RICKY BURNS will head to Las Vegas for a training camp as part of his preparations for the first defence of his World Boxing Organisation Lightweight title against Kevin Mitchell, with Floyd Mayweather's gym understood to be an option.
The bout will take place at the SECC on September 22, although the lead up to the fight may well prove interesting given that Burns and Mitchell have enjoyed only a prickly relationship in the past despite yesterday's show of mutual respect at the Hilton in Glasgow.
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