Ricky burns British legend

Also in my opinion, something about him/his style that just didn't connect with me, can't quantify, but just something...
stay safe buddy.

 

You don’t say.

 

Of course he has, he is actually ranked number 1 in his division. A few years before Burns would not have won ****.

 

Steady on.

Ken Buchanan and Josh Taylor are the best to come out of Scotland.

Ricky Burns however had a fantastic career, truly lived the life and squeezed every ounce of ability out of himself through sheer hard work year in year out. The performance against Kevin Mitchell will always spring to mind for me when I think of Burns.

 

What he did is more impressive and something burns could never have imo.Ricky’s run at super feather and lightweight were solid but the belt he won at 140 was a complete gimme tbh.Give Ricky Josh’s spitefulness and Josh Ricky’s jab and you’ve got two much better fighters.

 

Celebrate Burns for what he was a good world champion, good trainer extremely dedicated fighter. Had some good nights on the back of his fights, wasn’t the best Scotland has produced. But certainly a very good fighter.

 

This is it. Whether he was best or not doesn't matter; he drew, he entertained, he won plenty - most of all he was a good guy badly advised.

His biggest fight was against Frank Warren and that nearly bankrupted him - which explains the patchwork later career under Hearn and others, but he'll retire better off than many of us and with plenty to remember.

 

Ricky was a Good fighter among Good fighters...

Scottish Boxing History offers far more than the Ricky Burns types however, 'holding' a Belt, or 'Strap' as they are often referred to in recent years does not automatically equate to the Best, not by a long shot. Hell the Scottish title itself, up until roughly the 60's carried more prestige than even the Lonsdale Belts today. The Lonsdale Belt of the past was only 2cd to a World Title in terms of respect, credibility & clout towards World title contention considerations.

Long before Burns and even up until Harrison, Scotland has produced fighters than the Ricky Burns' couldn't live with, and they are many.

just of the top of my head, Elky Clark, Johnny Hill, Alex Lafferty, Jim Brady, Johnny McGrory, Bert Gilroy, Jake Kilrain, Ken Shaw, Peter Keenan, Chic Calderwood, Cowboy McCormack, Walter McGowan, Watt, Harrison and the afore mentioned Lynch & Buchanan.

there are others too, but you have to go back through the Files, Rankings and Reports, but guys like Jim Cameron, Johnny Clements, Joe Connelly and quite a few others who were Top Draw in Hard & Tough Era's, Contenders fighting damn near everyone in & out of TOP Shelf Names.

Scottish Boxing History is indeed a Rich one.

 

Not many are

 

Ken Shaw? Who did he beat?

 

I was there when Johanneson beat Ricky. No one would of dreamt that he'd of gone onto do what he did. I also remember him been matched with Gary Sykes for a British final eliminater, which was never made but I favoured Sykes in that one too.
I dont think he was ever the same after that night with Beltran but he still went on to be a solid operator around the fringe world level mark. We all know the 140 belt was a.gimme but Ricky's dedication and hard work made him one of Scotlands better fighters. I certainly don't think he's the best to come out of Scotland with Buchanan and Taylor been better for sure.
Of the fighters @thistle lists, its hard for me to match him against as for 1. That was a different era for sure and secondly without putting a bit of study and research into the names listed it would be hard for me with any certainty to make a Scottish top10.
What I can say tho is Ricky was a great fighter and I really enjoyed watching his career.

 

Never heard of most of these but note 'Tough Teak' Jim Watt not mentioned.

How do you rate him compared to Burns?

 

While I don't think he was a great fighter,he was a very honest one,a tough pro who gave it100% and he has my respect .

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