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Norfolk’s Commonwealth super-featherweight champion Liam Walsh insists he is not angling for a fight with WBO world champion Ricky Burns.<\/b><\/p>\n

Walsh, 24, will defend his crown against Jon Kays in Wigan on 19 March. <\/p>\n

But the Cromer fighter told BBC Radio Norfolk he does not expect to use the bout as a springboard to face 27-year-old Scot Burns. <\/p>\n

“I think we’ve got to be realistic, this is only my 11th fight, I’ve only had one 12-rounder,” he said. <\/p>\n

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“I’ve got a lot of respect for Ricky and he’s world champion, but if the opportunity came along I’d snatch it, who wouldn’t? <\/p>\n

“But let’s be real, I’d like to go through the right way, get my fights behind me and get my 12-rounders behind me.<\/p>\n

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“We can’t be disrespectful to Ricky and be calling him out.” <\/p>\n

Walsh claimed the Commonwealth title in a clash with Ghana’s Maxwell Awuku in October last year, a month after Burns had vacated the crown. <\/p>\n

And now he defends the honour, as well as his unbeaten record, against 27-year-old Lancastrian Kays in Greater Manchester later this month. <\/p>\n

“I’m quite excited about it. I’m going into his back garden to defend my title and sometimes you have to do that,” he added. <\/p>\n

“It will make me a better fighter to go away and be booed, it will be a different experience. <\/p>\n

“He’s apparently a very tidy boxer. I don’t think the people he’s been fighting have been brilliant to be honest with you. <\/p>\n

“But with my record you could say the same apart from the African I beat last time out.”\n<\/p>\n

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