First time I've had a chance to post, sorry its a bit late!

Thanks to everyone involved on Sunday, we finally got there and from what I seen it was a good show with some good fights! I thought Lloyd showed that he deserved to be in the ring with Tim and although Lloyd wasn't at his best it was a close fight. I thought Lloyd was scoring better in the early rounds but seemed to struggle with his breathing when he burst his nose. Neither of the fighters seemed under any great pressure throughout, but Tim seemed the stronger fighter in the end! As far as his reception, you are always going to get a few people at shows who don't understand the spirit of the sport, but I thought Tim's reception wasn't far off Lloyds and I was very releaved at his warm welcome, as he deserves it for coming up and putting his title on the line!

I thought Andy O'B deserves a lot of credit for taking the fight at short notice. I know it wasn't the rules that Stevie had trained for or wanted but if Andy hadn't stepped up there would have been no fight. From what I seen Stevie was winning well, but Andy made him fight for it.

John and Chris's fight was highly anticipated, but I thought both boys have another gear. You forget that these two fighters are just boys and its unfair to have such high expectations of them! I understand what Stevie M was saying about technique and power. Chris is a talented fighter without a doubt and has been around for a long time, but in terms of technique I'd say John understands how to play the Muay Thai game better. In terms of going forward, I think John has the potential to be the best all round fighter we've ever produced, but he needs time to develop and won't be helped by people like me putting even more expectations on him! However, Chris more than made up for it with his strength and conditioning on Sunday and used it very well in the fight. I also think john didn't look the same fighter when he went over the ropes at the start of the fight and just seemed dazed. Both have a great future and will be an asset to the Scottish scene.

Obviously this is a biased view as I train him, but thought young Kieran MacAskill was the best fighter of the night. He has an abundance of natural talent, but I had to push him very hard over the last few months to get his mental toughness up, almost too far sometimes, as he was nervous about making the step to full head contact and fighting adults. He quickly realised that I had hit him a lot harder in training and that he had nothing to really fear. There was a few points where he nearly punched himself out going for a KO. But for the most part he displayed a good understanding of the scoring system and monitored the fight throught. He'd create a few good scores and then a few more to make sure he was ahead with the judges and then used his teep to protect the points, really proud of him!

Again thanks everyone for helping to put the show on!