Ricky Burns facebook status saying "big fight will hopefully be announced soon"

[Dunky McCafferty]

Originally Posted by BlackBrenny

well it should have been that way except the RING is run by Goldenboy so they moved Broner up to number one ahead of Miguel and kept Demarco at number 3 however I heard in the general that the rules still make it so that this could be for the RING crown. Not sure if its true though

by all intents and purposes, this fight declares the top dog at the weight based on resume, quite obviously

From what I hear, same thing. Winner of Burns-Vasquez= Ring champ.

[Dunky McCafferty]

BTW, dont you all think its kind of funny that now Burns has landed a monster fight the unsilent majority have suddenly went a bit quiet on the subject of Burns?

Its good to see the haters being shut-up for a short while.

[Dicky Anderson]

Originally Posted by Bill C84

What's the status regarding the ring title? Surely the winner becomes world champion?

From ring magazine website:

There was a lengthy debate among the Panelist about whether to consider the proposed lightweight unification bout between WBO beltholder Ricky Burns and IBF titleholder Miguel Vazquez for THE RING’s vacant 135-pound championship.

Panelist Martin Mulcahey opined that both No. 2-rated Vazquez and No. 4-rated Burns were more accomplished at 135 pounds than THE RING’s No. 1-rated lightweight, Adrien Broner, who has only one significant 135-pound victory – his eighth-round TKO of the magazine’s previously top-rated lightweight Antonio DeMarco. (He then opined that if it was OK to skip over No. 2-rated featherweight Chris John to make this Saturday’s showdown between No. 1-rated Orlando Salido and No. 3-rated Mikey Garcia a RING championship bout, it shouldn’t be a problem to skip over Broner to make the March 16 Burns-Vazquez matchup for THE RING belt.)

Panelist Mike Coppinger pointed out that both Vazquez and Burns were offered fights with Broner and both turned the opportunity down. There was a lot of back-and-forth opinions about the legitimacy of those offers, whether Vazquez and Burns are in Broner’s class, and how styles play out in the ring, but the general consensus among the Panel was that the undefeated American needs to be in the matchup if THE RING’s lightweight title is to be on the line.

Most of the Panel agreed that the Burns-Vazquez winner should be considered the top lightweight – provided their bout comes to a decisive, non-controversial conclusion – and a bout between the winner and Broner will determine who the true/RING champ of the division is.

Total joke if you asked me. What evidence do they have that burns/Vasquez are 'not in the same league.' The fact that they've basically said that both have ducked broner shows how nonsensical an organisation they are

[alba]

Originally Posted by mckay_89

I fired up a status on Facebook last night asking who'd all be up for it and the replys were great, got 6 definites so far (plus me) and another 4 who want to wait and see how much tickets/travel/accomodation will be. I'm genuinely thinking of running a bus down to it and getting some cheap digs. Should be a great night.

mate keep me posted on that ,i would partake in that mate .could prob get a few folk to go down for it if your running a bus

[mckay_89]

Originally Posted by alba

mate keep me posted on that ,i would partake in that mate .could prob get a few folk to go down for it if your running a bus

Will do. I'm going to get on the case tonight to try and get definite numbers as far as people I know.

[USA Rob]

Originally Posted by Dunky McCafferty

BTW, dont you all think its kind of funny that now Burns has landed a monster fight the unsilent majority have suddenly went a bit quiet on the subject of Burns?

Its good to see the haters being shut-up for a short while.

Almost everybody who gave Burns stick for shit fights has given him props Dunky.

[Bill C84]

Originally Posted by BlackBrenny

well it should have been that way except the RING is run by Goldenboy so they moved Broner up to number one ahead of Miguel and kept Demarco at number 3 however I heard in the general that the rules still make it so that this could be for the RING crown. Not sure if its true though

by all intents and purposes, this fight declares the top dog at the weight based on resume, quite obviously

Originally Posted by weegriffin

Burns is rated 4 and Vasquez 2 which means the Ring belt won't be on the line.

Originally Posted by Dicky Anderson

From ring magazine website:

There was a lengthy debate among the Panelist about whether to consider the proposed lightweight unification bout between WBO beltholder Ricky Burns and IBF titleholder Miguel Vazquez for THE RING’s vacant 135-pound championship.

Panelist Martin Mulcahey opined that both No. 2-rated Vazquez and No. 4-rated Burns were more accomplished at 135 pounds than THE RING’s No. 1-rated lightweight, Adrien Broner, who has only one significant 135-pound victory – his eighth-round TKO of the magazine’s previously top-rated lightweight Antonio DeMarco. (He then opined that if it was OK to skip over No. 2-rated featherweight Chris John to make this Saturday’s showdown between No. 1-rated Orlando Salido and No. 3-rated Mikey Garcia a RING championship bout, it shouldn’t be a problem to skip over Broner to make the March 16 Burns-Vazquez matchup for THE RING belt.)

Panelist Mike Coppinger pointed out that both Vazquez and Burns were offered fights with Broner and both turned the opportunity down. There was a lot of back-and-forth opinions about the legitimacy of those offers, whether Vazquez and Burns are in Broner’s class, and how styles play out in the ring, but the general consensus among the Panel was that the undefeated American needs to be in the matchup if THE RING’s lightweight title is to be on the line.

Most of the Panel agreed that the Burns-Vazquez winner should be considered the top lightweight – provided their bout comes to a decisive, non-controversial conclusion – and a bout between the winner and Broner will determine who the true/RING champ of the division is.

Total joke if you asked me. What evidence do they have that burns/Vasquez are 'not in the same league.' The fact that they've basically said that both have ducked broner shows how nonsensical an organisation they are