Burns vs Walsh Press Confrence

Not surprising really.

 

Liam looks nervous

 

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"When this fight was announced, the things I was reading online...they weren't good"

Burns is really starting to get pissed off, he seems angry, I don't think there's much chance of him taking anything less than a unification fight after this one.

 

Some Walsh quotes (from Boxing News last week):

"In an ideal world I would have liked to be 20-0, had a few 12 rounders under my belt but that's life"

"In all honesty it probably is too soon but I'll give it everything I've got, I can assure you of that. It's a win-win situation for me. I've got things that can cause him problems"

There you go. He knows he's in there to lose and nowhere near ready for this yet.

 

Ricky wants to break free and be big time, you can see it written all over his face. And by what Billy Nelson says on here, says to me, he is really trying hard to be that, but he is being held back by promotion and match making. Not only that, but Ricky apparently went over to Vegas to train at the Mayweather gym, and he did 10 rounds on a bag in a corner for all the time he was there......As if he was just another fighter that walked through the doors. Another nobody wannabee to them over there.

He is trying really hard to be noticed and is doing everything he needs to do in the ring, but somethings just not right, somethings just not working.

Ricky Burns desperately needs that Broner fight in the US next, he really does. Regardless of the result, he just needs a big fight and a big performance in the US to embed himself in the consciousness of the people that run boxing and fans all around the world.

His career will stagnate here.

 

It's sad that neither fighter obviously wants this fight at the moment, but like Walsh says its win-win for him, and as Jeff Thomas says, lose-lose for Burns, and Burns knows it

 

Love Burns and his attitude but by god this is an awful fight.

 

And this is supposed to be a warm up for the broner/demarco winner, bad planning by burns team if you ask me.

 

I can't blame Burns' attitude and response, this fight does him no favours. Nor does it really do Walsh any favours either. I cannot believe this fight is actually happening especially after that abysmal stint at SFW...

Someone like Ammeth Diaz would be a great opponent. Cheap, experienced, ranked and credible.

I hope someone ends up kidnapping Walsh for a couple of months.

:yep

 

its probably the same for most fighters who go into other gyms in another country bar your megastars

 

If it was a 10-rounder with no title on the line, this would be fine. I think this could in the end, be damaging for both fighters!

Does anyone else get the feeling he'd be put in with Vasquez before Broner? I think that would be a very winnable fight where he could probably make a bit of a statement as a co-feature, then the eventual big money showdown with Broner?