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Farrag: Pressure on Burnett
- Updated: October 12, 2016
Ryan Farrag says that all the pressure is on British champion Ryan Burnett when the pair clash at the Echo Arena on Saturday night.
The two bantamweights battle as part of a huge night of action in Liverpool as Tony Bellew defends his WBC world cruiserweight title against BJ Flores.
Belfast’s Burnett (14-0-KO9) goes into the fight as favourite, but will have his work cut out against former European and English champ Farrag (16-2-KO4), the local challenger who will be hoping to cause an upset and add the Lonsdale belt to his collection.
Farrag said: “All of the pressure is on Ryan in this fight because he is the champion, he is coming into my backyard and I will just be going in relaxed and am going to enjoy it, whereas he is the one …