Burns prepared for ‘toughest fight’
Burns is stepping adult a weight to take on Michael Katsidis in London
Scotland’s Ricky Burns is braced for his sternest exam nonetheless when he faces Michael Katsidis for a empty WBO lightweight pretension on 5 November.
The 28-year-old is relocating adult a weight multiplication and is full of indebtedness for his Australian opponent.
“Nobody knows some-more than me that this is going to be a toughest quarrel of my career,” Burns told BBC Scotland.
“Michael is never in a lifeless fight, he’s always in your face, so we know I’m going to have to be during my best.”
Having recently relinquished his WBO super-featherweight pretension to take on a hitch during Wembley Arena, Burns is raring to go.
“Michael Katsidis is a good fighter, one of a best of a weight,” he explained.
“I don’t consider they could have got me a harder quarrel if they tried, he’s been in with a best of a weight, he’s valid himself, apparently he’s one of a best in a multiplication and it’s a good possibility to get out there and uncover what we can do.”
The change of multiplication has eased a vigour on determining his weight, according to Burns, permitting some-more concentration on fighting.
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I can now combine on a fighting side of things, and start enjoying it a lot more
Ricky Burns
“Moving adult to lightweight now was a best time to do it, a final integrate of fights it was removing harder and harder for me to do it,” a Coatbridge warrior added.
“I can now combine on a fighting side of things, and start enjoying it a lot more, so we only wan’t to win this fight.”
Katsidis has had an considerable record in prior fights in London, including wins over Kevin Mitchell and Graham Earl, though Burns is certain about streamer true into a contest.
He said: “I have changed adult going true into a pretension fight, what some-more could we ask for?”
“It’s going to be a tough fight, we are scheming for a tough 12 rounds.
“When we was fighting during super-featherweight, a diet was so strict, when we knew a quarrel was removing closer, we was unequivocally struggling to remove those final few pounds. I’m going to be so most happier fighting lightweight and so most stronger as well.”
Commenting on conjecture that he changed adult to equivocate a quarrel with Adrian Broner, he said: “How can they contend that, when I’ve changed adult and in my eyes took a harder quarrel in fighting Michael?”
