Mitchell/Burns, 14th July, Upton Park, London

[fightscorecollector]

has this fight been confirmed?

[Dan Dares]

Not as yet. I'm a bit gutted. I thought it might be the Upton Park thing.

Turns out all the fuss is about a fight between a bloke who's last two were absolute rubbish, and a bloke who's lost his last two, and was thoroughly outboxed by Tyson Fury.

Haye will be running around the ring taking pot shots at chisora all night. I doubt he'll knock him out, and I reckon it'll make Upton Park stink.

[Cyclops]

I thought the Haye-Chisora fight was mooted to sell tickets for Mitchell-Burns. I payed for those tickets under the impression we'd get both, as soon as I saw the press conference for Haye-Chisora. If the Michell-Burns fight isn't on the same bill, I'm going to be p*ssed off.

The non hardcore boxing fans I'm going with won't give a sh*t though. They don't even know who Mitchell and Burns are.

Goddamit I got mugged off AGAIN, it seems.

[Finn]

At the end of the day, its a very, very good fight. Much more visually pleasing than Haye v Chisora.

I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't announced today.

If it does get announced, I'm having a score on Mitchell to knock Burns out in the 8th. He hits very hard for a lightweight, and I think he dances better than Burns too.

he doesnt punch anywhere nears as hard as katsidis and he couldnt hurt burns.

Nonsense. He punches just as hard as Katsidis, and he's a lot more accurate.

He hasn't fought Burns. I'm not interested in any bullshit sparring you may or may not have seen, or what Burn's trainer says.

so far the 3 nutt huggers on this site have he hits harder than katsidis, he's more accurate than katsidis, he has a masterful boxing brain and a granite chin. Yet katsidis smashed him up in 3 rounds without even breaking a sweat.

[Cyclops]

he doesnt punch anywhere nears as hard as katsidis and he couldnt hurt burns.

Nonsense. He punches just as hard as Katsidis, and he's a lot more accurate.

He hasn't fought Burns. I'm not interested in any bullshit sparring you may or may not have seen, or what Burn's trainer says.

so far the 3 nutt huggers on this site have he hits harder than katsidis, he's more accurate than katsidis, he has a masterful boxing brain and a granite chin. Yet katsidis smashed him up in 3 rounds without even breaking a sweat.

I know I was there Still, would be a fun fight and PLEASE let it be on the card.

[Dan Dares]

he doesnt punch anywhere nears as hard as katsidis and he couldnt hurt burns.

Nonsense. He punches just as hard as Katsidis, and he's a lot more accurate.

He hasn't fought Burns. I'm not interested in any bullshit sparring you may or may not have seen, or what Burn's trainer says.

so far the 3 nutt huggers on this site have he hits harder than katsidis, he's more accurate than katsidis, he has a masterful boxing brain and a granite chin. Yet katsidis smashed him up in 3 rounds without even breaking a sweat.

I'm not a 'nuthugger'. It's just my opinion that Mitchell hits just as hard as Katsidis, and is a better boxer than Burns. Got nothing to do with 'nuthugging'. Mitchell's loss to Katsidis was down to Mitchell, not Katsidis.

If his promoter didn't believe that a focused, fit Mitchell would beat Katsidis, he wouldn't have made the fight. And he certainly wouldn't have made the fight with Burns had Katsidis not been further shopworn from severe beatings off JMM and Guerrero.

Burns has improved dramatically, which makes it a good fight. Full respect to him and his trainer for this, but fancying Mitchell to knock Burns out doesn't make me a 'nuthugger'.

[Finn]

Nonsense. He punches just as hard as Katsidis, and he's a lot more accurate.

He hasn't fought Burns. I'm not interested in any bullshit sparring you may or may not have seen, or what Burn's trainer says.

so far the 3 nutt huggers on this site have he hits harder than katsidis, he's more accurate than katsidis, he has a masterful boxing brain and a granite chin. Yet katsidis smashed him up in 3 rounds without even breaking a sweat.

