Ricky Burns

Ricky Burns hoping Josh King fight leads to world title shot

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Omar Figueroa vs Ricky BurnsBy Scott Gilfoid: Former two division world champion Ricky Burns (38-5-1, 12 KOs) is hoping that a win over #10 WBO lightweight contender Josh King (20-3, 9 KOs) next month on November 7th will lead him to a world title shot to help revive his floundering career.

Burns and the little known King will be fighting for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK. The Burns-King fight will be on the Callum Smith vs. Rocky Fielding card, which is promoted by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport.

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Burns-Tatli & McDonnell-Parodi added to Brook-Chaves card

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Image: Burns-Tatli & McDonnell-Parodi added to Brook-Chaves cardBy Scott Gilfoid: Former two division world champion Ricky Burns (38-5-1, 12 KOs) will be facing European Boxing Union lightweight champion Edis Tatli (25-1, 8 KOs) for his EBU strap on October 24th on the undercard of the Kell Brook vs. Diego Chaves card at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, UK. The card will be televised on Sky Box Office along with Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tyson Fury.

Another fight that has been added to the Brook-Rios card is EBU super bantamweight champion Gavin McDonnell (13-0-2, 4 KOs) defending his title against 28-year-old Jeremy Parodi (37-2-1, 9 KOs).

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Ricky Burns: There are some big fights out there for me

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burns200By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Burns’ 5th round stoppage win over little known fighter Prince Ofotsu (15-5, 11 KOs) last Saturday night in Hull seems to have planted some ideas in Burns’ head. He now says he’s ready for a big fight. Burns is leaving it up to his promoter Eddie Hearn to find him that big fight for him to show to the boxing world that he’s not an over-the-hill despite having lost 3 out of his last 5 fights in the past two years.

The only wins that Burns has picked up in the last two years were against little known Ofotsu and Alexandre Lepelly. That’s not exactly world class opposition, is it?

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Campbell-Coyle, Rose-Jones 2, Whyte-Costa-Junior & Burns-Ofotsu tonight

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campbell5By Scott Gilfoid: In a card loaded with mismatches from top to bottom, #15 WBC lightweight contender Luke Campbell (11-0, 9 KOs) will be facing #7 IBF, #14 WBC Tommy Coyle (21-2, 10 KOs) in the feature bout tonight at the Craven Park Stadium in Hull, UK. Just why the 27-year-old Campbell is still facing domestic level opposition like the 25-year-old Coyle at this point in his career is unclear.

I mean, Campbell is a gold medal winner from the 2012 London, Olympics. Yeah, Campbell was involved in some controversial fights where appeared to lose in the eyes of some fans, but he really should have already stepped it up well before this point.

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Ricky Burns looking for big fights at 135 after he faces Prince Afotsu

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Ricky BurnsBy Scott Gilfoid: With a dreadful 1-4-1 record in his last six fights, former two division world champion Ricky Burns (37-5-1, 11 KOs) says he’s looking to take on all the top lightweights after he gets past little known Price Afotsu (15-4, 11 KOs) this Saturday night in their 10 round bout on the undercard of the Luke Campbell vs. Tommy Coyle fight at the Craven Park Stadium, Hull, Yorkshire, UK.

Burns’ career has just really imploded since he beat Jose Gonzalez in a punishing fight in 2013. Burns took a lot of hard head shots against Gonzalez, and he’s not looked the same after since. Burns’ promoter Eddie Hearn is hoping to stop the bleeding of Burns’ career by matching him against a soft touch this Saturday against Afotsu, but that doesn’t chance the fact that Burns is likely to continue to struggle once Hearn attempts to put him back in with decent quality fighters.

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Ricky Burns battles Prince Ofotsu this Saturday in Hull

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Omar Figueroa vs Ricky BurnsBy Scott Gilfoid: In a must win situation, former two division world champion Ricky Burns (37-4-1, 11 KOs) tangles with prospect Prince Ofotsu (15-4, 11 KOs) this Saturday night in a 10 round bout at the

Craven Park Stadium, in Hull, Yorkshire, UK. Burn’s record in his last five fights has been nothing short of dreadful. He’s only won one fight in his last five bouts. His record is 1-3-1 during that time period.

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Boxing preview for Rumble on the Humber – August 1st

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Omar Figueroa vs Ricky BurnsBy Gav Duthie: The city of Hull plays host to their biggest ever boxing spectacle as two local lightweights Luke Campbell and Tommy Coyle lock horns. The event also boasts a good undercard full of boxers with varying agendas – the revenge of Brian Rose on Carson Jones, the latest comeback of two time world champ Ricky Burns and the profile building of heavyweight prospect Dillian Whyte. Here is my take on the fights with predictions.

Luke Campbell 11-0 v Tommy Coyle 21-2

Many fight fans are asking when Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua is going to step up in class. Fellow gold medalist Luke Campbell is definitely being handed a tougher assignment than any Joshua has received in fellow Hull boxer and stablemate Tommy Coyle.

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Ricky Burns vs. Prince Ofotsu on August 1st

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Omar Figueroa vs Ricky BurnsBy Scott Gilfoid: A struggling former two division world champion Ricky Burns (37-5-1, 11 KOs) will be trying to turn his career around on August 1st when he faces the ring rusty Prince Ofotsu (15-4, 11 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Craven Park Stadium, Hull, Yorkshire.

Burns, 32, has lost three out of his last four fights, and looked mostly terrible in those fights. Burns will be moving back down to 135 for this fight after fighting at 140 in his last bout.

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