By Scott Gilfoid: A unification fight between WBA World light welterweight champion Ricky Burns (41-5-1, 14 KOs) and newly crowned IBF 140lb champion Julius Indongo (21-0, 11 KOs) in the works, according to Fight News. The 33-year-old Indongo stopped former IBF champion Eduard Troyanovsky in the 1st round on December 3 in Moscow, Russia to capture his IBF title.
This is a pretty clever move on Burns’ part to be going after Indongo. You can argue the idea is for Burns to beat the flawed Indongo, and then vacate his IBF title as quickly as possible to avoid having to fight Rances Barthlemy and get knocked out by him.