Boxing: Ricky Burns fight put back a month after Miguel Vazquez suffers infection

Ricky Burns will try to add the IBF title to his WBO belt (Getty Images)

The WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns' unification title fight with IBF belt-holder Miguel Vazquez has been delayed by a month due to the Mexican suffering from a severe viral infection.

The pair were set to meet on 16 March at Wembley Arena, but Vazquez's illness has forced Burns' promoter Frank Warren to postpone the event – which was also set to feature WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly – until 20 April.