Ricky Burns: record, next fight and profile →
By Cliff Rold - This weekend, boxing’s biggest stop won’t be in the US. It won’t even be in prime time. There will be plenty of action in the States but the biggest fight of the week will happen Saturday afternoon on the American dial (AWE, 2:30 PM EST/11:30 AM PST). For those with access to AWE, it won’t be...
Ricky Burns intends to show Julius Indongo he is not the retiring type when they clash in their super-lightweight unification fight on Saturday night. The unbeaten IBF and IBO world champion from Namibia is in Glasgow preparing to face WBA holder Burns at the city's SSE Hydro. The Coatbridge fighter will turn 34 on Thursday while Indongo turned 34 in February, although he made his professional debut in 2009, eight years after Burns entered the ring for the first time as a pro.
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - Ricky Burns and Julius Indongo will clash in a bout that will unify the WBA, IBO and IBF 140-pound world titles. The match-up takes place on Saturday, April 15th and will be featured live and exclusively on AWE, A Wealth of Entertainment and www.klowdtv.com in the United States. Burns will have the home fan advantage. The bout originates from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. The undercard fights begin at 2:30 PM EST / 11:20 AM PT.
Super lightweight contender Antonio Orozco improved to 26-0 this past Saturday with a 4th round knockout of the previously unbeaten KeAndre Gibson (16-1-1). The fight served as the main event of the second installment of Golden Boy Promotions' new series on ESPN.
WBA junior welterweight world champion Ricky Burns (41-5-1, 14 KOs) is itching to get his hands on IBF, IBO champion Julius Indongo (21-0, 11 KOs). The fight takes place on April 15th from The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. Burns has a lot of options on the table, including a title defense against former champion Paulie Malignaggi, but his "dream fight" was a unification with one of the other champions.
Promoter Eddie Hearn claims Ricky Burns refused easier options to take a “nightmare” fight with Julius Indongo. Burns will face the unbeaten Namibian for the WBA, IBF and IBO World super-lightweight titles to unify the division at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on April 15. The 33-year-old Scot became a three-weight world champion when he claimed the vacant WBA title by beating Michele di Rocco last year.
WBA junior welterweight champion Ricky Burns had the opportunity to make a much easier defense, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport. Burns could have face former world champion Paulie Malignaggi in a fight that would have given him more money than his upcoming bout, but he was very firm on looking to challenge himself in a unification against a tougher opponent.
Joe Ham will fight for his first professional title when he returns to the ring. The undefeated Glaswegian, 25, is currently 10-0 with five early endings but will be looking to advance his flawless ledger, live on Sky Sports. Ham is scheduled for action at the SSE Hydro Arena in his home city on April 15, as part of the supporting cast to Ricky Burns’ WBA super-lightweight title defence against IBF and IBO champion Julius Indongo.
Sergey Lipinets will have to wait to challenge for the International Boxing Federation’s junior welterweight title — that’s because the man who holds it, Julius Indongo, will have a unification fight with WBA titleholder Ricky Burns this April instead of taking on his mandatory challenger first.
Less than fifty days ago, Julius Indongo was a completely unknown boxer from Namibia who travelled to Russia to challenge undefeated super lightweight champion Eduard Troyanovsky. Today he is a celebrated titleholder and a highly ranked fighter at the 140-pound division.