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Above was reported in today's sun. Hope he takes it as that is a good earner!

If that's a straight-up offer Burns should snap his hand off and then start on the wrist. Good money that.

The actual story on the website quotes an amount of £300k.

Great news if it comes off, with a proposed date of mid feb, could be kicking off a bumper year of Brits in high quality world title fights.

dont you think broner will make burns look limited and get him out by the halfway mark? still a nice payday tho

He should take it

Great payday, I would assume Burns best payday before this is probably £100k or less.

TheCobra wrote:Great payday, I would assume Burns best payday before this is probably £100k or less.

Said in the paper £110k for Mitchell.

I thought he got £200 k for Mitchell this is a million dollar fight they shouldn't fight until it gets to that level not many other options out their for either guy after that.

Dirk Kelly wrote:

TheCobra wrote:Great payday, I would assume Burns best payday before this is probably £100k or less.

Said in the paper £110k for Mitchell.

Wonder if he's got it yet DD

It's a good offer.

Broner isn't a magician, contrary to what people say.

earsjohn wrote:The actual story on the website quotes an amount of £300k.

Great news if it comes off, with a proposed date of mid feb, could be kicking off a bumper year of Brits in high quality world title fights.

Scottish sun backpage said 400k but they do inflate figures often!

daviddee wrote:I thought he got £200 k for Mitchell this is a million dollar fight they shouldn't fight until it gets to that level not many other options out their for either guy after that.

Unless quantitive easing somehow get out of control and inflation goes all Zimbabwe, however you work the equation, I don't think there is any way Ricky Burns will ever fight for a million quid. There's no logic to the idea that a fight between him and Broner (or anyone else) will see him earn that.

daviddee wrote:I thought he got £200 k for Mitchell this is a million dollar fight they shouldn't fight until it gets to that level not many other options out their for either guy after that.

There's loads of options after Ricky beats Broner,possibly move up and fight Garcia or Khan.
I know your not David but people doubt Ricky they shouldn't he's proved them wrong time and time again

billy nelson wrote:

daviddee wrote:I thought he got £200 k for Mitchell this is a million dollar fight they shouldn't fight until it gets to that level not many other options out their for either guy after that.

There's loads of options after Ricky beats Broner

Except that's not going to happen.

Fat Git wrote:

billy nelson wrote:

daviddee wrote:I thought he got £200 k for Mitchell this is a million dollar fight they shouldn't fight until it gets to that level not many other options out their for either guy after that.

There's loads of options after Ricky beats Broner

Except that's not going to happen.

i would love for this fight to happen, only for rickys sake , the laddie is a great ambassador for Scotland and Boxing as a sport.

I think Broner is all style with some substance, bt def not the same fighter some people speak off and def can be beaten... weather it happens is another thing lets hope politcs and money dont get involved too much for it not to happen

Billy you mentioned a few times about Burns going up to fight Khan, do you anticipate him making LW a problem anytime soon ? he looked healthy for mitchell of do you think him and Khan would be a career defining fight for him ?

I agree Billy Ricky is very under rated on these sites.. For some reason Broner is really over rated... I think Ricky is a slight favourite against Broner. I believe Ricky's defining weight will be a light welter he is finding a lot of power now that he is not boiling down. Him and Khan would be a great fight.. Can he beat Khan at the minute definately... Will Khan get even better under Hunter definately I believe for Ricky to beat Khan the fight would need to be soon.. If Khan can sort that defence he will be amazing... Ricky would beat Garcia in my opinion.. Are we likely to see all these fights next year Billy

daviddee wrote:I believe Ricky's defining weight will be a light welter he is finding a lot of power now that he is not boiling down. Him and Khan would be a great fight.. Can he beat Khan at the minute definately...y

Is he boiling down though , def at SFW i could see he was huge but he looked healthy for LW ? As for khan ,khans hands might cause him problems intially but it would be a cracking encounter wouldent it ,but i think ,well its my opnion that Kahn will move up fight after next if he dosent get the garcia rematch

