Didn't he get Appleby £100k for that fight...:think that was the pre and post fight chatter apparently...:think If that was the case they defo rolled the dice and Appleby is young enough to come again and learn from the experience...:yep
Yea i heard it was a large purse, but surely it would have been better to secure home advantage then go on to bigger and better things, now Paul will be making a fraction of this until he gets back up to this level. ALthough Paul left Gilmour soon after this so maybe Gilmour was trying to milk paul for as much money as possible from Paul before he left.
Hes just signed a deal with warren, which could go either way i feel. It may allow him to develop and reach a new level fighting on bigger shows or he may stall and just become an undercard fighter as Arthur did after he lost the title under Warren.
how can you make that statement? alex manages the best 3 boxers currently in Scotland Burns,Simpson and Limond as well as Hughes who imo will win thw SBW title when hes ready
What I would suggest on that Billy is that Gilmour is maybe a better promoter as he does put on more shows, especially public ones (although I did really enjoy myself at the Pavillion when Alex promoted). As for management I really couldn't say who is better.
& wheres the big fights? Burns maybe or maybe not will be fighting Martinez, but thats only cos of Warren. Simpson has been getting sent into everyones backyard for years, stuck fighting at the same level & getting robbed more than once. Best wee Simmy can hope for is a fight against Lindsey in his Martins back yard... Limond? Last I saw him, he was on an undercard at the Pavilion. Sorry Billy, but Alex Morrison is awful. Who can forget recently when he was saying in the papers that he thought Simpson had made a mistake by giving up the booze? & didnt he have Ricky Burns fighting in a bloody chinese restaurant not so long ago? Oh theres plent more things I could slag him off about, but that should do for starters.
Aye, that would be the one where Alex tried to make a speech to the audience, but was too drunk to talk There wasnt even any steps leading up to the ring FFS, Alex put a chair where they should have been so the ringcard girl could get in & out of the ring! Funny stuff, but utterly shambolic... & Billy wonders why I dont rate him...
There were some things that wrre a bit stupid, but I still enjoyed myself. There was one of the most amazing knockouts I've ever seen, the main event was intriguing, although not great and the atmosphere was good enough. Added with how good a seat I had it made for a god night apart from my missus going mental at me about the time when I finally got back to Bathgate
Dont get me wrong Greg, I had a good night too, even though I was off the booze for once:good However, Billy asked me to explain myself, & thats what I did. Its what I always do. Its how I roll. You gotta roll with it. Roll with the punches. keep rollin rollin rollin like a rollin stone.