Burns-Cook. What the f**k did I just watch?

[Violent Demise]

Jump into the main fight thread & you'll see why all disgust should be with either Cook or the British Board of Control. Ricky Burns has nothing to be embarassed by.

He should be embarrassed he even agreed to the fight. Cook had done nothing to earn a title shot

[Dark Lord Al]

Please tell me why this match even happend ? Warren is a total disgrace for keeping his so called world title in house.
Cook seems to think that spending lots of time on a fucking sunbed makes you a better fighter , lets face it Burns doesnt have power , and if he did that with his first punch Cook should never have been anywere near a boxing ring.
I wouldnt even pay Cook for his effort , Cook and his team just shafted the paying public.

To sum up the only world title fight on the bill , wasnt even top of the bill , lol
speaks for its self really.

[Fenster]

Burns is a part-time fighter. He works everyday in a sports shop. He can't fill a phonebox even in his hometown.

I highly doubt he has much clout when it comes to choosing his opponents.

[boxingbantz]

I thought that a first, but now I feel sorry for Cook. That clearly wasn't part of the plan and he ha trained for it, I think it was just unfortunate that it happened mid fight, I bet his training went fine.

Since when is 6 seconds classed as mid fight?

[Pugilistic]

It was strange to watch.

Cook should of never been in the ring imo. His back just giving out like that makes me wonder how the hell he made it through training camp.

[captainanddew]

It was strange to watch.

Cook should of never been in the ring imo. His back just giving out like that makes me wonder how the hell he made it through training camp.

From the BBC's live blog
this post was made before the fight:
Cook has been suffering from a degenerative spinal condition that has forced him to rest when the pain flares up.
this post was made right at the conclusion of the fight:
2230: Oh, dear. Let's hope Cook is going to be OK. He has had problems with his back for a while now, but how on earth was he passed fit enough to fight. You cannot fault his bravery - he wanted to go on, but the pain is evident on his face.

None of us will ever know, but I would guess it has bothered him in training camp. The likelihood of it "flaring up" in that short a time into the fight isn't very high, unless it had been bothering him quite a bit during training camp.

Cook shouldn't have been chosen as an opponent in my opinion.

[Master]

There was some strange betting before the fight so this was an out for him not to fall in the 3rd round. Fake injury.