Ricky Burns v Josh Taylor Scottish super-fight knocked back due to weight class cut
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dailyrecord.co.ukRicky Burns has knocked-back a sensational all-Scots world title fight with Josh Taylor, his manager Alex Morrison has revealed.
Morrison has confirmed that a bout with the unified light-welterweight champion had been KO’d by the Coatbridge boxer as he didn’t want to change weight class.
The 37-year-old last fought in October 2019 in a losing effort to Lee Selby, and recently turned down a clash with Russian Eduard Troyanovsky in Latvia.
Morrison confirmed that Burns could revisit the highly anticipated match-up in the future. “Ricky is still waiting for his next fight,” he told . “We had a fight for him lined up in Latvia but he didn’t fancy it or travelling over.“He was also offered a fight with Josh Taylor, which could have happened in.
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