Burns-Beltran

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2, 11 KO’s) survived a scare last May in stopping the taller, faster, stronger and more athletic Jose Gonzalez in the 9th round after the Puerto Rican ran out of gas and suffered a hand injury. Burns now plans on focusing more on his boxing skills for his next title defense against Raymundo Beltran (28-6, 17 KO’s) on September 7th at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Burns said to Sky Sports “I’ll get involved in a brawl in this fight if and when I need to but I’m going to rely on my boxing a bit more. Preparation has been going great and I can’t wait to get in there. We’re expecting a tough fight…I’m first to say I wasn’t myself that night [against Jose Gonzalez] and I’ll show what I’m capable in my next fight.”

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2, 11 KO’s) says he’s going to fix the mistakes he made in his last fight against Jose Gonzalez and fight at a higher level for his next title defense against Raymundo Beltran (28-6, 17 KO’s) in their fight on September 7th at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Burns was taking a beating and getting royally schooled by Gonzalez until the Puerto Rican fighter injured his wrist in the 8th round after having staggered Burns. The fight was halted after the 9th round due to Gonzales’ wrist causing him too many problems to continue fighting.

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns’ September 7th fight with #8 WBO, Raymundo Beltran (28-6, 17 KO’s) is now official and will be taking place at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. This is supposed to be very winnable fight for Burns, but after seeing him struggle to beat Jose Gonzalez last May, I’m not so certain.

If Burns does win, there’s a possibility that he could face unbeaten American talent Terrence Crawford (21-0, 16 KO’s) next year in a fight that would be televised on HBO. Burns’ promoter Eddie Hearn is having discussions about a Burns-Crawford fight next year, and it obviously would be a nice money fight for both guys.

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By Stevie Ocallaghan: According to Scottish Television (STV) WBO Lightweight champ Ricky Burns is to defend his belt against Mexican Raymundo Beltran on September 7th at the SECC in Glasgow.

Beltran 28-6 with 17 KOs has been fighting at a decent level having lost a tight decision against the tough Ugandan Sharif Bogere, then winning a close matchup against Hank Lundy.

Beltran also out pointed the tough Ji-Hoon Kim who himself fought against Miguel Vasquez for the vacant IBF belt back in 2010. Beltran is the long term sparring partner of Manny Paquiao at Freddie Roach’s gym.

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By Scott Gilfoid: After a close call against Jose Gonzalez last May in a fight that he would have lost had Gonzalez not suffered an injury and gassed out, WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2, 11 KO’s) will be taking things back into the safe mode with a fight against #8 Raymundo Beltran (28-6, 17 KO’s) on September 7th in Glasgow, Scotland, according to STV.

There were much better options than the 31-year-old Beltran to fight, such as #1 WBO Sergio Thompson, #2 Omar Figueroa or #5 Terrence Crawford, but those guys would have an excellent chance of beating Burns, so I’m kind of not surprised that he’s being matched up against Beltran.

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