Burns-Moses: Don’t be surprised if Paulus scores a knockout
February 15th, 2012
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his title on March 10th against #4 World Boxing Organization contender Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s) at the Braehead Arena, in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 33-year-old Moses by now knows that he pretty much may need a knockout to get a win over the 28-year-old Burns in order to have his hand raised at the end of the fight. But never fear; Moses has excellent power with either hand and has got one of the best left hooks in the entire lightweight division.
Burns hasn’t faced a guy like Moses since he took on a weight drained Roman Martinez in September 2009, except I’m talking about a prime version of Martinez. Moses has got that kind of power and skills, and we’re going to see Burns have to dig deep in this fight if he wants to escape with a win. Moses has too much power, too much skills and too much desire to lay down and let Burns get an easy win on March 10th.
Moses is going to take the fight to Burns and make him feel his power early with his left hook, powerful jab and huge straight right hand. Burns has been spoon fed since the Martinez fight with the exception of his recent questionable win over Michael Katsidis last November.
God, Burns looked terrible in that fight is incredibly lucky that the fight took place in the UK rather than the U.S or Australia, because I think Burns would have lost the fight had it taken place outside of the UK. Katsidis was really putting hands on Burns all night long and ended up working him badly. Moses can’t let Burns take it easy in this fight, because he’ll do just enough to win a decision and no more. He won’t take any chances with Moses’s power, and it’s going to be difficult as heck to try and get a decision in Scotland. That’s why Moses has to go for broke and put a real beat down on Burns to leave no doubt in the minds of any people there who the better fighter is.
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i cannot believe the terrible quality of this article.
writer clearly never bothered to watch the Katsidis fight
You clearly did not see the Michael Katsidis fight or simply you do not have a clue.
Katsidis didn’t even question the decision.
Typical clueless yank. Stick to commenting on rounders in future
SCOTT UR A BAW BAG
You are f…… Stupid burns has proved him self time and time again he gave both his last apponants
A boxing lesson as a complete underdog… His defence is great so cant see anyway he will be ko’d
Do do watch boxing or ballet?.
You have Not got a clue you idiot
QUESTIONABLE WIN U ARE A RETARD
It’s obvious that you didn’t see that fight you just wrote about,burns performed excellent against katsidis.Maybe the katsidis of a few years ago would have beaten burns but not on that night.How could you write about a fight you didn’t see and expect to get away with it?sad
Excellent article
this boy talks sum pish
Scott, why badmouth one of the politest boxers ever, all the time, I bet Ricky would say ur ok and all that but u, u are a brittish person that hates ur own. Evil
you are truly a childdish pathetic indivdual scott
it’s not our fault your mum was spit roasted by two brits so stop taking it out on our boxers
There was nothing drained about roman Martinez the night he fought burns his work rate was fantastic he knocked burns down early and wobbled burns on a few occasions In that fight but was largely out boxed by burns for most of the fight and even looked in trouble of being knocked down himself at one point it was a great fight and burns had a fantastic fight which put him pretty much at the top of the super feather weights for me
Someone please tell me this isnt another one from scott. if burns was a non ranked US boxer, this post would of been so differnt. scott your an idiot, please please go play with some traffic on the M25 and we would see a KO that everyone wants
Shock horror another anti British post from a jealous yank
typaical anti brit views of a deluded yank!!