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Burns bridles at suggestion he will be knocked out by Martinez

Roman Martinez, the World Boxing Organisation super featherweight champion has predicted that he will stop Ricky Burns,his Coatbridge challenger, in the eighth round of their title fight at the Kelvin Hallo on Saturday night.

The champion is 9/2 favourite to make a third defence of his title with several bookmakers.