WBA light welterweight champion Ricky Burns (40-5-1, 14 KOs) will make the first defence of his title against mandatory challenger Kiryl Relikh (21-0, 19 KOs) on October 7 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Burns, 33, became Scotland’s first three-weight world champion when he won the vacant title with a eight-round stoppage over Italy’s Michele di Rocco at the same venue last May.
Now he will defend it against the 26-year-old unbeaten Belarus fighter, who is trained and promoted by former…