WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns is still not happy about facing Terence Crawford in his next fight. Burns was hoping to face Raymundo Beltran in a rematch, but the WBO ordered Burns to make his mandatory defense against Crawford, which is going...
According to manager Alex Morrison, WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11KOs) will meet rival Ray Beltran (28-6-1, 17KOs) for a second time on a date in early February in Glasgow, Scotland. They first collided on September 7, where Burns w...
Ricky Burns returned home on Monday after surgery to mend a broken jaw sustained in Saturday night's controversial WBO lightweight title fight against Raymundo Beltran, according to the champion's promoter Eddie Hearn. The Coatbridge fighter, 30,...
Ricky Burns may never box again after fighting with a broken jaw for more than 10 rounds of his controversial world title defence against Raymundo Beltran, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. The 30-year-old had titanium plates inserted in his jaw...
Ricky Burns retained his WBO lightweight title after a draw with Raymundo Beltran in Glasgow on Saturday. The Scot suffered a dislocated jaw in the second round and had to get up from a knockdown in the eighth in his defence against the tough Mexican...
Raymundo Beltran was robbed of the WBO lightweight title against Ricky Burns, according to the Mexican fighter's manager Steve Feder following the controversial draw at the SECC in Glasgow on Saturday night. The champion showed the heart of a lion...
GLASGOW, Scotland - WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns has had surgery after breaking his jaw in Saturday's draw with challenger Raymundo Beltran. Burns confirmed his injury on Twitter, with promoter Eddie Hearn adding Sunday on the social network...
The big fights will eventually come for Ricky Burns (36-2, 11KO), or so promised red-hot promoter Eddie Hearn upon signing the reigning lightweight titlist earlier this year. For the moment, the Scot gets his fourth straight homecoming, headlining a...
Earlier today Raymundo "Sugar" Beltran (28-6-1) appeared to do more than enough to win his first world title when he faced WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1) in his backyard (Glasgow, Scotland) but instead had to settle for a dubious draw....
GLASGOW, Scotland -- Ricky Burns withstood a broken jaw and being knocked down by Mexican challenger Raymundo Beltran to keep his WBO lightweight title after a controversial draw on Saturday. Burns never looked like he was winning his fourth defense...
Ricky Burns retained his WBO lightweight title after a controversial draw against Raymundo Beltran at the SECC in Glasgow. The 30-year-old Coatbridge fighter, making his fourth defence of his belt, was floored in the eighth round of a contest he neve...
Callum "Mundo" Smith, the youngest of fighting Smith's brothers, got his fifth consecutive first-round TKO, dissecting usually durable Lithuanian import Kirill Psonko (10-27-2, 6 KOs) in just 150 seconds. Smith, 23, dropped Psonko with a very hard bo...