Scottish Boxing News

Just seen Willie Limond on the Scottish news, he said his fight with Dmitriy Salita is on for November 8, but he will have a warm up bout in Paisley on October the 18th first. Kenny Anderson & Jason Hastie are also on the Paisley bill.


PAUL Appleby, the 21-year-old British featherweight champion, has been chosen as Britain's Best Young Boxer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Club.

He finished narrowly ahead of Kell Brook, the 22-year-old British welterweight champion from Sheffield, and Nathan Cleverly, the 21-year-old Welsh light-heavyweight, who tied for second place in the closest poll in the 56-year history of the award.

Edinburgh-born Appleby won the British title in June when he took a unanimous points victory over fellow-Scot John Simpson at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall to extend his 100 per cent professional record to 12 victories.


MICHAEL Gomez is now calling out Ricky Burns, Gomez told the Scotsman newspaper "The fight I want is Ricky Burns, in Manchester or Scotland. I think Ricky Burns is one of the weakest Commonwealth title holders at the moment."


LEGENDARY American boxing coach Freddy Roach wore a Hibs top as he roared on Edinburgh's Craig McEwan to his latest victory Stateside and then told him he could win a world title.

Roach, voted trainer of the year by the Boxing Writers' Association of America in 2003, 2006 and 2007, believes McEwan has every reason to chase a world title after his impressive points win against Hilario Lopez over eight rounds in Los Angeles. McEwan, who recently became a father, floored Lopez in round one, but the former World Youth champion fought back to take the contest on points.

McEwan, who is unbeaten in the United States, said Lopez was the toughest opponent he had faced since coming to the US and Roach added: "Craig is making good progress and we now plan to step him up to fighting ten rounders real soon. But my long-term plan is to have Craig drop down to Junior Middleweight (11st 2lbs] to go for a world title as I think Craig will be stronger at that weight."



KEVIN McIntyre aims to turn his frustration over being stripped of his British welterweight title into positive energy as he bids to reclaim the belt from Kell Brook.
The British Boxing Board of Control took the belt off McIntyre after a back injury forced him to pull out of a scheduled bout against Brook for a second time.
The Paisley fighter then faced a wait to see if he was installed as mandatory challenger after Brook beat Barrie Jones to claim the vacant title in June.
The 30-year-old, who defended his title once with a second triumph over former champion and fellow Scot Kevin Anderson, lost ground in his career and suffered financially.
But he is now looking to channel his anger when he fights the Sheffield boxer in Birmingham on October 31.
"The decision was weak," McIntyre said. "Big promoters put pressure on the board.
"It set me back a few months financially and in terms of my career.
"I had been looking for ways to put some money into my mortgage.
"I was hoping to get the last notch on my belt before Christmas to win the belt outright.
"There was a lot of frustration so it's about channelling it and taking it into the ring."
After McIntyre cancelled the second show, Brook accused him of not wanting to fight and questioned his championship credentials.
But McIntyre believes the Englishman is the one with something to prove.
And he even turned down a chance to fight Michael Jennings for the WBU title so he can try to reclaim the Lonsdale Belt.
"He seems to think I was running scared but I had no option but to withdraw," McIntyre added.
"I have too much respect for the British title to enter the ring with an injury.
"We will see who is out of their depth as the fight progresses.
"He has finished 10 of his 17 fights early but he won't stop me and his seventh-round win against Barrie Jones was his longest fight.
"It was impressive, but on saying that, Jones came in at two or three weeks' notice, so it was the result I expected.
"So this will be his first championship fight, as far as I'm concerned, so we'll see how he copes with that."
McIntyre was helping to promote a show in hometown Paisley on October 18, which will be staged by his Braveheart stable.
The bill features Willie Limond and Paisley trio Stephen Russell, Kris Carslaw and Stevie Weir.
McIntyre said: "One of my career goals is to top the bill in Paisley and hopefully I will get the chance to do so after I take the British title back from Brook."

 

You say brave, I say silly!

As Willie reads the forums I say this as a fan, PLEASE WULLIE DONT BOTHER WITH THE WARM UP!

Anything could happen, like a nasty cut or something that could **** up the chance of a lifetime.

Be warned!

 

I hate to say it, but Im expecting a Brook win:|

Hes a talented ****er, & hes got the fight in his homeland.

He holds all the aces coming into this fight.

HOWEVER

McIntyre is a late bloomer who has now found his true weight & his true form, & hes a gutsy ******* who wants his title back.
Hes also done the 12 round distance, which is a big plus point when fighting a guy who hasnt even went past 10. So McIntyre is a live opponent.

My scottish heart says McIntyre, but my analytical head says Brook.

But I will be cheering on the Paisley postman, thats for sure.

 

Fair enough Bigears, I see where you are coming from. But I will say this. Whats a silly six rounder going to do to help Wullie?

Im sure he could get some good sparring & that would keep him sharp. I just hate the thought that something could go wrong, like what happened with Scotty early in his career. He fought a bum, got a bad cut from a head clash & had to take an L to save his career the cut was that bad.

I worry that that Limond could suffer the same fate. Is a six rounder worth the risk? I dont think so!

I just speak as a worried fan, you understand! I mean, if Wullie was to beat Salita that would be ****in huge in Scotalnd, pardon my language.

Why take any risk?

 

The Scotsman newspaper is now saying the same thing Top Dog!

It looks like Ricky Burns will be defending his Commonwealth title on the same bill too.
According to Britishboxing.net (the UK schedule page) Burns will be fighting Ghanian Yakubu Amidu at the Kelvin hall on the same night, Amidu has a 16-1-1 record and has knocked out everyone he has defeated! His only loss coming against the world class ali funeka on a Majority Decision.
Could be a hard fight for Ricky if it happens.:think