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Frank Warren Says: About Ricky Burns
February 12th, 2011 | 
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Ricky Burns has received a boost in his quest for a unification fight later this year.
IBF champion and new world number one Mzonke Fana seems keen on the idea.
The 37-year-old South African’s management team have indicated they would be open to offers.
Fana has a 30-4-1 (12) record, and although those stats are impressive, he looks beatable.
Burns is in action again on March 12 at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, when he defends his WBO super-featherweight title against another African, Joseph Laryea.
He made no secret of his desire to challenge Fana – or another of the super-featherweight champions – earlier this year.
There is also a belief that the presence of Burns could get in a lot of fans baying for him. The reason behind this is that Burns has had a more stable record in recent times than some of the otherboxers that his country has produced – making it an interesting battle.
On the other hand, Laryea hasn’t had the best of times with winning against the top boxers. He beat Paul Appleby in an encounter earlier to gain the right to fight Burns and despite being the underdog, he will look to guts it out in the ring.
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Former world title challenger Dmitriy Salita (31-1-1, 16 KOs) defeated Franklin Gonzalez (13-6, 9 KOs) by unanimous decision on Wednesday night at the Oceana Hall in Brooklyn, New York. Salita showed no effects from his loss to Amir Khan in December. After a slow start he took control and won 78-74 on all cards.
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Mzonke Fana (30-4, 12 KOs) won the vacant IBF junior lightweight title in a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over Cassius Baloyi (37-5-1, 19 KOs) on Wednesday night at Carnival City in Brakpan, South Africa. Scores were 119-109, 118-110 and 119-110.
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Wladimir Klitschko Vs Samuel Peter — IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs) today spoke about his upcoming September 11 mandatory defense against former heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KOs). This is a rematch of their first fight which took place 5 years in what was one of the most exciting heavyweight fights in recent memory. Wladimir called Peter “The most competitive fighter I’ve ever faced” and vowed to “defend my title in the most impressive way possible….I see myself knocking out Samuel Peter, right hand, left hook, whatever.”
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Jean Pascal Vs Bernard Hopkins — 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) have agreed to terms for a December 18th bout in Quebec, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN. Hopkins, who has looked fairly pedestrian in his last two fights, says he expects to have the contract signed by this Friday.
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Super-middleweight Enrique Ornelas is training in Montreal, in preparation for his first world title shot as he faces WBO champion Robert Stieglitz set for October 15.
The Russian born champion Stieglitz was stopped by Ornelas brother, Librado Andrade in 2008 and will be making the third defense of the WBO crown he won one year ago in August. Ornelas is ranked in the number ten spot of the WBO rankings and is best known for fighting Bernard Hopkins last December, losing a twelve round decision.
The German middleweight WBA Super World Champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, KOs 14) and the challenger Giovanni Lorenzo (29-2-0, KOs 21) from Dominican Republic had a public workout. A lot of fans watched the boxers in the shopping mall “Köln Arcaden”. Lorenzo made time for the fans and signed many autographs and gave many photos away.
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Juan Manuel Marquez Vs Michael Katsidis — Golden Boy Promotions Ceo Richard Schaefer is saying that WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) has accepted terms to fight WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) on November 27th, in a fight that will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Marquez is coming off of an impressive 12 round unanimous decision against Juan Diaz on July 31st. It was the second time that Marquez had beaten Diaz. This time, however, Diaz was less aggressive and looked to be pacing himself so that he wouldn’t get knocked out again.
Katsidis looked sensational in taking out Britain’s Kevin Mitchell in a 3rd round stoppage in May. Katsidis came into Upton Park facing an unfriendly large pro-Mitchell audience.
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Darren Barker Out — The clash between British and European middleweight champion Darren Barker and challenger Matthew Macklin is off after Barker suffered a hip injury in training.
Barker was set to fight Matthew Macklin at Birmingham’s LG Arena on 18 September on Sky Box Office. It is a sickening blow for Macklin who hasn’t fought since late 2009
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Mike Tyson’s Opinion On Heavyweight Division — The former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson, has called for a heavyweight showdown between WBA champion David Haye and the Klitschko brothers. Tyson is convinced that Haye has the necessary abilities to challenge and win the heavyweight title, but he won’t be getting there unless he fights Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.
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WBA world heavyweight champion, David Haye says the reasons why the talks broke down between him and the Klitschko brothers are financial – ”I wanted equal division of royalties, 50% of all income, including profits from ticket sales, but, they refused, because of their contract with the German television station RTL – Unlike me, they want a larger share of income. They do not want to share, that is unacceptable” – says Haye to Boxingscene.com. – “Then I suggested an alternative. They get all the profits from German television, and I from the UK station, again the answer was negative. “ Haye’s feels that the brothers are not acting correctly and vows not to cave in under the pressure of negotiations.
