Ricky Burns: record, next fight and profile →
Ricky Burns will return to the ring in the autumn. The WBA super-lightweight champion (40-5-1, 14 KOs), who knocked out Italy’s Michele Di Rocco for the vacant title in May, will make the first defence of his belt in his next outing.
Chris Aston, the father and trainer of British light-welterweight titlist Tyrone Nurse, believes that his son is capable of moving on to the world scene should he beat Hull’s Tommy Coyle in Leeds later this month.
The World Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) have ordered negotiations for a mandatory fight between Ricky Burns (40-5-1, 14KOs), who recently captured the WBA junior welterweight championship, and hard hitting Belarussian challenger Kirill Relikh (21-0, 19KO) - ranked at number one at 140 pounds.
WBA world super lightweight champion Ricky Burns is eager to get some payback against Terence Crawford and Dejan Zlaticanin. Two years ago when he was still competing at 135-pounds, Burns lost back to back fights to Crawford (28-0, 20KOs) and to Zlaticanin (22-0, 15KOs) - both by twelve round decision.
Ashley Theophane is looking for a second crack at championship gold in 2016. Last month, Theophane (39-7-1, 11KOs) tried to capture the vacant WBA junior welterweight championship but he was stopped by Adrien Broner. The belt became vacant after Broner, who held the title, failed to make weight for the Theophane bout.
Ricky Burns (40-5-1, 14 early) made history by winning a third world title courtesy of a dominant eighth-round stoppage win over Michele Di Rocco (40-2-1, 18 stoppages) at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro arena on Saturday night.
Glasgow, Scotland - Ricky Burns (40-5-1, 13KOs) became a three division world champion when he stopped Michele Di Rocco (40-2-1, 18KOs) in eight rounds to capture the vacant WBA junior welterweight world title.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has urged Ricky Burns fans to roar their man on to glory on Saturday night. The 33-year-old from Coatbridge takes on Michele Di Rocco for the vacant WBA super-lightweight title at Glasgow's SSE Hydro where victory would make him Scotland's first three-weight world champion.
Eddie Hearn has told Scottish boxing fans that they will see the best of Coatbridge's Ricky Burns when he meets Italy's Michele Di Rocco for the vacant WBA World light-welterweight title at Glasgow's SSE Hydro Arena on Saturday night.
Willie Limond is hoping for double-delight on Saturday night at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow live on Sky Sports – claiming his British Super-Lightweight title back from Tyrone Nurse and then watching Ricky Burns become a three-weight World champion, so they can clash in an all-Scotland World title blockbuster.