Had my last amateur fight when I was about 25 ,13 years later wanted to test myself one last time,the white collar show was decent ,big hotel in centre of Glasgow, Sam Kynoch was promoting the shows,beat my opponent unanimous dec,he wasn't the best tbh,bit younger and fitter,but no much skills

Had 19 amateur fights and 1 white collar when I got into my late 30s ,won 15 lost 4 ,think I won my 1st 8 or 9 fights on the bounce and got to the final of the Scottish championships, where I lost on pts ,probably could have done no bad if id stuck at it ,but was more interested in going to the foot...

Enjoyed reading this post,I've not seen Floyd Paterson's name mentioned yet,how do think a fight between him and Joe would've went ?

I was one of Sam Hickey's coaches when he boxed as an amateur at Lochee Boys Club ,knew him since he was about 10 or 11 years old,he's grown into a fine young man,level headed and totally dedicated and totally focused hopefully with a bit of luck he can go onto great things,Dundee boxing has been r...

I was one of Sam Hickey's coaches when he boxed as an amateur at Lochee Boys Club ,knew him since he was about 10 or 11 years old,he's grown into a fine young man,level headed and totally dedicated and totally focused hopefully with a bit of luck he can go onto great things,Dundee boxing has been re...

Just read hes passed away,horrible news,rest in peace Willie

Best bet I got up at the boxing was when ggg fought canelo the first time,fancied ggg but felt he'd get seen off from the judges, so took the draw at 20/1

Ali, Duran ,Leonard
Mcguigan Herol and Nigel from these islands

Lomachenko is a joy to watch out of today's boxers,Josh Taylor as well,purely because he's Scottish

The George Chuvalo book was really good,also heartbreaking, he went through some terrible life tragedies, the Jerry Quarry was also a very good but ultimately tragic story

Sad news,very talented boxer

It's mabye more difficult down in England, I got my licence easily enough in Scotland,I was just a run of the mill coach at our local amateur club,sat in front of the board,told them I was wanting my licence in case any of our amateurs decided to turn pro,and they'd have someone they knew to start t...