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Burns: Big step up for Relikh
- Updated: October 5, 2016
Ricky Burns doubts whether his weekend opponent Kiryl Relikh will cope with the hostile atmosphere home fans will create at their world title fight.
The Scot takes on the mandatory challenger at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro on Saturday as he looks to overcome a hurdle which will open up greater options to him if he is successful.
With a passionate crowd backing him at the same venue where he became a three-weight world champion in May against Michele Di Rocco, 33-year-old Burns is confident of another win.
The WBA World super-lightweight champion said: “It’s going to be interesting to see how he copes and adapts to the atmosphere. I don’t know what sort of person he is.
“Obviously this is a big step up for him – [the] first time he’s headlined an arena show live on Sky Sports – and he’s walking into the lion’s den in …
