Tommy Gilmour Good or Bad promotor?

i think he does the job in some cirucmstances but he is very biased towards west coast fighters and venues,but sometmes that can make finacial sense i suppose.

 

promoters will stage fights were fighters will sell tickets at the end of the day,not one boxer from the east coast in the last 10 years is a ticket seller i know thats a fact.

 

Got to say, the money that Appleby got for Lindsay was more than some fighters get for World title challenges.
So for a young kid to get that kind of money in a fight that was a 50/50 going into, i don't see the problem.
If Appleby didn't want the fight, he should have said and not taken it, boxed for a few quid against hand picked opponents and not learnt anything from the fights.
He will have learnt plenty from that fight, a good fight against a good boxer. If he had beaten Martin, who was being beaten by Derry Mathews until landing the big shot, would people have blamed Tommy Gilmour for taking the fight then?
Before the fight, plenty inc team Appleby thought they were going to win, he lost in a terrific fight that will have made him better in the long run. Shame he has been out so long and lost the momentum.

 

See my last post. I have from a reliable source that it was closer to a quarter of the hundred grand that was rumoured.

 

No offence mate, but it was ME who did the deal so i'm quite a good source.

 

It makes me laugh that people think it was bad promoting putting two young, undefeated fighters in with each other.

In the UK there's way too much of this ''let's do it when it's bigger'' shite - it's ok in America where there are plenty of decent quality over there to keep them fighters occupied.

We should want high quality fighters in British title fights as often as possible.

 

I agree with you, good fight, both learnt plenty and got paid well.
Appleby is a talent and will come again.
Like u say, we' ve seen plenty of good never happen because they wait and one of them gets beat.

 

I just remember what Gilmour said in the interview, that it was a setback but Appleby would come back, making reference to Haye losing to Carl Thompson and becoming undisputed cruiser champion only a couple of years later.

Never a truer word spoken. Some of the fights people talk about building.... crazy. We don't have the depth here to wait for both to hold titles ala Leonard & Hearns!

Winning and losing go hand in hand, I'm not saying Appleby will get to world level or not, but he wouldn't be the first to do so after a KO loss on the way up. Likewise plenty of winners in such fights don't do much of note afterwards.

 

my personal opinion was that Martin dominated Paul in there fight Dave hardly a fantastic fight,it will be interesting to see how Paul looks when he gets back.

 

billy are you sure about your facts as i been on gary youngs buses and did big alex morrision no thank the wise men from the east for making his show a great success and also why did sportsnet work keep running show in the east if they cant sell tickets

 

So you did the deal.

Did that mean Appleby actually got the whole hundred grand paid straight into his bank account? Cos his mother certainly didnt think he seen all the money, & she posts here.

So that means someone is lying... am I right?

(damn I love acting all Columbo here:hey)

 

i been to the st andrew sport club many times and nine times out of ten it has up and coming boxers learning there trade its more of a night out for proment buisness men but i remeber years ago there was a bout with i think chris mchale it was a ******* . but i think gilmour has got some of his boxers title fight a lot quicker than most he can open doors so with regard him looking after his boxer i dont no i known a lot of them critises him but he been there for years so must be doing something right. ps billy i phoned gary young about you saying no one from the east sells tickets he says that after two years out he sold 150 tickets in glasgow and before he had his lay off he was well know for selling tickets

 

People can keep talking figures but i'm not gonna say how much his purse was mate. It wasn't a hundred grand, that is a ridiculous amount but like I said the purse he got was more than what a lot of boxers get for world title challenges.
He must have been happy with it to have accepted it surely?

 

I like Gilmour. Seems to do a good job.