Vazquez targeting Broner after he beats Burns

By Boxing News - 01/14/2013 - Comments

vazquez435By Scott Gilfoid Sean Gibbons, of Zanfer Promotions, wants his fighter IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (33-3, 13 KO’s) wants to take on the best fighter in the lightweight division in WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) after Vazquez deals with WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) in their fight on March 16th at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, in London, United Kingdom.

Gibbons said to RingTV “This is going to be a beat down, and we’ll put the same on Ricky Burns…After we’re done with Ricky Burns in London, we’ve got no problem coming to Cincinnati to spank Broner in front of his fans and his family.”

Vazquez reportedly was already offered a huge $350,000 recently to fight Broner but he turned it down for some reason. It’s just as well that he did because Broner would have schooled him and knocked him out. I do think Vazquez is a tremendous talent and easily the #2 fighter in the lightweight division right now behind Broner, but he would be out of his element against Broner when and if that fight happens.

Vazquez’s awkward fighting style is all wrong for Burns. He doesn’t give you anything to hit because of his constant movement, his long arms and ability to avoid shots. Burns hasn’t fought anyone like that before. The guys that Burns has beaten either stands directly in front of him basically begging to be hit or they charge him like little bulls. It’s been perfect for the light hitting Burns up to this point.

What makes Vazquez so tough is that he punches while he’s going backwards, and he comes at you with such weird angles. Unless Burns chooses to get dirty by holding and hitting and throwing rabbit punches in clinches, he’s going to have serious problems in this fight. I hope Burns keeps it clean because I’d hate to see fouling by him and the referee possibly just standing there wide-eyed without making a move to clean up the fight.

I guess for Burns, Vazquez is considered the lesser of the two risks. After Burns chose not to fight Broner, it would have made Burns look terrible if he chose an obscure bottom feeder to milk his title with instead of someone good like Vazquez. This move may have been out of necessity.

Burns isn’t a pressure fighter, and he’s going to have to be one if he wants to have any chance of beating Vazquez. Even the best pressure fighters get dominated by Vazquez, so I don’t think a fighter like Burns is going to be able to do the job, I really don’t.



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