Boxing thread 2014.

[peter w]

oh ffs bagpipes. F off.

[dave.woodhall]

oh ffs bagpipes. F off.

It was either that or music.

[peter w]

Unless Crawford is injured...I think he's just conserving all of his energy until the later rounds when you think Burns will start to tire. Crawford will then take charge.

[dave.woodhall]

This is looking ominous, both for Burns and for my fifty new pence.

[bertlambshank]

Burns will need to take him out.Crawford 4up for me.

[peter w]

Surely won't last much longer.

[bertlambshank]

If I was in Burns corner I would be thinking of pulling him out.

[dave.woodhall]

If I was in Burns corner I would be thinking of pulling him out.

Why? He's 2 1/2 rounds away from a split points win.

[peter w]

Jim Watt's annoying me constantly criticising Burns. Burns has gone into this fight thinking he'd have the same drive but has found out in the ring that the spark is missing. With that in mind he's fighting on as well as he can. He probably knows this will be his last world title fight, if not his last fight full stop. Watt must know this so should be commentating appreciably for the effort he's putting in rather than constantly going on about his jaw and that he must be hurt and carping on saying, " I don't why he's fighting like this" "this isn't the Rickie Burns we're used to seeing in this country".

Twat. He's clearly going to lose and he's trying to get through to the end. Let him lose with a bit of dignity.

[bertlambshank]

If I was in Burns corner I would be thinking of pulling him out.

Why? He's 2 1/2 rounds away from a split points win.

Very good.

[dave.woodhall]

Burns just isn't up for this one. He's like a challenger who wants to go the distance against a great champion.

[bertlambshank]

Burns just isn't up for this one. He's like a challenger who wants to go the distance against a great champion.

I wonder if the weight has done him.

[dave.woodhall]

108-102 at best.

[dave.woodhall]

118-111.

[peter w]

116-112 or 117-111