Cruiserweight Tony Bellew has summed up the whole Nonito Donaire vs Ryan Burnett situation just about as well as anyone this weekend.
In a heartbreaking defeat for former champion Burnett – he was forced to retire from the fight following a freak accident that saw him suffer a back injury.
The extent of the injury itself has not been revealed just yet but Tony Bellew has been winning quite a few plaudits with this round-up of what took place:
So sad to see Ryan Burnett leaving the ring like that.. Donaire is a proper gentleman and a great fighter who wouldn’t wanna win like that.. I just wish and hope for a speedy recovery for Ryan..
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) November 3, 2018
His post-fight review of the Josh Taylor stoppage win over Ryan Martin last night is proving equally popular on Twitter at the moment:
Fair bit of quality to @JoshTaylorBoxer there really is! Great skill set and is going to be extremely hard to beat going forward.. I think Ryan Martin froze tonight and just couldn’t deal with what Josh Taylor brought to the table.. He’s gonna go from strength to strength imo ?
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) November 3, 2018
Bellew himself is in final preparations ahead of his own upcoming world title fight this weekend when he challenges undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk in Manchester live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
It will be the first time Bellew boxes back down at cruiserweight since his two stoppage wins over David Haye up at heavyweight in his previous two bouts.
