Saturday night at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) defends his world title against undefeated American Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s). It will be Burns' first fight back since suffering a broken jaw last September against Raymundo Beltran where Burns escaped with what many felt was a gift … [Read more...]
Ricky Burns Confident, ready for Terrance Crawford
WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) is ready for a "cracking and very hard fight" when he faces American Terrance Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s) Saturday night in Glasgow, Scotland. After suffering a broken jaw against Raymundo Beltran last September, the 30 year old feels his injury will have no effect on the bout. "My jaw's been holding up as well. I've taken a … [Read more...]
Beltran-Martinez slated for Pacquiao vs. Bradley II under card
After being the victim of what many are calling the worst robbery of 2013, former NABF lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran (28-6-1, 17 KO’s) will get his shot at the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title when he faces off against former WBO world super featherweight champion Roman Martinez (27-2-2, 16 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round contest on the under card of the rematch between … [Read more...]
Ricky Burns: “I know my jaw’s OK…”
Scottish lightweight Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) is all healed and ready to go. The WBO lightweight champion is set to meet mandatory challenger, Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s) on March 1st at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. This will be Burns' first fight back after a highly controversial draw against Raymundo Beltran at the same venue this past … [Read more...]
The Boxing Tribune Year-End Awards: 2013
There were a lot of bright, glowing moments in 2013 for long-suffering hardcore boxing fans. A return to stacked (or semi-stacked) undercards saw some solid PPV co-features as well as some genuinely entertaining triple and quadruple-headers on HBO/Showtime. The cold war between Top Rank-Golden Boy and HBO-Showtime, instead of "ruining" the sport, actually saw all parties … [Read more...]