Burns-Laryea

By William Mackay: WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (31-2, 8 KO’s) is targeting 37-year-old South African IBF super featherweight champion Mzonke Fana (30-4, 12 KO’s) in a unification bout next after beating #11 ranked WBO contender Joseph Laryea (14-5, 11 KO’s) in a 7th round stoppage in an optional defense last Saturday night at [...]

By Dan Risk: Ricky Burns (31-2-0 KO’s 7) continued his impressive run of form by beating the tough African Joseph Laryea (14-2-0 KO’s 11) in retaining his WBO super-featherweight title after the challenger was forced to retire before the eight round with a reported right hand injury.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (31-2, 8 KO’s) had to battle hard to get a 7th round TKO win over challenger Joseph Laryea (14-5, 11 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Braehead Arena, in Glasgow, Scotland. Laryea landed hard shots in the fight until injuring his right hand. One thing is [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s going to be a sad night for fans of WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s), who is taking on the hard hitting #11 ranked World Boxing Organization contender Joseph Laryea (14-4, 11 KO’s) at the Braehead Arena, in Glascow, Scotland. This fight is supposed to be a partial [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns has been receiving a lot or positive press since capturing the World Boxing Organization title against Ramon Martinez. Burns has defended the title once against Andreas Evensen and will be making his 2nd defense of the belt on Saturday night against the hard hitting Joseph Laryea [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The light hitting WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) may have a fight on his hands on Saturday night against the 5’11″ Joseph Laryea (14-4, 11 KO’s) at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland. Burns, 27, is the older fighter by two years, but Laryea punches a lot harder and [...]

HAVING made a successful first defence of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-featherweight title, Ricky Burns is the massive 1-10 favourite on Betfair to retain the 130lb crown at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on Saturday.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) will be facing yet another mismatched opponent this Saturday night in little known Ghanian Joseph Laryea (14-4, 11 KO’s) at the Braehead Arena, in Glascow, Scotland. This is Burns’ second title defense of his World Boxing Organization strap that he won last year [...]

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super-Featherweight Champion Ricky Burns has promised to give Scottish sport a massive boost on March 12 with victory over challenger Joseph Laryea. And he hopes the win will inspire Scotland’s rugby team to halt England’s grand slam ambitions at Twickenham the following day.

By Scott Gilfoid: To say that WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) has been a disappointing champion is putting things mildly. Instead of seeing exciting fights against top super featherweights like Takashi Uchiyama, Jorge Linares, Jason Litzau, Robert Guerrero, Jorge Solis or Takahiro Aoh, we’ve had to settle for Burns taking a [...]

Joseph Laryea has promised Ricky Burns a beating he’ll never forget when they clash for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super-Featherweight title next month. Laryea has sparred up to 20 rounds at a time in the searing heat of Accra, Ghana, in a bid to get in shape for the fight at the Braehead Arena, [...]

Ricky Burns will make the second defence of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Super-Featherweight title on March 12 at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow. He will face Scot-slayer Joseph Laryea, who has already beaten Paul Appleby.

By Scott Gilfoid: Instead of facing his number #1 ranked contender Terdsak Janaeng or the dangers Roberto Guerrero, World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) is dipping down into the number 10 spot to face the inexperienced Ghanaian Joseph Laryea (14-4, 11 KO’s) on March 12th at the Braehead Arena, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) is going to be taking another soft touch when he defends his World Boxing Organization title for the second time against #10 ranked Joseph Laryea (14-4, 11 KO’s) in March, according to Frank Warren. It looks like Burns is [...]