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

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  1. Dicky Anderson

    Dicky Anderson Member Full Member

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    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
     
  2. alba

    alba Guess who? Full Member

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    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
     
  3. mckay_89

    mckay_89 Haw you! Full Member

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

    USA Rob Boxing Addict banned

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    Almost everybody who gave Burns stick for **** fights has given him props Dunky.
     
  5. Bill C84

    Bill C84 Boxing Junkie banned

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    :good