. I contacted them asking for our tickets because Ocampo ready and rearing to fight for the title. He is in great shape.”

The 50 year old Danny Bactol collapsed and died of a heart attack while watching Ocampo train on the heavy bag after Bactol did the punch-mitts with him last Thursday.

Gello-ani told us that Ocampo “had vowed to do his best to win the title in a fight he would dedicate to his fallen trainer.”

Very curious. Bit of a low move if true. If the lad wants to fight then let him.

[HMSTempleGarden]

Originally Posted by Pecsaetan

Very curious. Bit of a low move if true. If the lad wants to fight then let him.

officially confirmed that he has withdrawn and that Ricky will fight on the bill.

[HeavyT]

Can't they get someone like Samuel Amoako?

[BlackBrenny]

wow ricky burns not a happy bunny!

[HeavyT]

Just saw that, Burns should start demanding good opponents next year. don;t think ****** would want to lose one of his world champs! (BN's biggest draw for Scotland)

[Robert]

dont know if relevent or not but burns vs tba bout is no longer shown on the schedule for boxnation

[craney91]

Said it months back, Ricky Burns doesnt need W-arren, and if he wants to get some rep in big fights, he'd be better of going elsewhere, he has been stagnating for a while.....this whole situation aint helping it. The top dogs at the weight arent looking twice at Ricky because of the fights he is being made to fight in. A neutral looking in would just assume Ricky is fighting domestic level.

W-arren has a few other fighters of importance, so Ricky doesnt get the attention he deserves. If I was Ricky I'd get myself over to Hennessey and on Channel 5. He has the right personality and likeability to be on terrestrial television. He can use it as a stop gap, and it would do him and his image the world of good IMO.

[airdrie diamond]

STV reporting on twitter Ricky is NOT fighting on Saturday now. Next fight will be January 26th. No mention of opponent.

[PityTheFool]

This could be a long term blessing for Ricky.
Hopefully The Tall Man will sniff around with an offer now,but I still think it would take something major for Alex Morrison to drop his pal as promoter.

[phonk]

Originally Posted by airdrie diamond

STV reporting on twitter Ricky is NOT fighting on Saturday now. Next fight will be January 26th. No mention of opponent.

Yup here's a linky to their website

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[Bill C84]

I really do feel sorry for Burns, you can tell he's frustrated and rightly so, now's the time to do something about it, the ball is in his court, if he continues this way and with certain management then he is his own worst enemy and deserves no sympathy.

There is a point when enough is enough.

[Dunky McCafferty]

Originally Posted by Bill C84

I really do feel sorry for Burns, you can tell he's frustrated and rightly so, now's the time to do something about it, the ball is in his court, if he continues this way and with certain management then he is his own worst enemy and deserves no sympathy.

There is a point when enough is enough.

Fair play Bill, I thought you would be gloating cos it looks like the Broner fight is farther away than ever after this Frank fiasco. Still maybe think its a bit early to totally turn on Frank though, sometimes promoters have a tough time with pull-outs. I havent read the Frank responce in another thread yet, but just thought I would put this in anyway.