
Nicky Cook: I Will Be Guns Blazing With Ricky Burns
Scottish star Ricky Burns will make the third defence of his WBO World Super-Featherweight title against the former champion Nicky Cook.
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Scottish star Ricky Burns will make the third defence of his WBO World Super-Featherweight title against the former champion Nicky Cook.

London’s Nicky Cook will face Scotland’s Ricky Burns for Ricky’s WBO super-featherweight title at Liverpool’s ECHO Arena on July 16th. ‘Cookie’, 30-2 (16), made his return to the ring at the O2 Arena, London on Saturday night, scoring a six round point’s win over Youssef Al Hamidi to set up the showdown with Burns.

Big Time Boxing returns to Liverpool's Echo Arena on Saturday 16th July when Glasgow's Ricky Burns tops the bill in defence of his WBO World Super-Featherweight Championship and Commonwealth Light-Heavyweight Champion Tony Bellew aims to add the vacant British title with a mouth-watering rematch with Derby's Ovill McKenzie.

IBF super featherweight champion Mzonke Fana and WBO champion Ricky Burns’ chances of meeting in a 130lb unification battle were scuppered by Burn’s promoter Frank Warren, according to the South African’s promoter Branco Milenkovic.

Three Scottish politicians are keen for Ricky Burns' next fight to be at an outdoor arena in Airdrie.

Trainer Lee Beard believes that Argenis Mendez is the best super featherweight in the world, and certainly capable of unseating the WBO champion Ricky Burns. Burns is pushing for a unification with IBF champion Mzonke Fana. Beard has advised Burns to forget about Fana because the fight will never happen. Mendez receives the first shot because of his mandatory status to Fana's title. Beard predicts an impressive win for Mendez, which is going to set up a showdown with Burns.

Ricky Burns will urge his manager and promoter to get him his dream fight against South Africa's Mzonke Fana.

Ricky Burns will block out thoughts of future glory to focus all his energy on defending his WBO super-featherweight title against Joseph Laryea at the Braehead Arena on Saturday night.

Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland - WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (31-2, 8KOs) stopped a game Joseph Laryea (11-5, 11KOs) after the challenger was unable to come out for the eight round. Laryea's corner told the referee the boxer hand injured his right hand and was unable to continue.

Ricky Burns weighed in at nine stone and three pounds ahead of his WBO super-featherweight title clash with Joseph Laryea on Saturday night in Glasgow.