Ricky Burns is now the official holder of the WBO lightweight title after it was confirmed that Juan Manuel Marquez would vacate the belt and step up a division.
The Scottish boxer claimed the interim title after he defeated Michael Katsidis last November and was simply waiting to hear whether Marquez would make the move to welterweight.
Now that this has been confirmed the 28-year-old can be installed as the champion and is now a two-weight world champion after previously holding the WBO featherweight title.
"When I beat Katsidis I felt like a world champion anyway, but this makes it all real and I'm thrilled with the news that I'm now the official full world champion," Burns told sportinglife.com.
"It's a great feeling, but now it's back to reality and training hard for what will be a tough title defence against Moses in my Scottish homecoming on March 10.
"For the last 10 years I've been grafting away in my career, but in the last couple of years it has really taken off with me beating Martinez and then beating a great warrior like Katsidis to put me up with the best in the world."
Burns faces Paulus Moses in Glasgow on March 10 and will make the first defence of his new acquired title which makes him Britain's second world champion, alongside Welsh fighter Nathan Cleverly.
