THERE is no special treatment afforded to Ricky Burns at the Boxing Scotland gym and you expect that’s just how he likes it. The photo call yesterday with the fighters who will represent their country at next month’s Commonwealth Games provided another example of his enduring humility as the former three-weight world champion slipped quietly onto the end of a row for the group picture.
That Burns, still an active fighter himself at the age of 39, is a man of substance has never been in doubt. He recalls his early amateur days when Rab Bannan, the legendary Coatbridge trainer who passed away two years ago, would drag his prodigy to shows on the off-chance that there would be a late withdrawal allowing Burns to compete.
