Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said that the fight between WBO junior lightweight titleholder Ricky Burns of Scotland and unbeaten mandatory challenger Adrien Broner is headed for Broner's home town of Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena to be televised on HBO on Nov. 26.
The 22-year-old Broner (21-0, 17 knockouts) is coming off consecutive HBO appearances in which he outpointed former titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon in March and scored a first-round knockout of Jason Litzau in June.
Burns (39-2, 9 KOs) has won 17 consecutive fights since losing a decision to Carl Johanneson in 2007.
The 28-year-old from Coatbridge has made three title defenses since rising from a first-round knockdown to beat Roman Martinez and claim the vacant belt in September.
That stretch includes consecutive knockouts over Joseph Laryea and Nicky Cook, respectively, in the seventh and first rounds.
This is weird, unless burns is getting paid some ridiculous amount of money or his promoter Frank warren has been given options on broner.
I agree seems a strange one fair play to burns but honestly i dont give him a chance....il really rate broner but he seems to have a really bad attitude which may stop him from reaching the top
i could care less about berto............infact i was the one informing everyone that he's a bum & will lose to ortiz because of his weak legs & stamina issues. no one believed me.
broner fought pounce, & jason............jason IN MEXICO (not his home country)
those guys aren't bums...........i could give a pink eyed f*ck about how much tickets zaveck & burns can sell (fighting bum after bum in their homeland) I don't feel sorry for guys that have fed on bum after bum in their home country. broners a kid. barely 22. zaveck & burns are much older fighters.......it's time for them to step it up & leave grannys tIttty ball milk back in their home country. (too many bums to count that they've f*cked in their homeland)
Good point.
Odd choice of venue given that Burns is the champ and the fight would do bigger business here...
Pitty too coz Ricky is up against it this time and could use home advantage.
Still its good to see him fighting the best, good luck Ricky this is a winnable fight - Do The Fukker! :boxing:
FREEDOM!!!
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Bad mistake by Burns.
He'll need a KO to win in Broner's home town.
actually who knows we really do not see a lot of cards in Ohio so they may be so inept they might actually screw around and get it right lol
they don't "have" to travel anywhere. they accept the terms because most of all of their fights have come by weak opposition in their HOME TOWN for years on end. zaveck & burns have fought bum after bum in front of their home crowds............
WTF are you mumbling about??? This answer doesnt even make sense.
Both Berto and Broner has only fought bums in their home country, and to agravate the situation they cant draw flies to ****!!!
Zaveck and Burns sell tickets very well in their home countries!!
Doesnt matter, Rocky will KO Broners ass to get the belt back!!!!
Either way, Broner, Burns or Rocky, will surrender that belt to Luis Cruz
About this match, either broner KOs Burns in 3 or less, or Broner will be in for a long ass night.
the same for broner if he were to fight in scotland you moron.................
if broner ko'd burns in scotland he probably wouldn't make it out of the arena. he would be rioted.....................at least when he ko'd burns in cincinnati he will be protected................
how does one get "rioted"?
You're just an ignorant clown who can't even admit Maidana gave Khan a war and disfigured Khans face. No one else has ever bloodied and bruised Khan up the way Maidana did. Stupid ignorant fool. You're a coward behind a keyboard, you wouldn't talk **** to my face in real life.
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Do you know where Broner is from? This is nothing like Berto-Zaveck. Berto is a Haitian that was born in and trains out of Florida.
Broner was born and raised in Cincinnati. He's based in Cincinnati. So it's not really that shocking that his promoter has set up his first world title shot in his hometown.
and? HE IS NOT A CHAMPION
Zaveck is a champion but he has to travel to USA?
Burns is champ but he has to come to USA?
There will be 500 people at these events, infront of a shady commision.
The only people who going to come watch Broner fight is the people who won free tickets off some local hip hop stations, his family and his 300 baby mama's, who are going to grab that child support payment before he spends it.
Its a complete joke, Clearly Zaveck and Burns are complete idiots or dont watch Boxing because they will both need KO's to win, regardless if they win every single round.
If you are a EURO fighter who is not known in USA and you have the title YOU DONT TRAVEL TO USA TO FIGHT SOME GUY IN A SHADY STATE BECAUSE YOU WILL GET ROBBED.
A Champ has advantages, one of them being he dictates where the fight will happen. Out of all the states to choose a fight they chose MS and OH, hahahahaha, They deserved to get robbed infront of 500 people who dont know anything about boxing and got free tickets from HOT 93.3 #1 HIP HOP STATION!!
Man I wish this fight was in Scotland. The atmosphere at Burns-Martinez was one of the best I've witnessed at a fight. When Burns got put down in the first you could literally hear a pin drop in the arena, but when he rallied there was electricity in the air it was quality. It was just a great night. Oh well, I wish Burns the best but this is a tall order made taller in Broner's back yard. Ricky has fought nothing but ****e since Martinez so this is a serious step up.
The kelvin hall is good for boxing fights, ive been to many fights, ive seen tyson when he fought at hampden, ive been to the braehead to see scott harrison, saw alex arthur at medowbank, saw calzaghe and hatton at the men arena along with amir khan and barrera, but ricky burns fight with martinez is up their as one of the best what an atmosphere.
Man I wish this fight was in Scotland. The atmosphere at Burns-Martinez was one of the best I've witnessed at a fight. When Burns got put down in the first you could literally hear a pin drop in the arena, but when he rallied there was electricity in the air it was quality. It was just a great night. Oh well, I wish Burns the best but this is a tall order made taller in Broner's back yard. Ricky has fought nothing but ****e since Martinez so this is a serious step up.
Explain Ricky Burns pathetic opposition since beating Martinez. Explain that brainiac. :alcoholic
Even tho most of us had Broner losing to Ponce de Leon, thats a better opponent then anyone Burns has ever been in the ring against. Hell, some can even argue that the Litzau win for Broner is a bigger win than beating Martinez.
:lol1: nobody is trying to say ricky burns defences were good, but hes stepped up now, hes traveling to america to take on what most see as the best in the divison, so you can give him abit of credit.
Why is this in Cinci? This is like the Berto Zaveck fight being in some trailer park in Mississippi.
Promoters are pissing people off.
Fight in front of 300 paid customers in Cincinnati or in-front of 10k in the UK
Do you know where Broner is from? This is nothing like Berto-Zaveck. Berto is a Haitian that was born in and trains out of Florida.
Broner was born and raised in Cincinnati. He's based in Cincinnati. So it's not really that shocking that his promoter has set up his first world title shot in his hometown.