Ring Ratings Update: Jean enters junior welterweight rankings
There was not much action this past week but we do have some movement to report in THE RING’s division ratings, including slight changes to the 140- and 118-pound rankings.
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Dougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans give their two cents on the Lucas Matthysse-Lamont Peterson fight, Ricky Burns’ unexpected struggle with Jose Gonzalez, Carl Froch and Miguel Cotto’s legacies, and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!
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From The Telegraph: Burns still on unification course vs. Vazquez
WBO lightweight titleholder Ricky Burns will head into a unification contest later this year against IBF beltholder Miguel Vazquez in spite of a title harrowing defense in which he escaped with victory against mandatory challenger Jose Gonzalez in Glasgow.
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Q&A: Burns trainer, Billy Nelson, on Gonzalez and more
Billy Nelson, the trainer of WBO lightweight beltholder Ricky Burns talks about Burns’ Saturday title defense against Jose Gonzalez, plus future fights with fellow titleholders Miguel Vazquez and Adrien Broner, which Nelson says could happen at 140 pounds.
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Burns to defend against Gonzalez on May 11
Scottish WBO beltholder Ricky Burns will be after his 21st consecutive victory against Jose Gonzalez on May 11.
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Burns’ camp fuming over Vazquez delay
Ricky Burns’ manager Alex Morrison has called the treatment of Scottish WBO lightweight holder “disrespectful” following the postponement of his unification bout against Mexican IBF counterpart Miguel Vazquez.
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Lem’s latest: Broner mum on rivals; Bradley to have say
Golden Boy Promotions has big plans for Adrien Broner’s next fight, which could be a 135-pound unificiation bout with Ricky Burns or a jump to welterweight to face Paulie Malignaggi, but the unbeaten WBC lightweight beltholder won’t discuss his potential opponents.
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Burns-Vazquez moves to April 20
Due to a viral infection, IBF lightweight titleholder Miguel Vazquez’s March 16 clash with WBO counterpart Ricky Burns will be postponed to April 20.
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Broner-Malignaggi possible for June?
WBA welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi calls WBC lightweight beltholder Adrien Broner “a very winnable fight for me.” Malignaggi says Golden Boy Promotions has proposed the matchup.
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Bogere looks to become the latest African world titleholder on Saturday
Sharif Bogere hopes to follow in the footsteps of other African boxers who have won major titles in recent decades, such as Ike Quartey and fellow Ugandan Kassim Ouma, when he challenges Richard Abril for the WBA lightweight belt on Saturday.
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