Ricky Burns vs. Julius Indongo was a professional boxing match contested on 15 April 2017, for the WBA, IBF and IBO light welterweight championship.

[2] Following this victory a December fight against former champion Adrien Broner (who had held the WBA belt before Burns but had been stripped for missing weight in March), possibly in the US, was mooted.

[5][6] Also, in January 2017, Freddie Roach named Burns a potential opponent for Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao for 23 April bout.

[8][9] On 11 January, Sky Sports confirmed a deal was reached for Burns and Indongo in a unification title bout on 15 April.

[18] The opening round saw Indongo use his height and reach advantage to control the action with his jab, with Burns continuing his recent tendency to start a bout slowly before finding his rhythm.

As Burns over-stretched attempting to land a match altering shot he thrice found himself on the canvas but these were all ruled as a slips.

The fight landed the full 12 round distance and Indongo was awarded an unanimous decision victory with scores of 120–108, 118–110 and 116–112.

"[21] Later Burns suggested that that he was "not entertaining" an all-Scottish fight against Commonwealth champion, Josh Taylor, while his promoter Eddie Hearn mooted either the bout with Broner or Crolla.