Ricky Burns believes home support will boost his title defence

Ricky Burns hopes to recreate the excitement generated by Scott Harrison in his heyday when he tops the bill in the first defence of his WBO world super-featherweight title.

The Coatbridge fighter, 27, faces Colombian Andreas Evensen at Glasgow's Braehead Arena on 4 December.

The venue is one he remembers well from appearing there as an up-and-coming prospect when former WBO world featherweight champion Harrison was headlining live televised shows in front of capacity crowds.

Burns, who won his title in the most dramatic fashion when he climbed off the canvas to end Roman Martinez's unbeaten record at the Kelvin Hall last month, said: "When Scott was world champion I boxed on some of his undercards and the place was bouncing.

"It was good to have those televised shows in Scotland and now it is up to me to keep winning and keeping the shows up here.

"It is a great venue to fight if you can get it filled. I had a great backing in the Kelvin Hall and I need them all to back me again at the Braehead Arena. It is a bigger arena, but I'm sure we are going to pull it off.

"Whenever I have fought in Glasgow people have commented on my support and they have created some of the best nights in boxing.

"The crowds play a big part in it and fighting in front of 5,000-6,000 fans at the Braehead Arena really helps you. But nothing will change with regards my preparation. I will still get a new pair of shorts made and I will still pick a cheesy song to walk out to - but you will have to wait to hear what it is."

Alex Arthur quashed speculation that he is line for a rematch with Burns.

The Edinburgh boxer will again fight at lightweight on the undercard at the Braehead Arena but previously held the super-featherweight title himself.

The two fighters met in February 2006, when Arthur was on top of his game and claimed a unanimous points win in defence of his British, Commonwealth and European super-featherweight titles.

However, Arthur, 32, insists he will not go back to the struggle of making super-featherweight.

He said: "I'm glad to be keeping busy at a weight at which I will be comfortable. We always knew there would come a day when I couldn't make the weight any more.

"It really should have been back in 2007. Someone should have stepped up and said: 'That's enough, you can't make this weight limit any more.' In the end I wasn't just risking my title or boxing career, I was risking my life to make the weight.

"So I found it quite funny that after Ricky won the title the automatic talk was of me and Ricky fighting again.My first reaction was: 'Is someone going to cut my leg off so I can make the weight?'

"After we fought I told him that he would win a world title one day. He had shown unbelievable stuff over 12 rounds that night and he has come on a ton since then.

"I knew he would win that belt one day and I was over the moon watching him at ringside do it.

"But I hope to be fighting at world level again in the next year."