{"id":11777,"date":"2011-06-22T10:46:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T14:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11777"},"modified":"2011-06-22T10:46:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T14:46:57","slug":"ricky-burns-ready-for-nicky-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11777","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Burns Ready for Nicky Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11777\" href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2487 alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"boxingringheader\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/boxingringheader1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns expects to see the best of Nicky Cook next month \u2013 but still plans on sending him into retirement when they meet on July 16 at the Liverpool Echo Arena. \u201cI believe that Nicky will be at the top of his game,\u201d said Burns. \u201cHe will have got rid of his ring rust with his win in his last fight, and he\u2019ll be coming up to Liverpool full of belief. But I will knock him out whatever shape he is in. That\u2019s a promise. Cook is not good enough to live with me and I will break his heart. In fact, I think he will quit boxing after he has lost to me. You can\u2019t afford to take breaks in this sport, and he is going to pay dearly for the time he has spent out of the ring. I\u2019m younger, fresher and fitter and I will take him out on July 16.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Burns completed some tough sparring with Paul Appleby, and trainer Billy Nelson believes he is in the shape of his life. \u201cThese two go at it every single day,\u201d said Nelson. \u201cIt\u2019s like they are having a world title fight when they spar, and that means Ricky will in peak condition when it comes to fighting Cook. I can\u2019t believe that Cook has had sparring as good as Ricky\u2019s, and that could be the key to victory in this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns expects to see the best of Nicky Cook next month \u2013 but still plans on sending him into retirement when they meet on July 16 at the Liverpool Echo Arena. \u201cI believe that Nicky will be at the top of his game,\u201d said Burns. \u201cHe will have got rid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,3758,2139],"class_list":["post-11777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-nicky-cook","tag-ricky-burns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11777"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}