Anthony Crolla vs. Ricky Burns - October 7th 2017

[Bard of Boxrec]

Draw

[ShadrachSimmo]

Crolla 4/7 Burns 11/8. I think those are fair prices at this stage of their careers.

[littlekinny]

Can now get 7/4 on Burns.

So yeah imo those are fair prices and reflect my opinion.

That said Ive never called a Burns fight correctly

[Stuffs]

Undercard:

Buatsi v TBA
Josh Kelly v TBA
Robbie Barrett v Lewis Ritson
Sam Eggington v Mohamed Mimoune

[Emmseegee]

I actually really fancy Burns to stop Crolla late. Think the styles gel perfectly for Burns to look good.

[3132DW]

I actually really fancy Burns to stop Crolla late. Think the styles gel perfectly for Burns to look good.

I'm the same - I think Burns will be too strong for Crolla.

[pimp]

I fancy burns strongly for this the only concern I have is how burns is going back down to lightweight, Crolla's walk forward hands up lack of head movement and stiff guard will suit burns to use his long range and movement and pick Crolla off

[Stuffs]

Undercard:

Buatsi v TBA
Josh Kelly v TBA
Robbie Barrett v Lewis Ritson
Sam Eggington v Mohamed Mimoune

And now added Ryan Doyle, who you may recall from that decent Tennyson scrap in Belfast recently, among other good fights.

[Andrew]

Hopefully Eddie will have a decent undercard

It's not that bad so far. May decide to go nearer the time


I like a Eggington and Barret beating Cardle is one of my highlights of the year.

[Andrew]

Personally think this fight is poor. Burns is not what he was and have never been a fan of Crolla as a boxer. Burns should of fought Josh Taylor at light welter and Crolla should be fighting Flanagan. Them 2 fights there would get me a lot more excited than this fight

Both would sell much better as well but too many egos involved.

[Andrew]

I fancy burns strongly for this the only concern I have is how burns is going back down to lightweight, Crolla's walk forward hands up lack of head movement and stiff guard will suit burns to use his long range and movement and pick Crolla off

Can see Burns getting robbed though.

[Stuffs]

Manchester Cruiserweight prospect Sam Hyde on the card too. He has also switched trainer to Tesco Joe.

[3132DW]

Manchester Cruiserweight prospect Sam Hyde on the card too. He has also switched trainer to Tesco Joe.

Marcus Morrison as well on the card. He'll be about 5.30pm on recent showings.

[handsofstone]

Both guys coming into this fight after schoolings, both guys at a similar stage of their careers and both guys are pretty limited in how they fight, Crolla still has more in the tank i'd say, he still fights at a good pace, he did at least try to give it a go against Linares where as Burns has been looking poor for a while now, I can see Crolla's workrate proving to much for Burns who looks a bit ponderous these days and he doest use his jab much either

I like both guys and wouldn't be too fussed if either won, i'll be supporting Burns but he has seen better days, I can see Crolla bullying him up close the longer the fight goes on

[TheLeprechaun]

Both guys coming into this fight after schoolings, both guys at a similar stage of their careers and both guys are pretty limited in how they fight, Crolla still has more in the tank i'd say, he still fights at a good pace, he did at least try to give it a go against Linares where as Burns has been looking poor for a while now, I can see Crolla's workrate proving to much for Burns who looks a bit ponderous these days and he doest use his jab much either

I like both guys and wouldn't be too fussed if either won, i'll be supporting Burns but he has seen better days, I can see Crolla bullying him up close the longer the fight goes on

Burns gave relikh, figuroea and that other lad who got starched by Mikey Garcia really good fights and wasn't in danger of getting stopped really. He was put down hard in one of those but knows how to survive. Is crolla as good as those guys? It was a bad style match up against indongo last time. I can see a close fight here. I don't think either is shot enough to get stopped yet.

[KiwiRider]

Ello Orse. Hope you're well.

I was wondering the same myself. Maybe Crolla feels it's time to move up?

