WBO champion Ricky Burns still on course for unification bout against Miguel Vasquez after defeating Jose Gonzalez "Styles make fights, and Gonzalez was very awkward," admitted promoter Eddie Hearnt. Ricky likes people to come to him and fight. Vasquez [the International Boxing Federation champion] is similar, so at least Ricky's had good preparation for it. Now he's got the mandatory challenger out of the way, he has the pressure off. There were no excuses from Billy Nelson, Burns's trainer. He told The Daily Telegraph: "I'm not happy with the performance but he'll learn from it." In Doncaster, Jamie McDonnell became Britain's fourth incumbent world champion when he outpointed the unbeaten Julio Ceja, of Mexico, on a memorable night at the Keepmoat Stadium to claim the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title. McDonnell, all 8st 6lb of him, came through a harrowing 11th round to win by majority points decision, 118-110, 114-114, 115-113. McDonnell joins Burns, supermiddleweight Carl Froch - who defends against Mikkel Kessler in London in two weeks" time - and light-heavyweight Nathan Cleverly as a world title holder. Elsewhere, British amateur boxing could lose more than £10 million of its funding in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympics unless a row between the ruling body the British Amateur Boxing Association, and the Home Nations bodies can be resolved. British boxers finished as the top nation the London 2012 Olympics medal table with five medals, three of them gold, but have been placed on a one-year probation by UK Sport. Scotland and Wales are refusing to accept key changes recommended by the BABA board, and have moved to depose Derek Mapp, head of BABA.