RICKY BURNS has been told there will be no re-match if he loses his WBO lightweight title fight with Terence Crawford at the SECC tomorrow night.

The American's camp are instead eyeing a first defence against Raymundo Beltran, the Mexican whose fight with the Scot last September ended in a controversial draw.

Crawford's trainer Brian McIntyre says his rival is set for a move up to light-welterweight after the fight so another crack at him is not on the radar for Burns should his reign end tomorrrow night.

McIntyre said: "The word is Burns will move up to light-welterweight after he fights Terence. So why would we be interested in giving him another chance to win his title back? He obviously isn't planning on hanging around to give Terence another crack so why would we bother? Ricky has one chance at Terence and that is no chance.

"After we win the title then we may look at Raymundo Beltran. But we have a team to make that decision and we will talk about it afterwards when we are back in the USA."

Confidence aside, American arrogance in the run-up to the 10,000 sell-out fight night seems to be growing with each passing day.

In 1980 at Ibrox a heavily- hyped American called Howard Davis jnr came to Ibrox where he lost his unbeaten record to Jim Watt on one of the glory nights in Scottish boxing history.

Davis was Olympic gold medallist in the Montreal Games of 1976 and won the Val Barker boxer of the tournament award, despite being in the same American team as Sugar Ray Leonard and future heavyweight kings Leon and Michael Spinks.

McIntyre, when asked how his fighter compared with Davis jnr, was dismissive.

The veteran fight trainer said: "Terence is a cut above Howard Davis jnr and the rest of these guys.

"All Terence needs is a stage and he has that tomorrow night.

"Terence Crawford is the best fighter at 135lbs in the world, he will be the Ring champion before long and you will see why on Saturday night."