Tommy Gilmour Good or Bad promotor?

I think he has done a lot for the sport here in Scotland but I have my reservations about him at times. Due to my income I can't afford to go to dinner shows so I've never been to a St Andrew's show. Whilst I'm sure it's a good night out I hate the fact that I miss the majority of bouts in Scotland beacause of this (taking into consideation that most of Morrison's fights are on dinner shows too)
I also don't like the way he tries to convince people that his boxers deserve title shots. His argument usually seems to be "He's had a certain number of fights and therefore deserves a British title shot," even if they've never fought a decent opponent.
As for the man himself i find him nice enough to talk to and you can get a good laugh out of him. At the area council agm's he normally talks more than anyone and makes them drag on for ages, but at least he cares enough to be there and contribute.

I wonder if Craig Stephen will comment on this thread

 

get the feeling he's a good manager, no so good promoter

 

Does he promote any fights in an arena or are all his fights in this dinner club?I had heard at one point he co-promoted with Barry Hearn.

 

He does do a lot with Barry Hearn, has his hands in Prizefighter and all Matchroom shows down here that involve any socttish fighters.

On a personal note he annoys me, probably a decent fella just has somethin about him on TV that makes me dislike him, also a lot of away fighters have been shafted on his St Andrews dinner shows.

 

Cheers guys!:hi:

 

What do you expect me to say, Greg?

I hope that you tell him that next time that you see him










There is no way that I can comment on this without bias, I work for the guy.

As I said on another thread about Scott Harrison, you can only speak as you find. I haven't got a clue what Tommy's deals are with his boxers as, quite frankly, it's none of my business but he's always been good with me. He is loyal to those who are loyal to him.

One thing that I do know is that shows are hugely expensive to put on, from the ambulance, doctors, venue, officials, printing, administration etc..... and that's before you even think of paying the boxers. If you think that I'm lying, ask Willie Limond, he's done it himself.

Tommy Gilmour puts on 8 boxing shows per season at the St. Andrews Sporting Club and I'm sure that some of them will cost him money, but he puts them on regardless. He's also heavily involved with Matchroom sport, bringing Sky TV to Scotland whenever he can. As far as I can see, he puts on local small hall shows whenever he can, local boxers within their own area, like Ryan Brawley in Irvine, Gary McArthur in Clydebank, Kevin Anderson in Kirkcaldy and Barry Morrison in Motherwell.

So, biased or not, Greg. Good promoter

 

I don't know the fella but he gets involved in plenty of shows, I guess there will be politics and disagreements to be found with everyone I guess...:think

 

Craig, I'm not saying he's a bad promoter. I suppose my comment about title shots is more as a manager than as promoter.
The reason I wondered if you would comment was because you work for him, just being a wee bit cheeky.
The dinner show thing is just my general frustration at what I miss out on in the sport and I can only comment from my own experience. I will admit that I should have said that I do appreciate the work he does to get public shows on through his links with Matchroom and I have been to a good few of them and always enjoyed myself.

 

I think I should also mention that the shows he's been involved with promoting in Aberdeen have generally been a good night out and worth the 3 hour journey.

 

Pushes his prospects a bit too fast imo and will give away home advantage to save a few quid.

 

A certain paul Applebey springs to mind

 

Gilmours better than Alex Morrison I suppose, but Im not a fan. Hes got too many of his fighters shafted cos he only cares about the money, NOT his fighters.

IMHO of course.