About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Alec Mullen, Alexander McKay (boxer), Alex Arthur, Barry Morrison, Benny Lynch, Callum Johnson, Chic Calderwood, Chris Burton (boxer), Craig Docherty, Craig McEwan (boxer), Danny Malloy (boxer), Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Fundo Mhura, Gary Jacobs (boxer), George Dick (footballer), George McKenzie, Gordon Jamieson, Hugh Roddin, Ian McLeod (boxer), Jackie Brown (Scottish boxer), Jackie Paterson, James McKenzie (boxer), James Murray (boxer), Jim Watt (boxer), John McCormack (Scottish boxer), John Simpson (boxer), Josh Taylor (boxer), Kenny Anderson (boxer), Ken Buchanan, Kevin Anderson (boxer), Kevin McIntyre (boxer), Lee McAllister, Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, Mark McManus, Murray Sutherland, Pat Clinton, Paul Appleby (boxer), Paul Weir, Richard McTaggart, Ricky Burns, Scott Harrison (boxer), Sean Heron, Skeets Gallacher, Stuart Green (boxer), Walter McGowan, William Fisher (boxer), Willie Limond. Excerpt: Ricky Burns (born 13 April 1983) is a British professional boxer from Coatbridge, Scotland, who fights in the lightweight division and is currently the WBO Lightweight champion. He is also a former WBO Super-Featherweight champion, Commonwealth super featherweight champion and has previously challenged for both the British and European titles. He is considered one of boxing's "nice guys" as well as a superb role model. Burns first fight as a professional was a four round victory in October 2001 over Woody Greenaway at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. On 12 December 2004, following a string of seven wins over opponents including Jeff Thomas, Ernie Smith and Daniel Thorpe he was matched against fellow unbeaten prospect Colin Bain. The fight, at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow, resulted in a first career defeat for Bain as Burns won over the six round distance. For Burns, the win set him up for a journey south of the border to face the unbeaten British lightweight champion Graham Earl in a non-title fight. The fight with Earl took place at the Wembley Conference Center and Burns produced one of the upsets of the year when he scored a points victory to beat Earl over eight rounds. The win against Earl meant he would land a shot at the big time when in February 2006, he took on reigning British, Commonwealth and European champion Alex Arthur. The fight took place in Edinburgh and ended in defeat for Burns, as Arthur retained on points. Burns who was still only a 12-fight novice at this stage took the fight to Arthur prompting the champion to heap praise on him; "Ricky Burns was in superb shape and he was up for the fight" said Arthur, "He's a brilliant boxer with a great future and he could be a world champion one day." Burns himself refused to be disappointed with the loss saying; "I don't count that as a loss. I'm just 22 and it was great experience for me." Burns next had a crack at the British title almost exactly a year later when in February 2007, he met reigning champion
