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.
