Record details

Ricky BURNS

"Rickster"

Super-Lightweight

Male

Gt.Britain, Coatbridge, Scotland
Born: 13 April 1983, Bellshill, Scotland, Gt.Britain
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77

No amateur results

Professional record


2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 20	Woody Greenway	Glasgow, Gt.Britain	W 4

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 15	Peter Allen	Glasgow, Gt.Britain	W 6
+ June 8	Gary Harrison	Renfrew, Gt.Britain	TKO 1
+ Sept. 6	Ernie Smith	Glasgow, Gt.Britain	W 6
+ Oct. 19	Neil Murray	Renfrew, Gt.Britain	TKO 2
+ Dec. 8	Nono Junior	Glasgow, Gt.Britain	W 8


2003 Inactive

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 8	Daniel Thorpe	Glasgow, Gt.Britain	W 6
+ Oct. 29	Jeff Thomas	Renfrew, Gt.Britain	W 4
+ Dec. 12	Colin Bain	Glasgow, Gt.Britain	W 6

2005
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 25	Graham Earl	Wembley, Gt.Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 8	Buster Dennis	Edinburgh, Gt.Britain	W 6
+ June 17	Haider Ali	Glasgow, Gt.Britain	W 8
+ July 23	Alan Temple	Edinburgh, Gt.Britain	W 4

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 18	Alex Arthur	Edinburgh, Scotland	L 12
(For European, British & Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Titles)
+ Apr. 1	Adolphe Avadja	Bethnal Green, England	TKO 5
+ Nov. 4	Vladimir Borov	Glasgow, Scotland	W 8

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 9	Carl Johanneson	Leeds, England	L 12
(For British Super-Featherweight Title)
+ Sept. 15	Ernie Smith	Linwood, Scotland	W 6
+ Oct. 13	Frédéric Bonifai	Bethnal Green, England	TKO 4
+ Oct. 26	Ben Odamattey	Glasgow, Scotland	W 8
+ Nov. 3	Youssef Al Hamidi	Cardiff, Wales	W 6
+ Dec. 15	Billy Smith	Edinburgh, Scotland	W 6

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Silence Saheed	Motherwell, Scotland	TKO 3
+ Mar. 22	Billy Smith	Cardiff, Wales	W 4
+ May 17	Gheorghe Ghiompirica	Glasgow, Scotland	W 10
(Won vacant Int’l Masters Super-Featherweight Title)
+ Sept. 26	Osumanu Akaba	Bethnal Green, England	W 12
(Won vacant Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Title)
+ Nov. 14	Yakubu Amidu	Glasgow, Scotland	TKO 7
(Retained Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Title)

2009
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 7	Michael Gomez	Glasgow, Scotland	TKO 7
(Retained Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Title)
+ June 19	Kevin O’Hara	Glasgow, Scotland	W 12
(Retained Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Title)

2010
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 15	Youssef Al Hamidi	West Ham, England	W 8
+ Sept. 4	Roman Martinez	Glasgow, Scotland	W 12 UD
(Won WBO Super-Featherweight Title)
+ Dec. 4	Andreas Evensen	Glasgow, Scotland	W 12 UD
(Retained WBO Super-Featherweight Title)

2011
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 12	Joseph Laryea	Glasgow, Scotland	TKO 7 (Rtd)
(Retained WBO Super-Featherweight Title)
+ July 16	Nicky Cook	Liverpool, England	TKO 1 (1:33)
(Retained WBO Super-Featherweight Title)
+ Nov. 5	Michael Katsidis	Wembley, England	W 12 UD
(Won vacant WBO interim Lightweight Title)

2012
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 10	Paulus Moses	Glasgow, Scotland	W 12 UD
(Retained WBO interim Lightweight Title)
+ Sept. 22	Kevin Mitchell	Glasgow, Scotland	TKO 4 (2:59)
(Retained WBO Lightweight Title)

2013
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 11	Jose Gonzalez	Glasgow, Scotland	TKO 9 (Rtd)
(Retained WBO Lightweight Title)
= Sept. 7	Raymundo Beltran	Glasgow, Scotland	Draw 12 SD
(Retained WBO Lightweight Title)

2014
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 1	Terence Crawford	Glasgow, Scotland	L 12 UD
(Lost WBO Lightweight Title)
- June 27	Dejan Zlaticanin	Glasgow, Scotland	L 12 SD
(For vacant WBC International Lightweight Title)
+ Oct. 4	Alexander Lepelley	Leeds, England	W 8

2015
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 9	Omar Figueroa	Hidalgo, Texas	L 12 UD
+ Aug. 1	Prince Ofotsu	Hull, England	TKO 5
+ Nov. 7	Josh King	Liverpool, England	KO 11
(Won vacant WBO International Lightweight Title)

2016
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 28	Michele Di Rocco	Glasgow, Scotland	TKO 8
(Won vacant WBA World Super-lightweight Title)