I'm not a 'nuthugger'. It's just my opinion that Mitchell hits just as hard as Katsidis, and is a better boxer than Burns. Got nothing to do with 'nuthugging'. Mitchell's loss to Katsidis was down to Mitchell, not Katsidis.

If his promoter didn't believe that a focused, fit Mitchell would beat Katsidis, he wouldn't have made the fight. And he certainly wouldn't have made the fight with Burns had Katsidis not been further shopworn from severe beatings off JMM and Guerrero.

Burns has improved dramatically, which makes it a good fight. Full respect to him and his trainer for this, but fancying Mitchell to knock Burns out doesn't make me a 'nuthugger'.

Hattons camp believed Hatton could beat mayweather i didnt make it true. Kevin was completely out of his league thats the long and short of it if he fought katsidis again he would still lose.

[Des1]

Did you see Burns spar mitchell in the lead up to the Mitchell v Murray fight?
I can remember rumours around that time that burns had too much for mitchell in the sparring sessions which resulted in them being cut short. Possibly just rumours but at the time when i heard it i was tempted to whack a decent sum on murray to stop mitchell. Glad i didnt.

Thats because sparring for some fighters is rather different to when they actually box the 'event'

[Des1]

Billy Nelson: You really let yourself down by the way you post on here. Why are you so argumentative to the point of border line abusive and rude in replying to someones posts? Ricky Burns comes across as a nice bloke, is a class boxer and has big backing and am sure many wish him well but they way you come across can easily put people off and could actually get more satisfaction of seeing him lose so to bring you down a peg or two. You'd get a lot more respect as a Trainer/Coach if you didn't go on about what 'happened' in sparring sessions,(as we all know, a spar can be very different than the event) and also by discrediting Mitchell to the point of not giving him any respect is wrong...and not wise. What would happen if the 'unthinkable to you' happened and Mitchell won? Would you look back at these posts by yourself and cringe? Sometimes its better to be humble and go about your business. You show too much emotion...

Des 1 this is were you need to get your facts right mate,ive had reporters calling me after they sparred saying a member of Tean Mitchell said Kevin handled Ricky easily,well im sorry when your close to someone like me and Ricky are and know the hard hard work he puts in and people are talking shit then yes im going to defend him all the way,sorry for being loyal i know its not great in our sport

Not what I heard, to be honest it was common knowledge in Mitchell's camp that Burn's was brought in at the beginning of Mitchell's training so to get sharp as there is no denying that Burns is a good sharp boxer....But just different levels

[Des1]

Billy Nelson: You really let yourself down by the way you post on here. Why are you so argumentative to the point of border line abusive and rude in replying to someones posts? Ricky Burns comes across as a nice bloke, is a class boxer and has big backing and am sure many wish him well but they way you come across can easily put people off and could actually get more satisfaction of seeing him lose so to bring you down a peg or two. You'd get a lot more respect as a Trainer/Coach if you didn't go on about what 'happened' in sparring sessions,(as we all know, a spar can be very different than the event) and also by discrediting Mitchell to the point of not giving him any respect is wrong...and not wise. What would happen if the 'unthinkable to you' happened and Mitchell won? Would you look back at these posts by yourself and cringe? Sometimes its better to be humble and go about your business. You show too much emotion...

Des 1 this is were you need to get your facts right mate,ive had reporters calling me after they sparred saying a member of Tean Mitchell said Kevin handled Ricky easily,well im sorry when your close to someone like me and Ricky are and know the hard hard work he puts in and people are talking shit then yes im going to defend him all the way,sorry for being loyal i know its not great in our sport

I find that hard to believe as Jimmy and Mark Tibbs would never disclose information about what went on in sparring behind closed door's. Maybe what your talking about is what the 'reporter' saw for themself??

