Comments Thread For: Hearn on Burnett's Options: Butler, Tete, McDonnell-Solis Winner

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RYAN BURNETT became Ireland's second ever unified world champion and could now face Paul Butler early next year. The Belfast boxer, who is trained by London-based Adam Booth, added the WBA bantamweight crown to his IBF belt with a hard-fought points win over Kazakh Zhanat Zhakiyanov.
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[NEETzsche]

No mention of his IBF mando, Manny Rodriguez

[mlac]

keep that boy well away from Tete, i can almost guarantee it will be butler...

[Randall Cunning]

No mention of his IBF mando, Manny Rodriguez

Yeah its odd, Hearn said when they made Burnett/Zhakiyanov Rodriguez had to be next, they wouldn't be granted any exceptions by the IBF. Only thing I can think of is that he'll be fighting for the WBC instead.

[Tommy O C]

Hope he fights Rodriguez next, don't want to see him vacate a belt already