That's right it was a step up in class for McNeil but he didn't get the fight on merit, he was a last minute stand-in. So he managed to see it through to the end.....well done him! But Ossie's no great puncher.

You're right again, Gary hasn't had a proper test to date and I don't think fighting Peely will be a test for him either. If McNeil is a good boxer why did he hang around until he was thirty in the amateurs, why didn't he turn pro earlier? I'll tell you why. He liked to jump about being the big man beating up kids.

There's plenty of time for Gary at 22 to develop and learn his trade. That's the problem with fans and some trainers in a lot of sports in this country we want results too quickly. Most sportsmen peek between the ages of 25 - 30. Fact yersel.