By Chris Williams: Raymundo Beltran (34-7-1, 21 KOs) will be fighting #3 WBO Paulus Moses for the vacant WBO lightweight title on February 16 on ESPN at the Reno Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. This is a Top Rank card. The co-feature bout on the Beltran-Moses card is still yet to be decided.
(Notice the excellent form Ricky Burns is using in holding his opponent Paulus Moses to keep him from punching) By Scott Gilfoid: Nestor Tobias, the trainer for former WBA World lightweight champion Paulus Moses (28-2, 19 KO’s), believes his fighter had little chance to get a decision even going into Moses’ fight against WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (34-2, 9 KO’s), and Moses himself felt he needed a knockout to win the fight. Tobias was put off by all the holding and pushing that Burns was permitted to get away with in the fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: Okay, I sat through and watched the entire fight between WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns and 33-year-old challenger Paulus Moses last Saturday night and I have to admit that Burns looked pretty average and mediocre in beating a guy that was hardly throwing any punches. Burns got the win by a 12 round decision, but man did he basic as heck. Overall, it was an incredibly boring fight to watch. Someone said Burns is a superstar in the making. I almost choked when I heard that one.
By Sean McDaniel: Making his first defense of his WBO lightweight title champion Ricky Burns (34-2, 9 KO’s) easily beat #4 WBO ranked contender former WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses (28-2, 19 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Braehead Arena, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. The final judges’ scores were 119-110, 120-110 and 117-111.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) has finally met his match in former WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s), who will be taking on the 28-year-old Burns tonight at the Braehead Arnea in Glasgow, Scotland.
By Scott Gilfoid: Newly crowned WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) made weight on Friday for his fight against former WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KOs) at the Braehead Arena, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Burns, 28, weighed in at 134, whereas Moses came in at 133. This is going to be one of the few fights where the 5’10” Burns doesn’t really have a size advantage, because he’s normally at least three to five inches taller than his opposition.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) supposedly is ready for his fight on Saturday night against former WBA lightweight champion Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s) at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Here’s the thing: Burns says he’s never even seen any view of Moses’ previous fights. Isn’t that amazing? How can you say you’re ready to fight the guy if you’ve never seen him fight before?
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) will be facing pure pain in the form of Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s) this Saturday night in the 28-year-old Burns’ first and possibly his only title defense of his World Boxing Organization title. It’s too bad that he had to face the dangerous Moses in his first defense, because Burns might have been able to pull a milk job if he could have faced a weaker opponent.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) has a lot riding on his fight next Saturday night against #4 WBO ranked contender Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s) at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Not only does the 28-year-old Burns have his World Boxing Organization on the line, but he also has a potentially good paying future bout against Kevin Mitchell (33-1, 24 KO’s) at stake.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) hasn’t had to deal with much adversity in quite a long time due to the careful matchmaking that’s been done for him. He had an easy time at super featherweight as the WBO champion, and moved up in weight after only three title defenses against less than strong opposition. He recently was given the WBO lightweight title by the World Boxing Organization without having to win it in the ring. He’ll be making his first defense of the title on March 10th against Paulus Moses (28-1, 19 KO’s) at the Wembley Arena in Wembley, London, UK.