Ricky Burns says that beating Omar Figueroa in Texas on Saturday live on Sky Sports and CBS will put him back on the World title trail.

Former two-weight World champion Burns meets the former WBC Lightweight king at the State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, a mouth-watering clash with mass appeal as the Scotsman tangles with the unbeaten Mexican-American live on CBS in the US as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series.

Burns is looking to return to the top of the boxing tree having lost his WBO Lightweight crown to Terence Crawford and then slipped up against Dejan Zlaticanin as he looked to make waves in the WBC rankings.

The Coatbridge ace stepped back into the ring and up at Light Welterweight for the first time in Leeds in October with a confidence boosting win over Alexandre Lepelley, and the 32 year old expects a classic on a must-win night.

"When you're in hard fights, that's what brings out the best of you. I'm looking forward to getting in the ring and putting on a good performance and win some fans over here," Burns said.

"It's a very tough fight and we knew that before we took it. Figueroa likes to come forward and be aggressive, but that can be his downside because he takes a lot of shots. We're prepared for whatever happens on fight night and the best man will win.

"Some people think I've come over here just to be an opponent but that's not the case. I had a bad year but it's all behind me. I'm going to get back to my winning ways.

"This is everything I've ever wanted to accomplish in boxing. It's going to be a hard fight but by the time the fight comes it will be just about four weeks that I've been in Texas.

"I treat boxing as my job, when it comes to training and fighting I always give it 100 percent and leave it all in the ring and hopefully the fans will see that. Omar is never in a dull fight and I'm not one to back out.

"We've treated this fight exactly the same as any other. Even though we're in his hometown, as soon as that first bell goes that's when it's going to count. It's just me and him in that ring."