Kevin mitchell is better than burns

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  1. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Far more talented than ricky burns, burns has no power no speed, doesnt use his range. kevin mitchell is a far crisper puncher, talented, with better boxing skills and far more compact defence. anyone seeing burns over each with his right hand looks like an amateur, and his shoddy jab looks sluggish and slow. :rofl
     
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    Check boxrec mate :lol:
     
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    That's why Burns knocked him out in 4.
     
  4. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    yeh as if i didnt know that, he was a drunk cocaine head with no ambition when burns beat him. but really mitchell would beat burns now at lw.
     
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    In terms of skills, and being nice on the eye with those skills, Kev is streets ahead of him.

    Ricky hasn't even got the basics down, IMO. Very stiff, poor movement, lack of head movement, zero pop, clumsy footwork, doesn't set up the shots well...

    Great engine and heart, but thats about it.
     
  6. billy nelson

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    you have just mentioned all the punches Ricky stopped Kevin with well spotted
    PS get down to opticians Monday your eyes are ****ed
     
  7. lepinthehood

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    already mentioned mitchell was a drugged up punch bag then, nowadays and before the drugs, mitchell was always the better fighter. remember mitchell could be in for a title shot very soon at lightweight then he would be taking over where burns left.
     
  8. billy nelson

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    Ricky beats Kevin 7 days a week and twice on a Sunday mate.
    More importantly Kevin knows it
     
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    At least Kevin is moving forwards, am afraid Ricky is moving backwards
     
  10. Strongback

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    Ricky is shot and has been for a while. It's not nice when it happens. Nobody escapes father time.
     
  11. Tancred

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    Mitchell better than burns :lol:
     
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    Not anymore he doesn't and if you were honest with yourself, you know that to be true too.

    I'd fancy Crolla to do Ricky now as well.
     
  13. THE PRINTER

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    Ha ha the reason burns beat mitchell cos kev was parting down brickyard a couple of weeks b4 the burns fight.......true story time
     
  14. rossco666

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    Mitchell took a dive [emoji6]
     
  15. dellboi94

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    Anyone who still thinks Ricky is the best LW in the UK needs to get their head examined, Campbell beats him now.