By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns really blew his big chance to land a unification fight against WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) when he had the opportunity to get that fight, because it’s now looking more and more like Broner will be facing WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) on June 22nd.
According to Fighthype, HBO wants the Broner vs. Malignaggi fight after having lost Floyd Mayweather Jr. to Showtime/CBS, and they need Broner at welterweight, not lightweight for him to get the big numbers that Mayweather was getting.