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WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns insists there is no chance of fatherhood turning him soft.
The 30-year-old's wife Amanda gave birth to an as yet unnamed baby boy last week amid his preparations for the fourth defence of his title against Raymundo Beltran at the SECC in Glasgow on Saturday night.
Before Tuesday's press conference at the Fighting Scots Gym in Mossend, Lanarkshire, promoter Eddie Hearn joked that he had warned Burns not to let the emotions of fatherhood affect his mindset against the Mexican.
When asked if that was a possibility, the Coatbridge fighter said: "No, not at all. Boxing is my job, that is the way I look at it.
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The 30-year-old's wife Amanda gave birth to an as yet unnamed baby boy last week amid his preparations for the fourth defence of his title against Raymundo Beltran at the SECC in Glasgow on Saturday night.
Before Tuesday's press conference at the Fighting Scots Gym in Mossend, Lanarkshire, promoter Eddie Hearn joked that he had warned Burns not to let the emotions of fatherhood affect his mindset against the Mexican.
When asked if that was a possibility, the Coatbridge fighter said: "No, not at all. Boxing is my job, that is the way I look at it.
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