Reports: Burns-Martinez ON for April 24th in UK!

[johna_83]

From the Scene

"According to reports in Puerto Rico, undefeated Roman 'Rocky' Martinez (23-0, 14KO's) will once again travel to England. This time he will defend his WBO Super Featherweight Title against Ricky Burns (27-2, 7KO's)

Martinez travelled to England last year to knock out Nicky Cook to win the title. Burns, the Commonwealth (British Empire) super featherweight champion, has built a twelve fight win streak since losing a unanimous decision to Carl Johanneson in 2007."


April 24th is really starting to stack up. Froch-Kessler, Ward-Green, Angulo-Julio and Arreola-Adamek and now this hopefully

[Guy]

Fabulous, birthday fight weekend for me.:rasta

[NO MAS]

Gutted I can't make this fight...:-(

Good luck Ricky, stick to your boxing and fight plan and you will be victorious...:good

[ishy]

I don't trust the Puerto Rican press, they can chat a lot of shit.

But the 24th has also being mentioned by Burns' manager so it probably will be then :lol:

[robpalmer135]

heard its gonna be may on the undercard of mitchell vs katsids

[chrisfinch]

heard its gonna be may on the undercard of mitchell vs katsids

That would make much more sense. Whether it happens or not will be seen in time.

[HairyHighlander]

Ayes i was told early May, though i kinda wanted it up here as a headliner, not on the Kats undercard but it makes sense.



Hope it is this new date :D

Whats with them saying it will be in England though ? Slack journo ?

[chrisfinch]

Ayes i was told early May, though i kinda wanted it up here as a headliner, not on the Kats undercard but it makes sense.



Hope it is this new date :D

Whats with them saying it will be in England though ? Slack journo ?

Dunno, probably means the fight will be in England I suppose.:roll:

[HMSTempleGarden]

get the fight in Glasgow.

[HairyHighlander]

Dunno, probably means the fight will be in England I suppose.:roll:

If he is headlining then it wont be in England.

If its on the undercard of a bill with the likes of Kats/Mitchell...then fair enough.

What card/bill is on the 24th of April ?

Strangely, this was talked of last week then dismissed ( forgot reasons )

Strangely again, i got calls yesterday asking if am at the fight or where am watching it, yesterdays papers here had Burns Vs Sykes listed for last night, so i was told.

[HMSTempleGarden]

If he is headlining then it wont be in England.

If its on the undercard of a bill with the likes of Kats/Mitchell...then fair enough.

What card/bill is on the 24th of April ?

Strangely, this was talked of last week then dismissed ( forgot reasons )

Strangely again, i got calls yesterday asking if am at the fight or where am watching it, yesterdays papers here had Burns Vs Sykes listed for last night, so i was told.

there's a card on at the York Hall, nothing great either.

[HairyHighlander]

there's a card on at the York Hall, nothing great either.

Yeah is what am meaning, course theres bills on here but hardly nothing big considering.


:good

[rossybhoy]

get the fight in glasgow the kelvin hall no offense i will be cheering on kevin mitchell but different ball game cheering on our own ricky burns

[alba]

i hope it is on in glasgow ,but if its on the mitchell/katsidas card i wouldent mind a trip .granted london isisn my fav place but i wouldent mind seeing the o2 ,better off if it was in manchester.the real capital of boxing in england .

[thewinfella]

heard its gonna be may on the undercard of mitchell vs katsids

Makes sense

[MIK1000]

by England they better mean fucking Glasgow.

[HairyHighlander]

Thats what i should of just said :lol:

Offtopic, thaa link ya sent needed me to be a member, should go do this now.

[Beeston Brawler]

I'm not sure going into a title fight coming off a ten month layoff is the best thing.... especially given that his last performance was hardly indicative of a fighter that is ready to challenge for a world title - even if it's the WBO and the titlist is pretty weak.

He ought to have had a nice ten rounder around the turn of the year leading up to it IMO.

[alba]

i think it means scotland,i wouldent expect puerto rican's to know the diffrence between england and scotland tbh .

[royalt0208]

I hope it is in Scotland on that date. FW doesn't put to many shows on nowadays and he can't fit all his fighters on to one bill. I hope this is in Glasgow and we see John Simpson (he hasn't been out in a while) and two of the Olympians (Gavin and Saunders) on the card. He can then do an O2 card with Cleverly, Bomber (if he wins of course) and Degale.

[phonk]

Any further word on the location of the Burns fight???

[paddycfc]

a cant see it beein in glasgow the burns fight where is big enough for a world title fight bellahouston park is no where big enough and kelvin hall is also to small....i would love it to be in scotland with the olympicans cause a would be there

[leforge]

Where did Scott Harrison used to fight?

[alba]

a cant see it beein in glasgow the burns fight where is big enough for a world title fight bellahouston park is no where big enough and kelvin hall is also to small....i would love it to be in scotland with the olympicans cause a would be there

whe harrison used to defend his belt he would fight in forn t of 6000 or so at braehead arena ,so that would sufficient for burns tbh

[billy nelson]

Where did Scott Harrison used to fight?Breahead

[paddycfc]

where ever burns fights a think he will sell plenty of tickets whether its london or glasgow he is a class fighter and people want see class fights shame mitchell kept pullin out would of scene the true burns if that fight pulled off

[alba]

Breahead


Tell me Billy,what was the best night at the braehead?

[leforge]

I used to enjoy watching Scott fight. I hope Ricky fights in Scotland I think he get a good crowd.

[THE KNUCKLE]

Tell me Billy,what was the best night at the braehead?
WAYNE MCCULLOCH GOT IT HARD, AT THE BRAEHEAD WHEN THE REAL MCCOY WAS ON HIS A GAME,PITY,,THERE COULDVE BEEN A LOT BIGGER NIGHTS THERE FOR HARRISON,,:verysad:verysad:verysad:verysad:verysad .................HOPE RICKY BRINGS THE BUZZZ BACK:good

[Greg Houston]

The night Scott beat Chacon was amazing. Whilst it was great for the McCullough fight there was just something that little bit extra special for Chacon, I think because it was the night he won the world title.

[MIK1000]

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Did you forget the words Billy? :D

[brown bomber]

And the new...............

[paddycfc]

a remember flower of scotland gettin sung around the arena at edinburgh wen gomez beat arthur one of the best nights ever never forget it

[Dunky McCafferty]

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Did you forget the words Billy? :D


aah wee Davie Haggerty murdering flower of Scotland at the Braehead... those were good days man:yep

I always used to laugh at just how small he was when you seen him 'in the flesh' as it were:D

[billy nelson]

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Did you forget the words Billy? :Dbrilliant mate i look like a spitting image puppet there lol

[s23041983]

this will be a very close one! both fighters are solid but I can see ricky burns being slightly more active and taking a MD/SD

[s23041983]

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Did you forget the words Billy? :D
very proud people, the scottish ;)

[robpalmer135]

reckon this will end up on the Mitchell bill Mat 15

[leforge]

reckon this will end up on the Mitchell bill Mat 15


With Williams v Sexton too. I hope its a separate event Burns should fight in Scotland.