Burns-Beltran 99 percent done for February

[East Side Boxing]

Contender Raymundo Beltran (28-6-1, 17 KO’s) will be getting a second shot at WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) in February next year, as negotiations between the two fighters are reportedly close to being done, according to Burns’ manager Alex Morrison. The fight will take place in Glasgow, Scotland. Beltran wanted a rematch in another venue, but as the challenger he obviously didn’t have the kind of pull needed to dictate where the fight would take place. Beltran and Burns fought last September in Glasgow, Scotland it’s fairly unanimous among boxing fans that Beltran did more than enough to deserve the victory over Burns. Unfortunately, the three judges scored it a 12 round draw by the scores 115-112 for Burns, 114-114 and 115-113 for Beltran. I had Beltran winning 10 of the 12 rounds, and I was pretty surprised when I heard the scores announced. It was confusing how three judges could see the same fight that I did and score it the way they did. Burns suffered a broken jaw early in the fight and made it difficult for him to take head shots. Burns’ manager Alex Morrison said to the BBC Sport “Ricky feels it’s the […]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=xsb7PMrmkW0:fqrhahjdXwI:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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