Ricky Burns-Michele Di Rocco - Sat/Sky

[p4pking]

Agree, this is stupid. Tough guy with a tonne of heart, but he's way to old and small to do anything besides keep the crowd into it.

[Fenster]

Nurse isn;t even a puncher but he's bashing him up

[p4pking]

Whoever booed that stoppage should have a word with themselves.

[Fenster]

Crowd are either sickos or can't see what we saw. Old funker was getting battered

[p4pking]

That's exactly the kind of beatdown that starts to get you worried about a guy. Taking the same punches all night and getting more and more affected by them.

[superheavyrhun]

To me, Di Rocco looks a little pudgy around the middle, and a little reckless in terms of his approach. Burns might enjoy this kind of fight.

[superheavyrhun]

POW! Right in the little Michele makers.

[Master]

Ricky could pull this off!

[armin]

Lol at getting his third world title against this dude...I 've always liked burns but this is farcical

[superheavyrhun]

Lol at getting his third world title against this dude...I 've always liked burns but this is farcical

If you blur your eyes a little bit, particularly in the forum's default font, burns and bums look very very similar. Just saying...

[Master]

Burns has done it!!!!!

[superheavyrhun]

Fair play to him, Ricky dominated this guy, although in reality it did show up why Di Rocco has mainly competed at the lower levels, rather than moving up to the world stage. Burns deserves a round of applause, but no doubt in my mind that there will be plenty of guys lining up to take that belt off him.

[p4pking]

I think Burns vs the Postol-Crawford winner would be a really exciting unification fight These trinkets these days, the WBA have to be the worst. The Di Rocco guy was the number 1 ranked, apparently.

[GAME]

Good performance from Ricky. That's the best I've seen him box in years. Landing his shots, avoiding punches and using the ring well

3 weight world champ! in the history books now

He has brokers old belt and that's a fight that's been close to happening for years as they've moved up the weights together. Love to see burns maul adrien in Scotland.
Well done Ricky

[p4pking]

Broner would beat the shit out of Ricky Burns, and I dislike Broner as much as anyone. Burns has about as much claim to being a champion at 140 as Charles Martin did at HW.