[Des1]

This fight hasnt even been mentioned to us for the 14th June doesnt matter anyway only one winner,i know ive the better man by some margin

Billy you must know deep down kevins gona beat your man, abit like cottos trainer, he never really believed it, the talks just talk and it sells fights

The thing is Jimmy Tibbs knows and Kevin knows whats going to happen and it wont go away!!!
It will be a good fight for as long as Kevin lasts,iwe dont need to sell this fight coz we dont need Kevin Mitchell pal, what bit of that cant you understand,Kevin hasnt achieved anything like what Ricky has and end off geezer

Kevin hasnt achieved anything like what Ricky has and end off geezer...Yes he has. He's been British and Commonwealth Champ, they've both acheived alot. Mitchell also he won the British Title stopping a man who defeated Burns very wide on points. You and others go on about the Katsides result to compare them so why not the Carl Johannson result?

[Des1]

No you never it was 1 year ago and look what happened and it will again

What happend when they sparred?

Its not that bigger secret that mitchell was out classed.

.....If happened to be true, and 'spars' tell the story of fights then alot of 'gym champions' would have been world champion......

[Des1]

Billy Nelson: You really let yourself down by the way you post on here. Why are you so argumentative to the point of border line abusive and rude in replying to someones posts? Ricky Burns comes across as a nice bloke, is a class boxer and has big backing and am sure many wish him well but they way you come across can easily put people off and could actually get more satisfaction of seeing him lose so to bring you down a peg or two. You'd get a lot more respect as a Trainer/Coach if you didn't go on about what 'happened' in sparring sessions,(as we all know, a spar can be very different than the event) and also by discrediting Mitchell to the point of not giving him any respect is wrong...and not wise. What would happen if the 'unthinkable to you' happened and Mitchell won? Would you look back at these posts by yourself and cringe? Sometimes its better to be humble and go about your business. You show too much emotion...

I agree with a lot of your points, but you should also be honest and transparent that you're affiliated in some way to Mitchell. Not being explicit about that here is a bit disingenuous.

See your point but I doubt our comments can be put in the same brackett.......

[billy nelson]

At the end of the day, its a very, very good fight. Much more visually pleasing than Haye v Chisora.

I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't announced today.

If it does get announced, I'm having a score on Mitchell to knock Burns out in the 8th. He hits very hard for a lightweight, and I think he dances better than Burns too.

he doesnt punch anywhere nears as hard as katsidis and he couldnt hurt burns.

Nonsense. He punches just as hard as Katsidis, and he's a lot more accurate.

He hasn't fought Burns. I'm not interested in any bullshit sparring you may or may not have seen, or what Burn's trainer says.

Why does the truth hurt so much lol lol

[billy nelson]

Nonsense. He punches just as hard as Katsidis, and he's a lot more accurate.

He hasn't fought Burns. I'm not interested in any bullshit sparring you may or may not have seen, or what Burn's trainer says.

so far the 3 nutt huggers on this site have he hits harder than katsidis, he's more accurate than katsidis, he has a masterful boxing brain and a granite chin. Yet katsidis smashed him up in 3 rounds without even breaking a sweat.

I'm not a 'nuthugger'. It's just my opinion that Mitchell hits just as hard as Katsidis, and is a better boxer than Burns. Got nothing to do with 'nuthugging'. Mitchell's loss to Katsidis was down to Mitchell, not Katsidis.

If his promoter didn't believe that a focused, fit Mitchell would beat Katsidis, he wouldn't have made the fight. And he certainly wouldn't have made the fight with Burns had Katsidis not been further shopworn from severe beatings off JMM and Guerrero.

Burns has improved dramatically, which makes it a good fight. Full respect to him and his trainer for this, but fancying Mitchell to knock Burns out doesn't make me a 'nuthugger'.

