Broken wrist. Easy to say he could have fought on, but he probably would have lost and took punishment. He's thinking about tomorrow.

yeah you can't fight on with a broken wrist. you can't really block with that hand properly and he knew he couldnt win any of the remaining rounds.

Thing is, you block al ot of shots with that part of your hand/arm, and it must be fcking hell to fight on with.

Broke his heart. lol. Typical brit bullshit talk.

i still can't believe wat has happened, and i won money on this! Sky talkin absolute dirt now bout it ffs, lot of them r so full of it

did Sky just mention Broner??!! Give it a break ffs u absolute mugs

looks like Ricky is going to get zero credit again tonight which is a shame. The bloke has heart in spades and it keeps making up for technical deficiencies. He got taken to school for six rounds that was clear to see...maybe a tiny part of it was ring rust but clearly chelo was the better boxer by a mile. But there's more to being a champion and he keeps showing he's got what it takes. We'll see what comes out in the aftermath but I don't completely buy the broken wrist line...gonzales's legs looked absolutely **** in 8 and 9

AUDREY FOUGHT ON WITH A BROKEN HEART, MANY A TIME. THIS GUY ONLY HAD 3 ROUNDS TO SURVIVE, BURNS NEEDED TO KNOCK HIM OUT AND HE WASN'T GOING TO DO THAT.

ANOTHER ONE OF THEM ODD BOXING RESULTS THAT COME ALONG ON A REGULAR BASIS, I'M NOT HAVING IT THAT GONZALEZ COULDN'T CARRY ON JUST FOR 3 ROUNDS GIVEN A WORLD TITLE WAS AT STAKE AND BOXERS IN THE PAST HAVE CARRIED ON WITH WORSE INJURIES FOR LONGER THAN 3 ROUNDS.

i backed gonzalez was out at a brithday bash, feel robbed.

http://sosoboxing.com/boxing-video-watch-online/ricky-burns-vs-jose-a-gonzalez/

Don't feel robbed Ricky won fair and square. Showed a champions will. Just watched it again myself, excellent fight. I  think Ricky found a way to beat a very very good boxer last night...we know Ricky can box much better than that though his timing was way off and I'm not sure that was 100% down to Gonzales. Maybe rust or the pressure to perform or under researching his opponent. Really there's no need to look for excuses though, showed incredible fortitude and deserves all the credit in the world. I was already a big fan admittedly but I'm backing him blind until he loses now, including against Broner should we get the chance. Yes Broner would probably have too much for him but I don't think it's the mismatch some obviously do. Gonzales movement and reach frustrated the hell out of Ricky last night and made him look foolish at times, whatever you think about Broner you have to admit he's much more hittable than that. Ricky would have some success but even though he showed a good chin last night I suspect Broners greater accuracy would probably be too much. It's a great fight though imo, pity we'll probably never see it.

You do worry now that Eddie will get over protective and stick him in with Rees next. Would be a crying shame because for all the stick he gets his lightweight resume isn't looking too shabby now.

burns has a heart of a lion.

yep, those three short straight rights Gonzales landed early in the round, 2 downstairs one upstairs...ouch, looked like fooking hammer blows

burns has to be one of the nicest people in boxing, a very likeable guy. Who deserves his success.

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GREAT POST DUKE, AGREE 100% WITH YOU HAVE SAID. ITS NOT HARD TO LOOK GOOD AGAINST A FIGHTER THAT IS INJURED AND ISN'T THROWING ANYTHING BACK AT YOU, THEIR IS NO DOUBT THAT RICKY BURNS HAS HEART, ITS JUST HIS ABILITY IS VERY LIMITED AT THE TOP LEVEL.

You're not wrong on that front Al, had the Savlon out for the fingers after Katsidis. Was cursing that I wasn't against him last night for most of the fight, his stroke of luck to keep the title almost feels like a winning punt in itself.

I don't rate Froch and Burns is a poor man's version - less powerful and more fragile. I don't see him as the sort to simply out guts more technical boxers if I'm honest, Martinez was a free swinger and Gonzalez broke a bone or two. He was on the ropes several times last night, as he was against Martinez. Never seen that from Froch and he's been in with much better opposition.

There may have been a bit of ring rust early doors last night, even still he looks like he'll be massively vulnerable and out of his depth in any sort of unification bout.

Simple answer is  to stop fannying about and get it made. Reality is he'll probably fight the winner of Crolla-Rees

I rate both of them but that's just the style of fighter I'm drawn to, underdog mentality probably. Froch is far more complete fighter for me but if Gonzales hadn't have quit last night there's a good chance Ricky could have got his Jermaine Taylor moment and any talk of injured hands etc would have been soon forgotten.

Sadly I suspect you're right about crolla-rees winner ...if they wait till september to get that on it's just a disgraceful fight...he did look rusty last night so I could just about tolerate it as a keep-busy/sharpener.

to be fair they only put Rees in with Broner cos ricky turned it down!

And broner is 23 with 25 fights, Ricky is 30 with 36 fights. There's no doubt in my mind that Rees is a poor fight for ricky to be taking at this stage.

All this hate for Burns I could understand if he was cocky arrogant or disrespectful but he is none of those.However he is scottish so that might explain some of the animosity on here.

I would go with De Marco as well alabaster.
He is a come forward fighter the type Ricky does best with.
No doubt in my mind Ricky would take him.

Kevin Mitchell, Paulus Moses, Nicky Cook, Joseph Layrea, Andreas Evenson and a shot Michael Katsidis (evident from the first couple of rounds, not post fight reflection). Completely outclassed last night until Gonzalez broke his hand. How is that operating at the top level?

I'd like him to fight someone at the top level, ideally a fellow champion. That's not really too much to ask from a two weight world-champion is it?