By Scott Gilfoid: Despite having lost the last time he fought at 140 in 2015, former two division world champion Ricky Burns (39-5-1, 13 KOs) will be given the chance to fight for the vacant WBA World light welterweight title on May 28 against #2 WBA Michele Di Rocco (40-1-1, 18 KOs) in Burns’ home city of Glasow, Scotland.
The fight will be taking place at the SSE Hydro. This is one of those fights that makes you shake your head and realize how far the sport of boxing needs to go before it’s up there with the other sports. What is disappointing about the Burns-Di Rocco fight, besides Di Rocco having a resume barren of well-known opposition, is the fact that the soon to be 33-year-old Burns isn’t even ranked in the top 15 at 140.