Ryan Brawley loses his unbeaten tag as Green remains champ

Stylish southpaw and Prizefighter winner, Ryan Brawley came up short by a single point in his challenge to Glenrothes’ Scottish light-welterweight champion Stuart Green, for the title held by the Fifer. Patrons of the St Andrew’s Sporting Club annual “Burns Night” show were treated to an enthralling match over the ten rounds, and no one including Brawley fans could deny the Fifer the end result.

Green’s career has been a bit up and down (now 15-10), but of late he’s steadied the ship and is getting his dues from boxing. The Fife fighter doesn’t take a step backwards, and is one of those opponents who will keep coming unless you actually stop him and only Lee McAllister and Ceri Hall have done so, and both of those were late on in 10 round bouts.

Brawley (now 16-1) is not a heavy handed boxer, with only a single stoppage of his 16 wins so it was always going to go the distance. Tellingly though Green has done the duration of championship bouts before, and gave Brawley neither the time nor space to indulge in the sort of fluid point scoring boxing he exhibits with ease. Brawley did show some flashy combinations, but Green out worked the youngster throughout and deservedly retained his title.

Brawley will have learned more in this bout than he has in many of the previous ones he’s sailed through and will be a better boxer for it. Green looks to a brighter future with increasing confidence in his own ability.

On the undercard Steven Sharoudi of Motherwell forced perennial “journeyman” Daniel Thorpe to retire after round two was completed with a flurry of head and sickening body shots. The bout itself was a bit scrappy as the likeable Thorpe tried vainly to keep Sharoudi at bay whilst it lasted.

Robert “Rocky” Wright made his debut against Delroy Spencer, (I’m sure Delroy will forgive me for mentioning the fact that he’s more than double the age of his opponent), and in doing so had a point shut-out over six rounds. The wily fox that is Delroy, made Rocky work for his debut win and although the youngster tired towards the end, probably through nervous energy being expended, it was well done the kid.

(Thanks to Wull Downie for his contributions!)