Burns vs. Crawford - Boxing News

Crawford defeats Burns; Joshua beats Avila in 1st round TKO

Jeff Sorby - March 1, 2014

WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-3-1, 11 KO’s) gave it his best shot tonight, but it wasn’t good enough to turn back challenger Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO’s), who defeated him by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture his […]

Burns with little chance against Crawford tonight

Bill Phanco - March 1, 2014

Fans of WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) might want to tune in tonight to see him defend his title against No.1 WBO Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s) because it will probably be the last time that Burns […]

Ricky Burns tells Crawford: beware the underdog

Matchroom Boxing - February 28, 2014

Champion unfazed by bookies outsider tag ahead of crunch defence Ricky Burns says he will thrive as the underdog in his WBO World Lightweight title defence against Terence Crawford at the sold-out SECC in Glasgow tomorrow night, live on Sky […]

Weigh-In Video – Burns vs. Crawford: Is the Rickster ripe for the pickings?

Chris Carlson - February 28, 2014

The reeling Rickster hopes to rebound from the run of fights in which he’s struggled to look right. After passing the eye test Terence Crawford gets his first title opportunity versus two weight champion Ricky Burns. Ricky Burns entered the […]

“Ricky Burns needs to fight his own fight”, says sparring partner Saunders

Tim Rickson - February 27, 2014

North East light welterweight star, Bradley Saunders, is confident of a home victory for sparring partner Ricky Burns this Saturday in Glasgow. Speaking from Newcastle, immediately after a press conference announcing his next fight on March 29th against Paul McClosky, […]

Team Crawford expect title winning effort this Saturday on AWE

Marc Abrams - February 27, 2014

San Diego, CA (February 27. 2014)–This Saturday afternoon, undefeated Terence Crawford will look to capture his 1st world title when he takes on WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns from Glasgow, Scotland in a bout that can be seen LIVE on […]

Ricky Burns – Man of Steel

Ronan Smith - February 26, 2014

The polysemic name of Matchroom’s Saturday bill in Glasgow, ‘Man of Steel’, refers to the titanium plate inserted into the jaw of Ricky Burns and, by extension, to the sheer toughness of his character exhibited through his perseverance to hear […]

Ricky Burns defends against Terence Crawford this Saturday, March 1st in Glasgow

Jeff Sorby - February 23, 2014

We could be seeing the end of WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns’ time as a world champion when he defends his WBO 135 lb strap against his No.1 challenger American Terence Crawford (22-0, 16 KO’s) at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, […]

Ricky Burns – Terence Crawford WBO Lightweight title fight comes to AWE on March 1st

Marc Abrams - January 22, 2014

SAN DIEGO (JANUARY 22, 2014)–On Saturday afternoon, March 1st, Ricky Burns will make his 4th defense of the WBO Lightweight title when he takes on highly regarded and undefeated Terence Crawford in a 12-round bout from the Scottish Exhibition Centre […]

Ricky Burns: Crawford fight will be difficult for me

Rob Smith - January 14, 2014

After two years as the WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) may be reaching the end of the line as the champion after four title defenses. He dodged a bullet against Raymundo Beltran last September in being given […]