Tonight on a Sports Network card at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, flashy British, Commonwealth and European Super Featherweight Champion Alex Arthur risks all against the highly accurate boxer and fellow Scotsman Ricky Burns. The heavy handed, charismatic Arthur is calling this his British swan song as he has big post-fight world class plans but the serene, tattooed Trappist monk Burns has laughed off the Edinburgh man's larger ambitions, pledging to knock out the triple champion whom he calls weight drained and of inflated ego.
While having just two stoppages to go along with his thirteen victories against no losses, the Coatsbridge based Burns will likely be hard pressed to carry out his boasts of starching Arthur. But Burns does have a shocking victory already under his belt after outpointing British Lightweight Champion Graham Earl last year in a non-title catchweight bout and as such represents the greatest threat to Arthur's career since the former Golden Boy of UK boxing was gunned down in five rounds of fury by Michael Gomez in 2003.
The winner of this bout can lay claim to the super feather bragging rights of the British Isles
but the real prize is what lies ahead for the victor. Frank Warren's promotional firm Sports Network has already laid the groundwork for the highly ranked Arthur's assault on the world standings but should the hammer fisted journalist's dream fail to defend his titles against Burns, it will be the young highlander's opportunity to step into "Amazing" Alex's shoes
and see how far he can walk on the world stage.
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