Laryea next for Burns

Tough African next up for Coatbridge's WBO king

Last updated: 20th January 2011   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Laryea next for Burns

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Ricky Burns will defend his world title against tough African Joseph Laryea.

The WBO super-featherweight champion is expected to be back in the ring in March, with Glasgow's Braehead Arena the likely venue.

It is a voluntary defence but Laryea, Ghana's national champion, is ranked by the WBO.

He has lost four of his 18 professional fights but has an impressive knockout record with 11 of his 14 wins coming inside the distance and he is no stranger to boxing in Scotland.

Laryea was the man who took Paul Appleby's WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight title from him with an impressive 116-112, 113-115, 117-111 points win on the undercard of Burns'comfortable December defence against Andreas Levensen.

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