(Photos courtesy PR Best Boxing Promotions/Joel Colon) By Shane Newsome: Yet another return to my weekly column which means only one thing yet more exciting boxing in our packed schedule and yet another three world championship belts on the line over the weekend and all have a true chance of changing hands.
We start the action at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, UK and straight into our first Championship fight of the weekend between Scotland’s own WBO Lightweight Champion Ricky Burns (35-2) and Jose A Gonzalez (22-0) this is a mandatory defense for Burns but far from an easy one the 29 year-old Puerto Rican Gonzalez is a hungry undefeated fighter who has truly deserved his shot at the title and with his power (17 ko’s in 22 wins) and he wont make this a simple night for the home fighter Burns who is rarely in an easy fight, saying that I do see Burns scraping through this test with a close decision though he may have his chin tested in the process, if Burns does pick up the win here I’d like to see the fight between him and Miguel Vazquez which was called off last year be remade as it will be a great fight.
By Eric Thomas: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute successfully underwent hand surgery to repair his injured left hand that was loaded with bone chips. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan says he’s not surprised that welterweight Kell Brook pulled out of his scheduled fight with IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander complaining of an injury. It was the second time that Brook had suffered an injury during the training camp, and that was the final straw as far as Alexander goes because he chose to move on and fight Lee Purdy instead. 
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Robert Garcia doesn’t see any point in Floyd Mayweather Jr. fighting the much heavier WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez at 154 because he sees that as being too much of an advantage for Canelo because he’s so much heavier than Mayweather and stronger than him. 
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) will be back with his trainer Freddie Roach to get ready for his up and coming August 3rd fight against Britain’s Martin Murray (25-1-1, 11 KO’s) at the Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. 
By Allan Fox: WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) sees his fight next month against Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) on June 22nd as being one of the easiest fights of his career when they meet up at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. 
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns had had at least two chances to fight WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner and both times he’s chosen not to take the fight with him. Burns’ trainer Billy Nelson says he’s hoping that Broner will move back down in weight to fight Burns in the near future, although he says Burns would move up to 140 to fight him if the opportunity presented itself to him. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn is looking to have welterweight Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) go over some old ground by facing Carson Jones (35-9-3, 25 KO’s) in a rematch on July 13th, and then match Brook against Julio Diaz in September in another baffling match-up.
By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is saying that the June 15th fight between unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) and the non-top 15 ranked contender Dereck Chisora (16-4, 10 KO’s) isn’t a done deal despite the fight having been announced earlier Thursday.
By Allan Fox: WBA Inter-Continental welterweight champion Marcus Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) will be making a tough first defense of his title next month against former junior middleweight title challenger Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.