Well your clearly deluded if you think kevin is a better boxer than Ricky. Rickys faster,stronger,fitter and beats Kevin in every dept sorry but your a mile out my man

[billy nelson]

Billy Nelson: You really let yourself down by the way you post on here. Why are you so argumentative to the point of border line abusive and rude in replying to someones posts? Ricky Burns comes across as a nice bloke, is a class boxer and has big backing and am sure many wish him well but they way you come across can easily put people off and could actually get more satisfaction of seeing him lose so to bring you down a peg or two. You'd get a lot more respect as a Trainer/Coach if you didn't go on about what 'happened' in sparring sessions,(as we all know, a spar can be very different than the event) and also by discrediting Mitchell to the point of not giving him any respect is wrong...and not wise. What would happen if the 'unthinkable to you' happened and Mitchell won? Would you look back at these posts by yourself and cringe? Sometimes its better to be humble and go about your business. You show too much emotion...

Des 1 this is were you need to get your facts right mate,ive had reporters calling me after they sparred saying a member of Tean Mitchell said Kevin handled Ricky easily,well im sorry when your close to someone like me and Ricky are and know the hard hard work he puts in and people are talking shit then yes im going to defend him all the way,sorry for being loyal i know its not great in our sport

Not what I heard, to be honest it was common knowledge in Mitchell's camp that Burn's was brought in at the beginning of Mitchell's training so to get sharp as there is no denying that Burns is a good sharp boxer....But just different levels

It was also the begining of Rickys camp no excuses lads

[billy nelson]

Billy you must know deep down kevins gona beat your man, abit like cottos trainer, he never really believed it, the talks just talk and it sells fights

The thing is Jimmy Tibbs knows and Kevin knows whats going to happen and it wont go away!!!
It will be a good fight for as long as Kevin lasts,iwe dont need to sell this fight coz we dont need Kevin Mitchell pal, what bit of that cant you understand,Kevin hasnt achieved anything like what Ricky has and end off geezer

Kevin hasnt achieved anything like what Ricky has and end off geezer...Yes he has. He's been British and Commonwealth Champ, they've both acheived alot. Mitchell also he won the British Title stopping a man who defeated Burns very wide on points. You and others go on about the Katsides result to compare them so why not the Carl Johannson result?

Come on to fornicate that was Rickys last fight for his old trainer,more recently Ricky schooled a guy that stopped Kevin in three Ricky has became a two weight world champion with the fullest of repect at present theres no comparison between the two

[Des1]

Des 1 this is were you need to get your facts right mate,ive had reporters calling me after they sparred saying a member of Tean Mitchell said Kevin handled Ricky easily,well im sorry when your close to someone like me and Ricky are and know the hard hard work he puts in and people are talking shit then yes im going to defend him all the way,sorry for being loyal i know its not great in our sport

Not what I heard, to be honest it was common knowledge in Mitchell's camp that Burn's was brought in at the beginning of Mitchell's training so to get sharp as there is no denying that Burns is a good sharp boxer....But just different levels

It was also the begining of Rickys camp no excuses lads

No it wasn't, anyway as a trainer/coach you should know you can't go by sparring at who would win the 'contest'. Sparring is not a real fight Billy....

[Des1]

The thing is Jimmy Tibbs knows and Kevin knows whats going to happen and it wont go away!!!
It will be a good fight for as long as Kevin lasts,iwe dont need to sell this fight coz we dont need Kevin Mitchell pal, what bit of that cant you understand,Kevin hasnt achieved anything like what Ricky has and end off geezer

Kevin hasnt achieved anything like what Ricky has and end off geezer...Yes he has. He's been British and Commonwealth Champ, they've both acheived alot. Mitchell also he won the British Title stopping a man who defeated Burns very wide on points. You and others go on about the Katsides result to compare them so why not the Carl Johannson result?

