Ricky Burns

Career, Record, Stats
Ricky Burns

Ricky Burns (The Rickster) is a 41-year-old Scottish professional boxer. He is a three-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins and a world-championship elevation. 23 years and 13 days into his career, Burns' record stands at 45-8-1, which includes 17 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Ricky Burns' Boxing Career

Ricky Burns was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland on April 13, 1983. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on October 20, 2001 against Woody Greenaway. Burns defeated Greenaway via 4 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Burns became a world champion at the age of 27 after 30 professional fights. He challenged Román Martínez for the WBO super-featherweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully conquer the lightweight (WBO) and super-lightweight (WBA) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.

Burns' latest fight was an 8th-round TKO victory over Willie Limond at age 40, on September 1, 2023.

Some of Ricky Burns' best fights so far have been against Román Martínez, Kiryl Relikh, Michael Katsidis, Ray Beltrán, and Willie Limond. For a complete list of Burns' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Ricky Burns".

Burns has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Ricky Burns Losses".

Ricky Burns' Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
54
Sep 01, 2023 40 Willie Limond Willie Limond 44 42-5
win
TKO
8
53
Dec 18, 2021 38 generic fighter pic Emiliano Dominguez
win
UD
10
52
Oct 26, 2019 36 Lee Selby Lee Selby 32 27-2
loss
MD
12
51
Nov 10, 2018 35 generic fighter pic Scott Cardle
win
TKO
3
50
Jun 16, 2018 35 generic fighter pic Ivan Njegac
win
RTD
4
49
Oct 07, 2017 34 Anthony Crolla Anthony Crolla 30 30-6-3
loss
UD
12
48
Apr 15, 2017 34 Julius Indongo Julius Indongo 34 21-0
loss
UD
12
47
Oct 07, 2016 33 Kiryl Relikh Kiryl Relikh 26 21-0
win
UD
12
46
May 28, 2016 33 generic fighter pic Michele di Rocco
win
TKO
8
45
Nov 07, 2015 32 generic fighter pic Josh King
win
KO
11
44
Aug 01, 2015 32 generic fighter pic Prince Ofotsu
win
TKO
5
43
May 09, 2015 32 Omar Figueroa Jr. Omar Figueroa Jr. 25 24-0-1
loss
UD
12
42
Oct 04, 2014 31 generic fighter pic Alexandre Lepelley
win
PTS
8
41
Jun 27, 2014 31 generic fighter pic Dejan Zlatičanin
loss
SD
12
40
Mar 01, 2014 30 Terence Crawford Terence Crawford 26 22-0
loss
UD
12
39
Sep 07, 2013 30 Ray Beltrán Ray Beltrán 32 28-6
draw
SD
12
38
May 11, 2013 30 generic fighter pic Jose Gonzalez
win
RTD
9
37
Sep 22, 2012 29 generic fighter pic Kevin Mitchell
win
TKO
4
36
Mar 10, 2012 28 generic fighter pic Paulus Moses
win
UD
12
35
Nov 05, 2011 28 Michael Katsidis Michael Katsidis 31 28-4
win
UD
12
34
Jul 16, 2011 28 generic fighter pic Nicky Cook
win
TKO
1
33
Mar 12, 2011 27 generic fighter pic Joseph Laryea
win
RTD
7
32
Dec 04, 2010 27 generic fighter pic Andreas Evensen
win
UD
12
31
Sep 04, 2010 27 Román Martínez Román Martínez 27 24-0-1
win
UD
12
30
May 15, 2010 27 generic fighter pic Youssef Al Hamidi
win
PTS
8
29
Jun 19, 2009 26 generic fighter pic Kevin O'Hara
win
UD
12
28
Mar 27, 2009 25 generic fighter pic Michael Gomez
win
TKO
7
27
Nov 14, 2008 25 generic fighter pic Yakubu Amidu
win
TKO
7
26
Sep 26, 2008 25 generic fighter pic Osumanu Akaba
win
UD
12
25
May 17, 2008 25 generic fighter pic Gheorghe Ghiompirica
win
PTS
10
24
Mar 22, 2008 24 generic fighter pic Billy Smith
win
PTS
4
23
Feb 22, 2008 24 generic fighter pic Silence Saheed
win
TKO
3
22
Dec 15, 2007 24 generic fighter pic Billy Smith
win
PTS
6
21
Nov 03, 2007 24 generic fighter pic Youssef Al Hamidi
win
PTS
6
20
Oct 26, 2007 24 generic fighter pic Ben Odamattey
win
PTS
8
19
Oct 13, 2007 24 generic fighter pic Frederic Bonifai
win
TKO
5
18
Sep 15, 2007 24 generic fighter pic Ernie Smith
win
PTS
6
17
Feb 09, 2007 23 generic fighter pic Carl Johanneson
loss
UD
12
16
Nov 04, 2006 23 generic fighter pic Wladimir Borov
win
PTS
8
15
Apr 01, 2006 22 generic fighter pic Adolphe Avadja
win
TKO
5
14
Feb 18, 2006 22 generic fighter pic Alex Arthur
loss
UD
12
13
Jul 23, 2005 22 generic fighter pic Alan Temple
win
PTS
4
12
Jun 17, 2005 22 generic fighter pic Haider Ali
win
PTS
8
11
Apr 08, 2005 21 generic fighter pic Buster Dennis
win
PTS
6
10
Feb 25, 2005 21 generic fighter pic Graham Earl
win
PTS
8
9
Dec 12, 2004 21 generic fighter pic Colin Bain
win
PTS
6
8
Oct 29, 2004 21 generic fighter pic Jeff Thomas
win
PTS
4
7
Oct 08, 2004 21 generic fighter pic Daniel Thorpe
win
PTS
6
6
Dec 08, 2002 19 generic fighter pic Nono Junior
win
PTS
8
5
Oct 19, 2002 19 generic fighter pic Neil Murray
win
TKO
2
4
Sep 06, 2002 19 generic fighter pic Ernie Smith
win
PTS
6
3
Jun 08, 2002 19 generic fighter pic Gary Harrison
win
TKO
1
2
Mar 15, 2002 18 generic fighter pic Peter Allen
win
PTS
6
1
Oct 20, 2001 18 generic fighter pic Woody Greenaway
win
PTS
4
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