Home bout for Burns in March

RICKY Burns will return to action in front of his own fans at the Braehead Arena on 10 March, his first fight since in Scotland he stopped Joseph Laryea nine months ago.

The Coatbridge boxer went on to beat Nicky Cook in Liverpool in July to defend his WBO super-featherweight belt then took the WBO interim lightweight title against Michael Katsidis in London last month. However, the 28-year-old is looking forward to being cheered on by his home fans against an as yet un-named challenger. “This year couldn’t have ended any better than by beating one of the best in the division in Katsidis,” he said. “I proved people wrong when I beat the favourite, Roman Martinez, to win the world title and I proved them wrong again by going up a weight to take on Katsidis.

“Next year I hope that I can take on one of the other title holders and unify the belts.”