Come on to eff that was Rickys last fight for his old trainer,more recently Ricky schooled a guy that stopped Kevin in three Ricky has became a two weight world champion with the fullest of repect at present theres no comparison between the two

It was still Ricky in the ring, "more recently Ricky schooled a guy that stopped Kevin in three " ... I think even you would have to agree that (a) Burns didn't box the same Katsides, and (b) The Mitchell which boxed Johannson, Prescott & Murray wasn't the same Mitchell who boxed Katsides. Point I'm trying to make to you Billy is that you can't go by past form on similar/same opponents or sparring to make a guaranteed prediction. It's good to be passionate but your showing your sleeve and emotions way too much. You mention 'no excuses' in earlier posts. I wonder if you'll come out with any should this fight not go to plan for you? "Ricky has became a two weight world champion with the fullest of repect at present theres no comparison between the two" Come on Billy, even you know nowadays its the fighters which make the title not the other way round. Your not talking to the general public on here who don't understand about the politics of the sport. Burns is a two weight 'WBO Champ'. And your deluded if you really think that there is 'no comparison between the two'. If I was Ricky, I'd be concerned your thinking like this and taking Mitchell to lightly and giving him no respect. Anyway, not long now so we shall see. One thing, it will be interesting

[jimcook]

all this back and forward slagging seems a bit pointless. on paper, its a fact that that burns has achieved a lot more than mitchell...and anyone who denies it just sounds stupid. mitchell may turn out to be better than burns, and beating him would probably prove it, but usually at the highest level of boxing focus dedication and mental strength are more important than just " talent" . so far whatever gifts kev mitchell has, havent seemed to be backed up by the hard work and disipline shown by the likes of burns. i dont bet on boxing anymore but if i was forced to put my hard earned up, it would be an easy choice to make.

[The Insider]

If this fight goes ahead it could be a cracker. I expect Kevin to be dangerous and at 100% mentally and physically for this as anything less and he will make Rickys nights work very easy. It's also a fight that could propel Mitchell back in to the spot light and bigger pay days so this along with it being against a fellow brit should give him all the motivation he needs. For what its worth I think Burns is possibly the most improved fighter I've seen in recent times. It's good to see Burns has been fulfilling his potential of late that was eveident when he fought Earl. I expect Burns to use his ability, skills and ring generalmanship to force a late stoppage win or wide points victory.

[jessi]

Kevin's gona smash him up. Find it funny how no one's giving Mitchell a chance again. If you look up some posts I put up about Kevin last year before the Murray fight, everyone was saying he didn't have a chance in hell. I think I was the only one that thought he'd beat John. Then what happens, ...Kev stopped him, ...hahaha! Now you're saying that Murray played into Mitchell's hands with his "come forward style" The same aggressive style you all said would be too much for Kevin.
Now it's like Deja-vous all over again!

Kevin will send the sweaty back up the M1 with a black eye. "Team Tibbs"

I agree

that makes 2 of you and one of you had to make up they went to a non existent sparring session where mitchell won.

I 100% saw them spar, and from what I saw Mitchell didn't show anything near what his capable of and it was still 50/50, ask billy joe saunders, he was there !

[yiddo14]

I think Katsidis was past his best when he fought Mitchell and Burns.

It's a good match up. Some here wildly over rate Mitchell, but that's been happening since he turned over. Still a good little fighter.

[davie]

Just wondering.... (you could probably help with this mr nelson)
is there a burns vs mitchell match up on the cards then?
if it's on, when/where is it?
(as i'm lead to believe, by SSN, that the BBBoC will now ban anyone who has anything to do with the unlicensed event at upton)
if burns isn't fighting mitchell, who/where/when is he fighting next?

also, will povetkin vs rahman definately be on the haye vs chis undercard?


ps I take burns for a tight points win

[billy nelson]

Not what I heard, to be honest it was common knowledge in Mitchell's camp that Burn's was brought in at the beginning of Mitchell's training so to get sharp as there is no denying that Burns is a good sharp boxer....But just different levels

It was also the begining of Rickys camp no excuses lads

No it wasn't, anyway as a trainer/coach you should know you can't go by sparring at who would win the 'contest'. Sparring is not a real fight Billy....

Listen mate how the fornicate would you know? im telling you it was at the start of our training camp and Ricky was far far better