On April 15, 2017, Julius Indongo (21-0, 11 KOs), the super-lightweight IBF champion, and the super-lightweight WBA (Unified) champion Ricky Burns (41-5-1, 14 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Julius Indongo is coming in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Eduard Troyanovsky, 4 months and 12 days ago. Ricky Burns is on a 4-fight win streak with a 29% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Kiryl Relikh, 6 months and 8 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Julius Indongo at 99-1 winning odds. Ricky Burns really doesn't have much to present against Indongo.
Julius Indongo defeated Ricky Burns via unanimous decision and unifies the IBF and WBA (Unified) super-lightweight titles. Indongo improves his record to 22-0, while Burns adds a loss to his record at 41-6-1.