Mine don'y sound so bad but it seemed like it at the time.
This was my second fight. My first fight was against somebody much more experienced and I was stopped in the first round.
So after about 10 months, I climbed in again. I was reasonably fit but had been told the fight was at 60 kg. my weight was 67kg and I am 5ft 10".
So I killed myself to get to the weight and actually weighed in at 59kg.
Then on the day my opponant pulled out. My trainer (no names) said he had a replacement so I just accepted it.
When I got into the ring he was huge and had long trousers on (this was supposed to be MT). Just before we got in the ring he had come into my changing room ranting and raving about how he was going to kill me etc.
In the ring i am told this is a f/c fight. Now bearing in mind this is only my second fight and i am relying on my corner to sort this shit, it got a bit confusing.
In the end I had to settle for leg kick rules. The guy also turned out to be 9kg heavier, and undefeated in 12 with nine stoppages. Every time I tieeped him, I flew backwards and everytime he hit me I was all over the place.
However, I got the leg kick working and damaged him up a little.
In the end he won by one point (i thought he won a bit clearer than that to be honest).
This was not so much a promoters horror story as a lesson in how not to look after your fighter.
I was dying at the weight of 59kg, i gave away nine on the day, he was undefeated in 12, and I had to compromise on the rules.
It was a bit harsh on a novice coming back from a stoppage in his first fight.
That was in about 1988, and this shit still goes on now!!