RICKY BURNS' trophy cabinet is creaking under the weight of boxing honours, but it is highly unlikely that the world champion will ever add a Good Housekeeping award to his collection.

Scotland's first three-weight champion is noted for his unstinting work ethic in the gym, but he confesses to being blighted by a lazy streak when it comes to domestic chores.

Burns, who defends his WBA super-lightweight crown against Julius Indongo at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow on April 15 in Scotland's first-ever unification bout at world level, would rather run through the pain barrier than do a stint of housework.

The 33-year-old from Coatbridge revealed: "When I'm at my training camp in Essex I share a house with Charlie Flynn and Joe Cortina and it works well for us.

"But I don't even like doing the dishes. I just can't be bothered so I buy paper plates once a week. I also eat fresh and buy food every couple of days, so I don't do any cooking either.

"I come back from training, have something to eat and then sleep before doing it all again in the afternoon. Some days we have three sessions.

"But that's literally all I do. When I'm in the gym I'll do whatever it takes and work as hard as anyone. But outside the gym, I'm lazy.

"If you ask me to do 12 hard rounds of sparring, 10 three-minute rounds with 30 seconds in between or even four-minute rounds, I'm happy to grind it out. But if you ask me to do anything in the house it's a different matter.

"After training, I would rather go to bed and switch off by watching old box sets, stuff like Steptoe and Son, On the Buses and Rising Damp. I'm into the Munsters right now and that's how I relax – lying in bed watching box sets.

"It's about chilling out between gym sessions. It's really important to rest up and recuperate and I probably sleep 12 hours a day – maybe even more!

"It's vital to rest as much as possible. You hear about footballers going for a sleep after training and it's also something I do.

"I might be awake late at night and then up at the crack of dawn to do hill sprints so your sleep patterns are all over the place. It works for me though."

One suspects that he will need to be in peak condition to ensure that Namibian Indongo is relieved of his IBO and IBF titles to pave the way for a possible Las Vegas superfight.

"No one needs to tell me how much of a pain in the backside this fight will be for me with Indongo being an awkward southpaw," he said.

"But I will work hard on a game plan, sound him out in the first few rounds and set a good pace, and then let's see how he likes having me on top of him in the second half of the fight."

Burn has come a long way since his career-defining win against Puerto Rican Roman Martinez at the Kelvin Hall in 2010 to become world super-featherweight champion after being forced to pick himself up off the canvas following a first round knock down.

He added: "No one expected me to beat Martinez so it was a huge win and an unbelievable night, but I've had a few good ones since then.

"Stopping Michele Di Rocco last year to become super- lightweight champion is up there. People were saying I was finished and I was going to get knocked out, but I proved them wrong in that fight as well, not for the first time."