Another UK WBO paper champ exposed

[richardt]

An asterisk should be placed next to every WBO titlist in the UK who had there belt literally handed to them without winning it in the ring.

Burns faced unbeaten Rocky Martinez and handed him his first lost in the ring in a thrilling fight. So that fight is a figment of everyone's imagination and never really happened?

[Szef]

[Cutthroat]

Well at least the UK has Froch, that man is a warrior.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

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They weren't knocked out by Poles so that's a pretty poor response.

Your guys tend to get exposed long before they reach that elite level.

[Szef]

They weren't knocked out by Poles so that's a pretty poor response.

Your guys tend to get exposed long before they reach that elite level.

There is only one British "elite" fighter. Carl Froch. The rest of your fighters sucks as much as ours, they're just better promoted and hyped by a "fans" like yourself.

I was talking about that famous "british chin" stereotype. Which is bull **** of course but you attacked Poles so I wanted to brake your balls.


PS. Arsenal London sucks.

[Stuntman Mike]

The other guy said Burns won the title without winning it in the ring! How is that possible if he beat Rocky Martinez?

someone mentioned he wasn't a paper champion... When Ricky won the title he was a true champion,now after getting a gift decision in a fight he clearly lost he is in fact a paper champion

[Cuban Linx]

Martinez is garbage and Burns barely scrapped by him in that fight. But he did get the win. That was at 130 at 135 he was handed his belt. He was elevated to full champ after JMM vacated. All he had to do was beat a shopworn Katsidis for the belt. The same Katsidis that took back to back career ending beating form Marquez and Guerrero.

He might not be the most skilled, but he's certainly not "garbage". He was set up to lose to Diego Magdaleno, who is a very skilled prospect, and he won that fight convincingly.

[Humean]

someone mentioned he wasn't a paper champion... When Ricky won the title he was a true champion,now after getting a gift decision in a fight he clearly lost he is in fact a paper champion

Every fighter who gets a decision that most fans disagree with is a paper champion? There sure as hell have been many paper champions in history then. Beltran deserved the decision in my view but it was a close fight, the reaction against it has been a bit ridiculous. Hopefully Burns will recover and Beltran gets a rematch.

As to the British WBO champions, you mean guys like Calzaghe, Benn, Eubank, and Naseem Hamed? if you think any of those were weak champions then your opinion is of zero value to any reasonable person.

The credibility of the WBO is hardly low, look at the names of some of the current WBO champs, Estrada, Rigondeaux, Marquez, Bradley, Quillin, Kovalev, Huck, Wlad Klitschko, not especially weak is it?

[Sparked_26]

Well at least the UK has Froch, that man is a warrior.

So is Ricky Burns.

[bigcursedawg]

He might not be the most skilled, but he's certainly not "garbage". He was set up to lose to Diego Magdaleno, who is a very skilled prospect, and he won that fight convincingly.

Oh yeah the guy who had t fought anyone, yeah he barely beat him. Martinez lost two in a row but manages to be champion, sounds like someone else...
Martinez got a gift decisions over Beltran Jr and Burgos. The fight with Beltran was close and the point deduction was the deciding factor. But the Burgos fight was a robbery and then he barely scrapped by a green Magdaleno.
Sorry but Martinez is garbage the only reason he's champ it might have something to do with there being no other PR champions and he holds a WBO belt.