Burns-Beltran

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) is really disappointed that the World Boxing Organization won’t let him fight a rematch against Raymundo Beltran (28-6-1, 17 KO’s) straightaway in his next fight rather than having to fight #1 WBO Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s) first, as Burns feels that he has unfinished business with Beltran that he’d like to take care of first before he moves on to a title defense against his mandatory challenger Crawford. Unfortunately for Burns, the WBO ordered that he fight Crawford next so there’s no getting around it and all the wishful thinking that he has is a waste of time.

Burns said to Sky Sports “If he [Beltran] couldn’t get the job finished with a guy with a broken jaw, what would a rematch be like?

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By Scott Gilfoid: #3 WBO, Raymundo Beltran (28-6-1, 17 KO’s) says he knows exactly what to expect from WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) in their rematch this March in Glasgow, Scotland, if the fight gets made. Beltran figures that Burns will use the same fight strategy that he used last time with Burns running and clinching constantly without receiving warnings or point deductions from the referee for the excessive holing.

Beltran totally dominated Burns in their fight last September in Scotland, but the judges scored it a 12 round draw by the following scores: 115-112 for Burns, 114-114, and 115-113 for Beltran. Two of those scores were as bad as the one judge that scored the Floyd Maywather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez a draw. There was nothing close at all about the Beltran-Burns fight.

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By Robbie Bannatyne: When the fight between Ricky Burns vs. Raymundo Beltran commenced last Saturday at the SECC, Glasgow, Scotland I was intrigued to see the 1st statement of intent from the 32-year-old Mexican challenger Beltran, a long time sparring partner of the great Manny Pacquiao. Having admittedly not seen much of Beltran in action, I initially thought his ultra composed approach was simply his favored fighting style. But, then, as the rounds wore on, on it occurred to me that something seemed to be having an indelible influence on Beltran’s approach.

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By Robbie Bannatyne: I recently submitted an article about how Ricky Burns must ‘Abandon a Rematch with Beltran’ on the premise that Beltran, although thoroughly deserving of a rematch, was just too dangerous an opponent for Burns to once again risk his title against, especially after suffering a broken jaw in their 1^st clash.

This conviction attracted a lot of consternation in the comments from readers who vented their ‘rage’ and insisted that I was talking, as one reader put it, succinctly, ‘a lot bollocks!’

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By Robbie Bannatyne: Despite the rhetoric coming from Eddie Hearn, Matchroom supremo and promoter of Ricky Burns, that the World Champion ‘may never box again’ after suffering a broken jaw in his highly controversial draw over Mexican Raymundo Beltran, it now appears, at least according to the comments made to the BBC, by his manager Alex Morrison, that the Scot, told ESPN that he will “definitely fight again, one million per cent.”

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns is recovering from jaw surgery after having had his jaw broken by the hard hitting challenger Raymundo Beltran last Saturday night in Glasgow, Scotland. No one gave Beltran much of a shot to win the fight except for me. I knew he was going to whip Burns. Beltran ended up giving Burns a real beating and then getting jobbed by the judges with the fight being scored a 12 round draw.

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