On July 16, 2011, the 28-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Ricky Burns (31-2, 8 KOs), faced Nicky Cook, in a title defense fight.
Burns came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 24% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 4 days.
Ricky Burns made quick work of Nicky Cook, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 1st. Burns improves his record to 32-2 (9 KOs)
On September 4, 2010, a 27-year-old Ricky Burns (28-2, 7 KOs) got a shot at the WBO super-featherweight title held by 27-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Román Martínez (24-0-1, 15 KOs).
Burns came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days. Martínez was on a 17-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 6 days.
Ricky Burns defeated Román Martínez via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Burns improves his record to 29-2, while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 24-1-1.
On September 22, 2012, the 29-year-old WBO lightweight world champion, Ricky Burns (34-2, 9 KOs), faced Kevin Mitchell, in a title defense fight.
Burns came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 12 days.
Ricky Burns stopped Kevin Mitchell via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO lightweight title. Burns improves his record to 35-2 (10 KOs)
On May 28, 2016, 33-year-old Ricky Burns (39-5-1, 13 KOs) and Michele di Rocco fought for the vacant WBA super-lightweight title.
Burns came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 21 days.
Ricky Burns stopped Michele di Rocco via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Burns improves his record to 40-5-1 (14 KOs)
On May 11, 2013, the 30-year-old WBO lightweight world champion, Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KOs), faced Jose Gonzalez, in a title defense fight.
Burns came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 19 days.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 9th round, and Ricky Burns is crowned the new lightweight world champion. Burns improves his record to 36-2 (11 KOs)
On March 12, 2011, the 27-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KOs), faced Joseph Laryea, in a title defense fight.
Burns came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 21% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days.
The challenger refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Ricky Burns is crowned the new super-featherweight world champion. Burns improves his record to 31-2 (8 KOs)
On November 5, 2011, a 28-year-old Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KOs) and a 31-year-old Australian boxer Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Burns came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 26% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days. Katsidis was on a 1-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 23 days.
Ricky Burns defeated Michael Katsidis via unanimous decision in the 12-round lightweight fight. Burns improves his record to 33-2, while Katsidis adds a loss to his record at 28-5.
On October 7, 2016, the 33-year-old WBA super-lightweight world champion, Ricky Burns (40-5-1, 14 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Belarusian boxer Kiryl Relikh (21-0, 19 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Burns came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 9 days. Relikh was on a 21-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 24 days.
Ricky Burns defeated Kiryl Relikh via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA super-lightweight title. Burns improves his record to 41-5-1, while Relikh adds a loss to his record at 21-1.
On March 10, 2012, the 28-year-old WBO lightweight world champion, Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KOs), faced Paulus Moses, in a title defense fight.
Burns came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 5 days.
Ricky Burns defeated Paulus Moses via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO lightweight title. Burns improves his record to 34-2
On December 4, 2010, the 27-year-old WBO super-featherweight world champion, Ricky Burns (29-2, 7 KOs), faced Andreas Evensen, in a title defense fight.
Burns came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months.
Ricky Burns defeated Andreas Evensen via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Burns improves his record to 30-2