Heading the undercard is
current Scottish middleweight champion Gary McCallum, who will make the first
defence of the title he lifted in March this year.
With a professional record of
nine wins, McCallum picked up his lastest win with a 98-93 points win over the
durable Paul Allison and now will defend his title against Wishaw’s Ryan Scott
on the June 7th card.
The bill will also feature
Darren McAdam, George Thomson, Jordon McCorry and Craig Kelly in action. Former
Commonwealth title challenger Eddie Doyle also returns to action.
While delighted with acquiring
a title, the fighter from Castlemilk area of Glasgow admits he didn’t have it
all his own way in his fight with Allison.
“It did take me a few rounds
to find my range. Paul is a game fighter, and always comes forward. I lost a
few rounds as he was catching me, but after viewing the fight I can see were I
can make the improvements, and I hope I can bring those into my title defence.
“I would love to fight for
more titles down the line, but I am in no rush. I learnt a lot from my last
fight and I look forward to having more of them as I want to develop myself so
I can reach my full potential. I will have the right experience if the big
title fights come my way. My trainer Willie Downie has kept me ticking over
recently and for the Scott fight we have had a good training camp with lots of
hill runs and hard sparring.
“I’ve also been working on my
strength and conditioning with coach Graeme Downie who will ensure I will be in
great shape come June 7th.” (Source)
