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Burnett out to impress
- Updated: October 12, 2016
Ryan Burnett is confident that fighting Ryan Farrag in Liverpool will bring out the best in him and finally showcase his true boxing potential.
Burnett, 24, hails from Belfast and will be going into the lion’s den on Saturday as he faces local favourite and former European champ Farrag at the Echo Arena as part of the undercard to Tony Bellew’s first defence of his WBC cruiserweight title, to be shown live on Sky Sports.
Having won the British and WBC International bantamweight titles, Burnett (14-0-KO9) makes the first defence of that coveted British belt and insists he will rise to the occasion and relish being the away fighter.
Burnett, who is trained by Adam Booth, told Sky Sports: “This is probably my toughest fight to date and I’m expecting a testing challenge from …
