RE Burns vs Broner, this man speaks for me

see, that may seem like a "gotcha" funny thing to say, but let's just listen to Jim Watt and Adam Smith commentating on Lacy vs Pemberton, forgetting how even the Japanese commentator screamed orgasmically at some of Lacys shots

seriously, just listen to how they talk about Lacy, then think about how funny it is now to compare him to Broner...you know, cus Lacy was so useless after all

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"I havn't seen any weaknesses in Lacy" from Jim Watt, a former professional champion, is one of my favourites. Hype is a powerful thing.

as for you Hickey, the fact that Broner can't move, is vulnerable to the jab, he seems dynamic but is actually very predictable... all of these things which are vulnerable to Rickys style of boxing, well that would be my argument.

Burns doesn't have to be Joe Calzaghe to beat this man

thats the funniest notion of all

 

Lacy TOO GOOD! TOO STRONG! TOO MUCH!

-Adam Smith

Jeff Lacy is a monster

-Al Bernstein

This man really is impressive

-Jim Watt

 

"Seeing this fight tonight, I'm wondering if Joe Calzaghe would want it"- Jim Watt

oh yes, this is how highly thought of one Jeff Lacy was at the time

remind you of anyone?

(smallprint being : despite showing obvious flaws that can be exploited by a smart boxer who can fight to gameplan)

 

"He's now on the fringe of many top critics pound for pound lists"


the similiarities are uncanny

 

Did he ****, so Joe took the fight because his Daddy said so? or because he was a smart man who knew this fight was winnible, and would make him a fortune beating the American darling oh looks so good, yet is so beatable?

"Besides, Ricky will get hammered if he faces Broner. Broner is streets ahead of Mitchell and Moses"

Well Lacy was streets ahead of Joes last opponent before he fought him, but the better man won.

And hey, I won't be crying in my cornflakes if Burns loses, I just think the boy deserves the chance to have this fight, win lose or draw, he deserves it even more than Calzaghe did, and in my humble opinion, he can win.

And I would like to touch on this point, some people have been saying, and I agree, that there are two arguments here, there is the ducking argument, and the "how good is Broner" argument, should Burns never fight Broner, then I agree it's his own fault in a sense because he should have demanded the fight.

Call that a duck or not, is a seperate argument to the fact that BRONER IS BEATABLE, just like Jef Lacy, Broner is beatable and he will be beaten and exposed (actually, he already has been..) it's just a damn shame if Ricky let's someone else do it if he gave up the chance.

 

Lacy at his best was a better boxer than Broner, regardless of his much better amateur career*, Lacy was a small compact guy who had to beat bigger guys,Broner is a guy who couldn't handle a featherweight slugger, Broner is like a tank, he strumbles along steadily, consistently, then throws out something spectacular every once in a while, Ricky Burns is a guy who is steady as she goes, keeps going, keeps going, keeps going, gets over powered? no problem, overstrengthed, no problem, keeps going, keeps going, pumping out the punches with great timing and technique.

There is a difference between "finesse" and technique, Broner has the former in abundance, the latter, he is lacking. Vice versa for Burns

* speaking of Lacy

 

I'd say he's slightly...and I mean SLIGHTLY better than Kirkland..I'd say he's an Andre Berto type, the athleticism covers the extreme technical flaws

 

Yeah but Burns has come on more since then, remember the Johanneson fight was quite a while back, and CJ was a powerhouse whereas De Leon was tiny, Burns took some big bodyshots from Carl, but he got back up on his feet and finished the fight.

It was also well known that Ricky wasn't a hundred percent for that fight, but I'll leave it there cus I don't wanna seem like I'm making excuses, Carl would have beaten Burns that night every which way or where.

But look at the interview of Jamie Moore and Billy Nelson, and Billy admits Ricky fought like an idiot back then.( yes, I'm plugging Billy Nelson) this is not the same Ricky