As expected, promoter Frank Warren has reacted bullishly to claims that Ricky Burns is moving to pastures new by uploading documents to www.frankwarren.com that reveal the WBO lightweight titlist’s unification match with Miguel Vazquez on April 20th is still very much on despite Alex Morrison, Burns’ manager, claiming earlier this week that Burns is set to leave his promoter.
An email from Sean Gibbons of Zanfer Promotions, who promote Vazquez, was published on March 8 to alleviate fears that the fight might not take place. During the email, Gibbons confirms that their preparation had been hit by Vazquez’s stomach illness, but stresses that he is “prepared to bring Miguel and his manager to England next week for a press conference to confirm the bout if needed,” as well as confirming that his charge has signed a fight contract.
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