Yeah Joe did walk away with the belt but was again left upset and dejected for the 2nd time from a Goldenbelt competition. We stepped in to help out as you were short of a fighter for BRYAN COLLINS and nobody responded to your cry. Joe was all psyched up to fight him not Jordan McNabb, As any fighter would to prepare for a title fight. Upon arriving on the day to weigh in we were informed that he was now fighting Jordan McNabb who normally fights Reece Nield from our gym. In Joe's head all he could think of, was that Reece is at least 3 kg heavier and from a parents prespective we've taken fights before with a weight differance and promised ourselves we would never do it again. Our son's safety comes first. We waited for Jordan to weigh in to check and unfortunately he was approx 1.5 kg overweight. So to say Jordan McNabb couldn't make the weight is a little unfair as it appears he was a stand in. I think that a phone call, an email or even a post on here to let us know that Joe's opponent had gone AWOL would've been nice, I know he's a child but they still deserve the same respect as any other fighter. Also would have saved us a trip from Manchester, we wouldn't have travelled all that way for a demo. It was agreed that because of the 1.5 kg difference that Joe would get the belt as he was within 30-32kg for the title. Which he wasn't happy with either, he'd trained hard to be given the chance to win the belt and earn it. He's that sort of lad. During the fight his heart wasn't in it and after the fight he was in tears in the dressing room as he felt he'd not earnt the right to have the belt as he hadn't fought for it. Many Thanks to Julie Kitchen for her kind words to my son. I don't want to get into a big debate about it, I just wanted to get my point of view across without offending anybody. Joe would like the opportunity to defend his title preferably before he goes over the weight limit. At present though we as a family have been left a little jaded by the Goldenbelt experience. Hopefully we can change that.