The Champ Returns: Ryan Burnett on The Rocky Road
Since hanging up the gloves, unified world champion Ryan Burnett hasn’t been looking for a quiet life. Whether it’s pushing supercars to the limit or tearing up tracks on motorbikes, he’s a man who still lives life on the edge. Now a boxing trainer in his own right, his latest challenge was perhaps his most personal and gruelling yet: pushing 63.5kg - the fighting weight of his late mentor Ricky Hatton - through the 26.2 miles of the Belfast Marathon.
It was a journey that almost ended before it began after Ryan slipped a disc during his training camp, and the race itself proved just as…
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