Ricky cannot wait for his special night

WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns is counting down the days until he defends his title against fellow Brit Kevin Mitchell.

Burns will be headlining the SECC in Glasgow for the first time on September 22 and is excited about appearing at a venue which has enjoyed many previous special nights.

The SECC has only held one boxing event in the past decade but during the 1990s it played host to some special nights, involving some of the sport's biggest names.

"To fight for the first time at the SECC in the biggest and most important fight of my life against Mitchell where all these great names have boxed is an unbelievable honour," said Burns, 27.

"You can't get bigger names than Benn, Eubank and Naz, plus Clinton and Weir, they're like British boxing royalty and I can't wait to get in the ring and thrill the fans like they did with their appearances there,"

"I grew up listening to stories of when the big fights were there so I was over the moon when my promoter Frank Warren told me I would fighting Mitchell there, it's a dream come true."