Alex and Katherine Morrison promote the first live boxing show at the Glasgow Pavilion Theatre on Sunday November 15 when Gary Young faces fellow Edinburgh native and former stablemate Gary McMillan for the vacant Scottish welterweight title in the main event.
Young has not fought since breaking his right hand while securing a routine six-round win over David Kirk back in September 2007. Since then luck has been in short supply for the 26-year-old with the first quarter of 2008 spent recovering from the injury and then the promotion he was scheduled to fight on in June was cancelled.
A six month spell in America failed to produce the opportunities that Young was looking for and he decided to return home earlier this year.
Young said: “A lot of people do comment that I slipped off the boxing radar, and I fully agree, but a boxer with a broken hand doesn’t really need too much publicity. While I was inactive I didn’t feel the need to be in the paper or be seen at boxing shows. Now I have the chance to reclaim a place among the top domestic welterweights.
“I am training for this fight the way I would train for any title fight. The mere fact that Gary also comes from Gilmerton, the same area of Edinburgh as myself, and used to train in the same gym as me is irrelevant. I don’t care about getting personal – this is just a job to me.
“I am a highly confident and motivated professional who will step into the ring on November 15 with a first taste of championship level. I have a fantastic training team behind me in Paul Weir and Willie Quinn and I am punching harder, faster and boxing better than I have been in my whole career.”
Willie Limond will make his first appearance against an as yet unnamed opponent since capturing the WBU lightweight title via unanimous decision over Englishman Ryan Barrett in May. Now that the Glaswegian has vacated that belt he is hoping to become a champion again in 2010.
Limond said: “The aim is to pursue other titles next year and perhaps a shot at the British title. I just want to be kept busy. I have been a professional for ten years and only had two defeats in that time – and they were against Alex Arthur and Amir Khan who went on to become world champions – so I hope that something will happen soon.
“At the moment I am just concentrating on preparing for this fight and I believe that with a capacity crowd there will be a brilliant atmosphere inside the Pavilion.”
Craig Windsor and Santino Caruana will also be in action after the duo recorded points victories on Morrison Promotions’ Thistle Hotel bill on Friday night. Coatbridge’s Windsor is now 4-0 with two wins inside the distance after defeating Paul Royston and Cambuslang man Caruana made it three wins in a row against Steve Gethin.
Tickets priced at £20, £30 and £40 are available from Morrison’s Gym on 0141 554 7777 and the Pavilion Theatre on 0141 332 1846. There is not a bad seat in the house.
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