Alba wrote:

daviddee wrote:I believe Ricky's defining weight will be a light welter he is finding a lot of power now that he is not boiling down. Him and Khan would be a great fight.. Can he beat Khan at the minute definately...y

Is he boiling down though , def at SFW i could see he was huge but he looked healthy for LW ? As for khan ,khans hands might cause him problems intially but it would be a cracking encounter wouldent it ,but i think ,well its my opnion that Kahn will move up fight after next if he dosent get the garcia rematch

You have contradicted yourself alba,you say Ricky looked a picture of health against Kevin but you ask if he boils down to make weight,if he did he wouldn't have looked so good don't you think?

Is this likely to happen anytime soon billy? Hope so, cracking fight

billy nelson wrote:

Alba wrote:

daviddee wrote:I believe Ricky's defining weight will be a light welter he is finding a lot of power now that he is not boiling down. Him and Khan would be a great fight.. Can he beat Khan at the minute definately...y

Is he boiling down though , def at SFW i could see he was huge but he looked healthy for LW ? As for khan ,khans hands might cause him problems intially but it would be a cracking encounter wouldent it ,but i think ,well its my opnion that Kahn will move up fight after next if he dosent get the garcia rematch

You have contradicted yourself alba,you say Ricky looked a picture of health against Kevin but you ask if he boils down to that weight,if he did he wouldn't have looked so good don't you think?

not at all ,i was asking to daviddee as he said "will be a light welter he is finding a lot of power now that he is not boiling down" does he think that he is boiling down to make LW (also cause you hadent answered the question at that point) ?

Maybe he meant not boiling down to SFW...

but if hes comfterable at the weight ,why would you be talking about him going up to LWW to fight Khan etc ?

Yes I meant since he stopped boiling down.. In my opinion Ricky would be best at light welter correct me if I'm wrong Billy but Ricky walks about a fair bit heavier than 10stone so would need to come down to that... The less he has to come down the stronger I reckon he will be.. He's big enough to go right up to Welterweight and do well

billy nelson wrote:

daviddee wrote:I thought he got £200 k for Mitchell this is a million dollar fight they shouldn't fight until it gets to that level not many other options out their for either guy after that.

There's loads of options after Ricky beats Broner

Billy, honestly mate, wouldn't beating the best-known young Yank in the game be worth a few options? Ricky's got a few years left, surely? Beat the Yank, take the fvcking optioned fights, then go back to defending against unknown South Americans & Paul fvcking Appleby at home in front of rabid crowds if you want to do that. He can spend the last two years of his career doing that, can't he?

Is that not what being a world champ means, mate? & as you're obviously so close to him, wouldn't you rather see him in with the absolute best in the world at his physical peak, rather than when it makes most financial sense & he might be a little less likely to win the fight?

& for the record, Broner's athleticism masks massive technical flaws. Good puncher but I'm not sold on him nearly as much as the Septics are.

daviddee wrote:Yes I meant since he stopped boiling down.. In my opinion Ricky would be best at light welter correct me if I'm wrong Billy but Ricky walks about a fair bit heavier than 10stone so would need to come down to that... The less he has to come down the stronger I reckon he will be.. He's big enough to go right up to Welterweight and do well

At LWW there would be some tasty fights, putting Khan to the side ,bouts against Rios/JMM are mouthwatering and to a lesser extent judah (whos actually fought in Glasgow before against Witter all those years ago!)

Good money he should accept. I've followed Burns for years I always thought he'd become a British champ even when he was beating guys like Silence Saheed and Billy Smith. Never thought he'd be a world champ and as much as I like the guy can't see him beating Broner.

daviddee wrote:Yes I meant since he stopped boiling down.. In my opinion Ricky would be best at light welter correct me if I'm wrong Billy but Ricky walks about a fair bit heavier than 10stone so would need to come down to that... The less he has to come down the stronger I reckon he will be.. He's big enough to go right up to Welterweight and do well

no ricky will stay at LW until he clears the division then move up to LWW when he will put on more muscle.