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On Saturday night, the big focus was on the CenturyLink Center in America’s Omaha, Nebraska where over 11,000 fans witnessed the lightweight swan song of WBO champion Terence Crawford. Crawford, 25-0 (17), put on a clinic as the fast-handed local man handled the pressure of Mexican left-hook artist Raymundo Beltran, …
Read More »Ricky Burns: Modern Day Braveheart
Tonight, we get to see another test for WBO Lightweight Champion Ricky Burns. Ricky is a good fighter and a very proud, professional world champion, and it isn’t a test really, it’s a defence of his world championship belt, but it feels like another test. Whether that is because I …
Read More »Burns Counting On Baby Boom To Defeat Tough Mexican Beltran
Ricky Burns says fatherhood is going to make him even hungrier to stay a World champion, starting with a defence of his WBO Lightweight title against Raymundo Beltran tonight live on Sky Sports 2 HD from the SECC in Glasgow. The Coatbridge star became a father for the first time …
Read More »Ricky Burns Expects Another Tough Latin Test Tonight
Ricky Burns and Raymundo Beltran came face-to-face for the first time at a press conference today ahead of their WBO Lightweight title clash at the SECC in Glasgow on Saturday night (September 7), live on Sky Sports. Burns defends his title for the fourth time against the Mexican and hot …
Read More »Paul Appleby Makes Comeback As A Light Welter
Former British featherweight champion Paul Appleby will return to action on the undercard of Ricky Burns’ WBO lightweight title defence against Raymundo Beltran at the SECC in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports on September 7. Appleby, who became Scotland’s youngest ever British champion when he beat John Simpson in 2008, …
Read More »WBO Champ Ricky Burns Expecting New Delivery Soon
Ricky Burns says he is 100 per cent focused on his WBO lightweight title defence against Raymundo Beltran at the SECC in Glasgow on September 7, live on Sky Sports, despite playing the waiting game for the birth of his first child. The Coatbridge star defends his World title for …
Read More »Manny Pacquiao, Bob Arum Backing Beltran Over Burns
Manny Pacquiao and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum are backing Raymundo Beltran to blast his way to Ricky Burns’ WBO title at the SECC in Glasgow on September 7, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on Wealth TV in the US. Arum is confident his man will do …
Read More »Ricky Burns Ready To Shine Against Raymundo Beltran
Ricky Burns has warned Raymundo Beltran that he’s going to be at his very best when he defends his WBO lightweight title at the SECC in Glasgow on September 7, live on Sky Sports. Beltran is Burns’ fourth defence of his crown and after surviving a stern test against Jose …
Read More »ShoBox Weights And Quotes: Sharif Bogere vs. Raymundo Beltran
Up-and-coming and unbeaten lightweight prospect Sharif “The Lion” Bogere (19-0, 12 KOs) of Las Vegas, Nev., weighed in at 134 pounds and his opponent “Sugar” Raymundo Beltran (24-4, 16 KOs) of North Hollywood, Calif., at 135 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in from Buffalo Bill’s Star of the Desert Arena in …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: May 13 ShoBox Fight Card Announced
The May 13th edition of the hit Showtime series, ShoBox: The New Generation will feature some of boxing’s top unbeaten stars as they risk their “0’s” on a stacked card led by 19-0 Sharif “The Lion” Bogere, 21-0-1 Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell and 15-0 Gary Russell Jr. The action-packed “Night of …
Read More »Golden Boy Boxing: Lara vs. Correa July 9 In Denver
When one door closes, another opens, and after lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo was forced to withdraw from his bout against Raymundo Beltran due to viral infection, unbeaten Cuban standout Erislandy Lara eagerly agreed to step up to the plate at Denver’s indoor Softball Country Pavilion on Friday, July 9 to …
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