a big thanks to mark,ste and alby for having us up.yes the show had a few ups and downs on the day but it still produced some cracking fights.antuan put on the best display i have seen against a very strong dutch opponent with the ability of ending any fight with either hand!
in my opinion the thai did more than enough to win nearly every round-any judge who saw it different should be whipped.

re julies fight--this was i am upset to say-one big massive wind up from the dutch team to slow down julies training for her fight in june.the dutch girl had no intention of fighting on the day whatsoever.it was a shame because their lad who fought was exceptional and had been trained well,im sure the girl was very capable of a good fight.
who wears thick tracksuit bottoms,hoody and a g-string to a weigh in,knowing that they should have to strip down because they are 5kg overweight(69kg)?(apart from liam r.lol).
after discussing for an hour whether she should skip at all,she grabbed a sweatsuit(whilst drinking a carton of juice??).skipped for about 4 minutes and said-no more---i will swear on my childrens life she had not broken sweat,even the promoters who who tried their best in negotiating could not believe it.
i offered to skip off 2 kilo with her for the fight to go ahead(this was at 12 oclock,she had til 4 oclock to make the weight as the fight could have gone at the end of the show,she said she was hungry and was going to eat.)we had no apology from the dutch at all,just laughing and saying come to holland and fight germaine,again and again.
after an hour we agreed to take the fight anyway and give away the weight,but still no interest.

these are some of the most ridiculous things i had said to us on saturday.
1)the dutch fight with their head,not their body,3 kilo is nothing.

2)mandy is flying tomorrow so cannot possibly lose 2 kilo skipping,she must eat now (7 hrs before fight)

3)this is my fav--i wont say who said it but he wasnt dutch--look at how tall you are julie,you are way taller than her ,the weight should not matter.

as i said earlier,this is of no fault to the promoter or golden belt,the show went on and was a goodun.
its just very dissapointing for julie who for once had a decent offer to fight up the line and had it quashed by arrogance.nice attempt at a wind up but julie needed a break in her training anyway.nath.