ADRIEN Broner will fly into Glasgow next week to watch Ricky Burns defend his WBA world super-lightweight title as the Scot closes in on his Las Vegas dream.
The 33-year-old faces hard-hitting mandatory challenger Kiryl Relikh at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on Friday, October 7 but has been told he will land a shot at former four-weight world champion Broner if he can come through unscathed.
That is not a formality for Burns, with the three-weight world champion coming up against an undefeated Belarussian opponent who has landed 19 knock-out wins from 21 fights.
However, his promoter Eddie Hearn hopes the carrot of a huge Stateside fight with American Broner later this year will be enough motivation to see the Coatbridge fighter successfully through his 12th world title fight and first defence of the crown he won in May after knocking out Michele Di Rocco.
Burns has made no secret of his desire to sample a big fight night in Sin City and Hearn is hopeful a deal can be struck with Broner.
“We were pretty much there in terms of the deal to fight Broner but because of issues out of the ring we all decided to fight Relikh and try and clear the mandatory before securing the fight against Broner in December,” said Hearn.
“Adrien contacted me this week and said he is coming to Glasgow on October 7 to watch the fight and if Ricky defeats Relikh I expect that fight to get made without any problems.”
Cincinnati scrapper Broner, 27, has not fought since April when he stopped Londoner Ashley Theophane in the fourth round.
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