Bellew/McKenzie II, Burns/Cook & Murray/Mitchell

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Cracking night of boxing on Sky Sports tonight.

Burns / Cook is for the WBO super featherweight strap.

Mitchell / Murray promises to be a decent little scrap.

Bellew / McKenzie is just about to start.

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What time is the Ricky Burns fight scheduled to start?

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He's on after the Bellew fight (which has been a stinker so far) and it looks as though that's going the full 12 rounds.

Probably 10.15 - 10:30

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Cheers, will catch that

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Apparently some dodgy betting patterns have been noted for this fight. A ton a money has came in for Burns to win the third. Most bookies have stopped taking any other than outright winner bets.

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Interesting. Ricky is local to me, everything Iv heard about him would suggest that he's trying his hardest to gain respect the proper way. But I suppose it could be the Cook who maybe throwing the fight without Ricky having any involvement.

Now that the word is out it will be hard for them to go through with it

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What a ****ing shambles. Warren ought to, but wont, be ****ing mortified about that.

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Lmfao, what a joke

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Who the **** is this Cook guy anyway? He's never a boxer in a million years, looks like a ****ing rat

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Interesting. Ricky is local to me, everything Iv heard about him would suggest that he's trying his hardest to gain respect the proper way. But I suppose it could be the Cook who maybe throwing the fight without Ricky having any involvement.

Now that the word is out it will be hard for them to go through with it

No insinuation that Burns was involved in the dodgy betting.

Judging by what's just happened people in the know, Cooks camp?, must have known he wasn't getting past the third regardless.

Shameful. Frank Warren is such a cunt for serving ****e like that up as a 'world' title fight. Burns and Big Billy Nelson could do a lot worse than telling Warren to go **** himself.

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****e night so far.......

looking forward to the mitchell fight though!!

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Who the **** is this Cook guy anyway? He's never a boxer in a million years, looks like a ****ing rat

He was a decent fighter a couple of years back. He beat 'Amazing' Alex Arthur for the WBO Super Featherweight strap.

Tonight's his first fight in a good couple of years. **** knows how the WBO even ranked him. Shameful.

Got to feel for Burns.

Mitchell / Murray is on next. That should be better, it can't be any worse.

[Chris]

Awful, shouldnt even have been sanctioned in the first place anyway. A cancer on the sport all these vile organisations.

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He was a decent fighter a couple of years back. He beat 'Amazing' Alex Arthur for the WBO Super Featherweight strap.

Tonight's his first fight in a good couple of years. **** knows how the WBO even ranked him. Shameful.

Got to feel for Burns.

Alex Arthur is the guy from Edinburgh if I recall correctly. Did he ever get that fight with Scot Harrison? I can't remember now......

Arthur was decent too, Cook must have been a completely different fighter two years ago because he certainly didn't come to fight tonight

[Darth Marty]

Not Burns fault, Cook wasnt fit to fight, dont understand how or why his corner allowed him to fight as they were definitely aware of his problems. Terrible decision.

Mitchell was excellent, Bellew reckons he put on a masterclass, **** off lad, watch it back, you were ****.