Sparks Fly in Glasgow

Glasgow was proud of their new Scottish hero tonight when two weight World Champion Ricky Burns defended his WBO Lightweight World Championship infront a patriotic crowd in Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow tonight. Burns (35-2- [10ko]) shocked the World in a huge anticipated fight which was dubbed to be 50/50 when he sensationally stopped Kevin Mitchell. Burns looked comfortably and confounding many critics including myself for his lack of power and look as strong as I ever imagined.

Mitchell (33-2 [24ko]) looked sharp in the first round winning the round over what i thought was a nervous Burns. In the second round Burns started to take control landing some flush shots on The Hammer and that continued in the third round. Burns caught Mitchell with a fantastic left hook which put the Challenger down. At first it looked a flash knockdown but when Mitchell rose from the canvas he was once again put down with a flurry of punches coming from the Scot's man. Mitchell was then bombard again on the ropes till referee Terry O'Connor done what Burn's was looking capable of doing by stopping the fight.

The future is bright for Burns, and I believe he should look for a unifaction fight maybe going for the IBF or WBA championships. While Mitchell has no time to lick his wounds and his career depends on how fast he gets back on the horse.

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The Scottish fans must of expected more off the returning ex two time World Champion Scott Harrison. Even though Harrison managed to beat Joe Elfidh he must of expected more but on the credit of Harrison he had 3 fighters in the last month and the time of the bout changed with each fight. Still the school teacher Elfidh only had 12 hours to know about the fight and was very awkward but should of been pushed by the Scot.

This is Harrison's second fight since his return from his troubled past and said in an interview how he wanted to fight the winner of Burns v Mitchell. This would be in my opinion someone who needs the money looking for a quick pay day and a stupid and fatal mistake.

The other fights of the night seen Josh Simpson stop Dai Davies in the 2nd Round with a fantastic left hook to retain his BBBofC Celtic Super-Featherweight Championship. There were wins for other Scottish hopefuls Josh Thain and Stephen Simmons both winning by unaminous decision. Bradley Saunders continued his rise in boxing with a TKO over Ivan Godor who did not look interested at all.