Ricky Burns’ announcement this week that he would be vacating his WBO super featherweight title in favour of a move up a division to face dangerous Australian Michael Katsidis at lightweight has slipped under the radar of the sporting press. For Burns the move comes after a year as WBO champion, however after three unremarkable [...]

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Two years ago this weekend, Floyd Mayweather Jr destroyed Juan Manuel Marquez over 12 rounds in Vegas as momentum for a mega showdown between the American Mayweather and Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao reached tipping point. Since then, however, any such battle has appeared a million miles away as each party has made claim and counter [...]

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  Even before Amir Khan’s WBA title fight earlier this year with Paul McCloskey fell into disarray as a result of the dispute between the world champion’s camp and Sky television over the pay per view status of the fight, there was already a sense that the Bolton born pugilist was entering into the ring [...]

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