Great Show Dale,especially after all the messing about with people pulling out etc,it's a shame this sort of thing still keeps happening it's always bad for the sport and results in mismatches or poor fights just to make the numbers.
Congratulations to Ricky Gammon on taking the British Title last night against my fighter David Lockwood,he was very impressive and worst of all a SOUTHPAW!
We only got to know of the change of opponent just as we were setting off to Matlock,for months Dave had been focused on training for a fight with Graham Smith.If the change of opponent was'nt bad enough we found out he was a southpaw only an hour before the bout so what could have been an even better fight ended in disaster for David as he could'nt cope with Ricky's southpaw style and gave a well below par performance getting caught by some good left punches in the first which started the damage to Davids eye,causing the bad cut.
David Lockwood will be back after this loss and won't be avoiding nobody he is an excellent kickboxer and was brutally honest about his loss saying "Ricky deserved to win as I fought crap!"
Ricky Gammon could be a good champion as a lot of fighters will have problems with his southpaw style,but he will need to get used to doing the seven rounders,his trainers should be very proud they've done a good job with him!
My only complaint was the medics who saw to Davids eye in the ring and promised to see us in the changing rooms later,his eye did have a pretty bad cut and was still bleeding,after waiting ages for them to see to his eye I went looking for them only to find that they had cleared off and gone home!We ended up going to Worksop hospital to get proper treatment,if medics are at a show they should do their job properly and take care of fighters when they are injured!