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Just seen that Yakubu Amidu is the opponent for Ricky Burns first defense of his Commonwealth title.
Amidu has 16 wins, all by KO, and only 1 loss by majority decision to worldclass Ali Funeka.

Looks like a hard task for Burns, who might not have the punch to keep Amidu off for 12 rounds.

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Kell Brook defends his British welterweight title in a tricky looking 12-rounder against former holder Kevin McIntyre at the historic Kelvin Hall in Glasgow on November 14.
Brook picked up the vacant title with a solid seven-round stoppage of rangy Welsh southpaw Barrie Jones at York Hall in June. The muscled Sheffield youngster, still only 22, looks smooth, powerful and a "can't miss" fighter at 17-0 (10) and has seemingly scared off most other leading domestic welterweights - but this is unfinished business. McIntyre, after all, was stripped of the title when he twice pulled out of scheduled defences against Brook, citing a back problem. He feels he was unfairly treated but was made mandatory challenger and thus gets a quick and rightful chance to reclaim the famous Lonsdale Belt.
The tall southpaw from Paisley won the title with a dazzling decision over fellow Scot Kevin Anderson late last year in Irvine - a real puncher like Brook and a real upset - and retained against the same man in February at the same Kelvin Hall. It is unlikely he has any fear of Brook, as some have claimed, inevitably, and will be fired-up to reclaim for his old title, a title he will see as his. McIntyre knows how to outbox the big hitters
Ominously, though, the 30-year-old postman is not dissimilar in build and style to Jones, the man Brook thumped to win the belt, although much more experienced at 26-5 (8). The bottom line reads: McIntyre is determined and classy enough to really extend young Brook, especially on home turf, but the fluid, heavy handed champion gradually wears him down on the way to a late stoppage.
Also on the bill, "Tricky" Ricky Burns makes a quick first defence of his Commonwealth super-featherweight title against Ghanaian "Black Mamba" Yakubu Amidu
The lanky Scot, from nearby Coatbridge, won the title seven weeks ago with a solid decision over another Ghanaian, Osumanu Akaba, at York Hall. He showed all his customary movement and counterpunching skills, and a good chin against a strong fellow ("That boy's got something," said Marvin Hager, during Ricky's pro debut at this very same venue). He might need the latter again. Amidu looks a banger, with every one of his 16 wins coming by the way of stoppage, and has lost only one of his 18 fights (one draw): on a majority 12-round decision in South Africa last year to useful local man Ali Funeka.
He looks a 'live' one, as they say.
Still, Burns is said to be in line for a crack at new WBO super-featherweight champ Nicky Cook and needs to be outboxing these guys if he really fancies his chances of deposing the Dagenham box-fighter (who won his title in September from Alex Arthur - a man who in turn had beaten Burns). Ghanaians fall into a similar mould: raw, strong, fit, tough and aggressive but lacking true boxing ability and certainly the ability to punch in combinations. Ttheir shots tend to be chopping single ones. Ghanaians rarely get stopped, though, and expect Burns, on home turf, to box his way to a hard-earned decision.

Is Amidu being trained by Carl Greaves?

yes. apparently greaves is hoping for the KO and not to go to the judges with Burns

Wow, great win for Burns 7th round stoppage, that looks really good compared to how Funika struggled with the Amidu

To be fair, I think it was a joke of a stoppage.