Ricky Burns

cheers for giving your opinion on the fight billy

pity the esb groovy gang come out in force to tell u whats what when they watched it on tv compared to being in the corner and training one of the fighters

every credit to ricky for getting the job done when he was in trouble

 

watching the fight again, it looked like to me that, gonzalez had had enough, i think he knew he had no more left, was a great fight, and i think Ricky would have finished him off in the next rounds. so credit where credit is due. the end result was a win for Burns no matter how many rounds he lost

 

Burns was getting out jabbed , which i assume you didnt expect. He was getting made to miss alot too.
The turning point for me was that upper cut. Gonzales's legs wern't the same after that .
Burns took everything he had and i think Gonzales new he couldnt stop Burns.
Really happy for Ricky, showed alot of heart and proved what good shape he's in.

 

Is Ricky back in the ring in September Billy?

How long will he take a break for post fight now? Noticed on twitter he was out on the swally last night anyway ............... WELL deserved IMO.

 

Yes Stevo, September.

 

Gonzalaz schooled him.

Too bad his inexperience/stupidity cost it for him.

 

Too bad Ricky came to fight as a true professional for 12 rounds rather than seven.

 

And? You're acting like that's the only thing that won it for him

 

Big deal Gonzalez was winning and had dominated, Ricky won the fight wether it was experience, soul destroying or a broken wrist this is all irrelevant. Ricky showed his resolve, may or may not of had some luck, and won like a true champion. He didnt look brilliant but not every champion does in every fight - Broner didnt vs PDL yet is still the dogs danglers on here.

 

To me that fight showed a lot of "ring rust" with timing and matching the distance which he couldn't close with Gonzalez's long reach and slickness which made Ricky look very amateurish for 7 rounds. Billy, you surely have to improve on head movement as there was none of it and would have closed the distance on Gonzalez?

 

Gonzalez just exposed Burn's limitations a little bit. No shame in that.

Burns has recently fought small statured static types that are not hard to hit, so he's able to unload his hooks. When he does that he's really impressive. The problem is that he's not the greatest when it comes to throwing single straight shots against a slippery opponent. He tends to put too much behind them and become telegraphed to an extent.

At real world level he'll have to turn fights into a war because it's only then that he can use his best attributes.

 

I was massively impressed with Jose, thought he wasn't just beating Ricky, but was in full control of him. He was on top when he chose to lead, was in full control when chose to counter, looked equally as comfortable and at judging distance as a southpaw as he was from orthodox. He was class, but he gassed, got hit big with an uppercut, and I think from that point had nothing to fight back with.
He knew there was a tough 9 mins ahead, and didn't want to know.
That unltimatey on this occasion separated the champion from the challenger. When the going was tough, Ricky kept trying, when it got really tough, Jose didn't.
Kudos to Ricky and Billy for their commitment and conditioning. Boxing ain't always about talent, it's about heart and desire under fire sometimes, and Ricky passed that test.

 

Oh, definitely. Ricky did his job. As a champion, he did what was required of him - stay in and give it his all. But I'm just saying his victory had much more to do with Gonzalez, than himself. That's all.