Richard "Ricky" Burns vs. William "Willie" Limond

Boss fight, this...circa 2008-2014ish.

I didn't realize both of these Scottish forty-something mad lads were still at it. Shockingly enough, neither has ever stopped banging on for more than a couple of years since their respective debuts in 2001 and 1999.

This is twelve rounds at welterweight, for some inscrutable reason.

They've shared the bill many a time (Burns vs. Ernie Smith and Limond vs. Asen Vasilev in 2002; Burns vs. Haider Ali and Limond vs. Kevin O'Hara in 2005; Burns vs. Wladimir Borov and Limond vs. Joshua Allotey in 2006; Burns vs. Dejan Zlatičanin and Limond vs. Curtis Woodhouse in 2014; Burns vs. Michele di Rocco and Limond vs. Tyrone Nurse in 2016) and have been friends & training partners for about two decades.

Both the Coatbridgian and Glaswegian have in the neighborhood of 50 matches in their careers. As you'd expect being similarly-sized countrymen who always kept a steady pace of activity, they have several common opponents:

• Anthony Crolla - beat Limond by UD in 2011 and Burna via the same in 2017, both at lightweight.
• Kevin O'Hara - lost via referee's decision to Limond in 2005 and by UD to Burns in 2009, both at super feather.
• Frederic Bonifai - dropped in the 1st but survived to lose a shutout ref's decision to Limond in 2004, and lost via TKO5 against Burns in 2007 (both scheduled for super feather but in his bout Limond came 4lbs over)
• Alex Arthur - stopped Limon in 8 rounds in 2003, and beat Burns by UD in 2006, both at super feather
• Billy Smith - lost to Limond twice on points in 2000, and to Burns twice on points in 2007 & 2008.

I just hope they have fun and nobody gets hurt.

 

Very rare that you get two boxers with 5 common opponents that have the same results against all of them.

 

Burns should take this one quite comfortably. Limond hasn’t been on weight for a long time up until this camp. Both nice lads hope they earn a few quid.

 

you know a fighter (Limond) is old when their kid has been a pro for 18 months...
Ricky has lived the life more than anyone and won world titles.
Limond got beat by Tyrone Nurse....

 

Hang on, this is actually happening??

 

Just had a look. The cheapest ticket for this is £56. Are they having a laugh. Who on earth would want to pay that much for the worst possible ticket for this fight?!

 

Yes Friday Sep 1st.

 

Strewth, in 2023.

 

One thing is for sure, Willie won't be driving to the fight

https://news.stv.tv/west-central/ch...ned-from-driving-after-using-phone-in-traffic

 

best bit of article pasted
He said: “You have reached 12 penalty points which means you will be disqualified for 12 months.”

Limond replied: “Okay.”

 

This is mad. Fair play to them I'm sure it will sell a few tickets up in Scotland. Get some local scraps on the undercard and could be a good night.

 

Live on BBC Scotland and yes incredible prices.

 

Jim, how come you are suddenly using grammar??

 

Burns all day long on points

 

because he's a weird alt enjoying playing a persona. I am convinced of that. Absolute weirdo. Ex army karate champion alleged. In reality long term universal credit claimant living with mum. The mask slipped. Freak.