Shame as I wanted to see him and Flanagan

Zero interest in this fight. Crolla's nowhere near big enough to be a light-welter and to be honest, nor is Burns.

Should be one fight that Crolla wants and that's Terry Flanagan.

Same and agree with the Flanagan fight but I have said it for years as long as he is trained by Joe Gallagher that will never happen.

That pointless Linares rematch was a really damaging fight as well.

Oh yea, that rematch was a toughie. I felt for Ant in that one. I don't know that it was pointless, Linares has been stopped before and Crolla maybe thought he had a chance at it. Turned out he didn't and I could see his odometer turning over at double speed during that fight. I think it's great he gets a nice little earn against Burns. Good on both of them

[Horse]

Oh yea, that rematch was a toughie. I felt for Ant in that one. I don't know that it was pointless, Linares has been stopped before and Crolla maybe thought he had a chance at it. Turned out he didn't and I could see his odometer turning over at double speed during that fight. I think it's great he gets a nice little earn against Burns. Good on both of them

Yep, not a pointless fight at all.

[Stuarty]

Both at their best I'd take Burns all day long no doubts but he's looked dreadful for a long long time now. Unless he can roll back a few years and pull something out the bag I think Crolla takes it on points as he's at home and a bit closer to form than Ricky. Burns hasn't looked good since he destroyed Kevin Mitchell in an arguably career best performance. Yeah he beat Di Rocco up but he was pish poor.

Whatever happens I'm sure it'll be a good fight. I like both guys but I'll be backing Burns.

[handsofstone]

Both guys coming into this fight after schoolings, both guys at a similar stage of their careers and both guys are pretty limited in how they fight, Crolla still has more in the tank i'd say, he still fights at a good pace, he did at least try to give it a go against Linares where as Burns has been looking poor for a while now, I can see Crolla's workrate proving to much for Burns who looks a bit ponderous these days and he doest use his jab much either

I like both guys and wouldn't be too fussed if either won, i'll be supporting Burns but he has seen better days, I can see Crolla bullying him up close the longer the fight goes on

Burns gave relikh, figuroea and that other lad who got starched by Mikey Garcia really good fights and wasn't in danger of getting stopped really. He was put down hard in one of those but knows how to survive. Is crolla as good as those guys? It was a bad style match up against indongo last time. I can see a close fight here. I don't think either is shot enough to get stopped yet.

I highly doubt Crolla stops Burns but I think he'll prove to busy for Ricky down the stretch, Burns still has his grit but not much else, ive wrote both guys off before though so I just hope its a great fight, I cant seem to get up for this one though

[rd350lc]

Lots of love for the "Rickster" who's been a great servant to the game .

Unfortunately shot to pieces now and Crolla will win wide on points.

[lefty]

I'm surprised at this stage of their careers, so many fancy burns to beat Crolla. Burns has looked dreadful for a good while now whereas Crolla has improved a lot over the years. He got his as handed to him by Linares, but there's no real shame in that.

[jamamb]

I'm surprised at this stage of their careers, so many fancy burns to beat Crolla. Burns has looked dreadful for a good while now whereas Crolla has improved a lot over the years. He got his as handed to him by Linares, but there's no real shame in that.

on other hand, just two fights ago he did better against that belarrusian guy than barthlemey did. did look pretty useless against indongo though. hard to have a lot of confidence in him i guess. but not sure he's shot yet.

[3132DW]

I'm surprised at this stage of their careers, so many fancy burns to beat Crolla. Burns has looked dreadful for a good while now whereas Crolla has improved a lot over the years. He got his as handed to him by Linares, but there's no real shame in that.

on other hand, just two fights ago he did better against that belarrusian guy than barthlemey did. did look pretty useless against indongo though. hard to have a lot of confidence in him i guess. but not sure he's shot yet.

Burns has always had issues with Southpaws - Indongo was a horrific selection to fight for less money.

[KiwiRider]

If styles make fights, then this should be a goodie. Indongo predictably was a shocker for Ricky. Crolla is perfect for him

[TheLeprechaun]

I didn't realize this was at 135. That shifts my opinion and favors crolla.