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Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo
Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo was a professional boxing match contested on 15 April 2017, for the WBA, IBF and IBO light welterweight championship.
Since winning the vacant WBA 140 lb title in May 2016, to become only the second Brit to win major world titles in three divisions (after Bob Fitzsimmons in 1903), Ricky Burns had made one successful defence against mandatory Kiryl Relikh, running out an unanimous decision winner in October. Following this victory a December fight against former champion Adrien Broner (who had held the WBA belt before Burns but had been stripped for missing weight in March), possibly in the US, was mooted.
In late December 2016 however, there were talks for a potential unification bout between Burns and IBF and IBO champion Julius Indongo, who had acquired the titles after knocking out then undefeated Eduard Troyanovsky in less than a minute on 3 December, in his first bout outside of his native Namibia. Also, in January 2017, Freddie Roach named Burns a potential opponent for Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao for 23 April bout. On 9 January, Burns's manager Tommy Morrison confirmed a deal was being put together for Burns to fight Indongo in April at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow. On 11 January, Sky Sports confirmed a deal was reached for Burns and Indongo in a unification title bout on 15 April. This was Scotland's first ever unification fight.
It was hoped that a victory for Burns would set up potential bouts with Broner, former Lightweight champion Anthony Crolla or an undisputed showdown with Terence Crawford, who had beaten Burns back in March 2014.
Indongo would tell BBC Scotland that he believed that Burns was making a lot of mistakes that he could take advance of saying "He is making a lot of mistakes, if he is not aware of those mistakes, I feel pity for him." He also revealed that the Namibian president, Hage Geingob, had spoken to him in advance of the bout "I have been sent on a mission by my president, and also by the force, because I work as a police officer. I received his blessing and he recommended that I should always keep my guard. He is a man of sport and loves sport very much. It is no pressure. It is an honour. I have been given a privilege and I have to take that responsibility.
In the days before the bout Burns would admit that this was the biggest fight of his career, saying "I said it as soon as the fight was made, for me this is the biggest fight. These unification fights have been spoken about my whole career, now we're just about there so I couldn't be happier with the way all the preparations have gone. I just want to get in and get on with it."
Burns was a 8/15 favorite to win with Indongo the underdog at 7/5.
The opening round saw Indongo use his height and reach advantage to control the action with his jab, with Burns continuing his recent tendency to start a bout slowly before finding his rhythm. Indongo's greater work-rate and accuracy continued through the first four rounds before Burns began to find the mark more frequently with his right hand in the next two, forcing Indongo back with his aggression. Although Indongo was never able to hurt Burns, his accumulation cleaner punches landed meant that as the bout moved towards the championship rounds, Burns appeared to need to stop Indongo in order to keep his title. As Burns over-stretched attempting to land a match altering shot he thrice found himself on the canvas but these were all ruled as a slips. The fight landed the full 12 round distance and Indongo was awarded an unanimous decision victory with scores of 120–108, 118–110 and 116–112.
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Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo
Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo was a professional boxing match contested on 15 April 2017, for the WBA, IBF and IBO light welterweight championship.
Since winning the vacant WBA 140 lb title in May 2016, to become only the second Brit to win major world titles in three divisions (after Bob Fitzsimmons in 1903), Ricky Burns had made one successful defence against mandatory Kiryl Relikh, running out an unanimous decision winner in October. Following this victory a December fight against former champion Adrien Broner (who had held the WBA belt before Burns but had been stripped for missing weight in March), possibly in the US, was mooted.
In late December 2016 however, there were talks for a potential unification bout between Burns and IBF and IBO champion Julius Indongo, who had acquired the titles after knocking out then undefeated Eduard Troyanovsky in less than a minute on 3 December, in his first bout outside of his native Namibia. Also, in January 2017, Freddie Roach named Burns a potential opponent for Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao for 23 April bout. On 9 January, Burns's manager Tommy Morrison confirmed a deal was being put together for Burns to fight Indongo in April at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow. On 11 January, Sky Sports confirmed a deal was reached for Burns and Indongo in a unification title bout on 15 April. This was Scotland's first ever unification fight.
It was hoped that a victory for Burns would set up potential bouts with Broner, former Lightweight champion Anthony Crolla or an undisputed showdown with Terence Crawford, who had beaten Burns back in March 2014.
Indongo would tell BBC Scotland that he believed that Burns was making a lot of mistakes that he could take advance of saying "He is making a lot of mistakes, if he is not aware of those mistakes, I feel pity for him." He also revealed that the Namibian president, Hage Geingob, had spoken to him in advance of the bout "I have been sent on a mission by my president, and also by the force, because I work as a police officer. I received his blessing and he recommended that I should always keep my guard. He is a man of sport and loves sport very much. It is no pressure. It is an honour. I have been given a privilege and I have to take that responsibility.
In the days before the bout Burns would admit that this was the biggest fight of his career, saying "I said it as soon as the fight was made, for me this is the biggest fight. These unification fights have been spoken about my whole career, now we're just about there so I couldn't be happier with the way all the preparations have gone. I just want to get in and get on with it."
Burns was a 8/15 favorite to win with Indongo the underdog at 7/5.
The opening round saw Indongo use his height and reach advantage to control the action with his jab, with Burns continuing his recent tendency to start a bout slowly before finding his rhythm. Indongo's greater work-rate and accuracy continued through the first four rounds before Burns began to find the mark more frequently with his right hand in the next two, forcing Indongo back with his aggression. Although Indongo was never able to hurt Burns, his accumulation cleaner punches landed meant that as the bout moved towards the championship rounds, Burns appeared to need to stop Indongo in order to keep his title. As Burns over-stretched attempting to land a match altering shot he thrice found himself on the canvas but these were all ruled as a slips. The fight landed the full 12 round distance and Indongo was awarded an unanimous decision victory with scores of 120–108, 118–110 and 116–112.