Boxing: Mitchell robbed of Scottish title as judges miss point

It was a scoreline that failed to reflect the bout as Capital ace Mitchell was dominant from first bell to last.

Equally hard to fathom was the 7-0 scoreline the judges awarded Lochend lightweight Josh Taylor against Aberdeen Granite City's Darren Traynor in their final bout. Traynor fulfilled pre-fight predictions that he would give Taylor his hardest scrap at domestic level and the Aberdonian rocked Taylor in the second round with a a jaw-jarring right hand and matched him punch-for-punch for long spells during their three round clash but - absurdly - Traynor was not credited with a single point by judges. It was impossible to disagree with one of Traynor's ring cornermen, who said: "The decision was ridiculous -a case could have been made for Traynor winning or at the very least losing only by a single point - but 7-0?"

In contrast, there was no room for doubt in the women's flyweight final where Newarthill's Stephanie Kernan justified her 13-2 points winning margin over Leith Victoria's Magdalene Berns by keeping her on the back foot for most of the four-round contest.

Fifer Kevin Bruce of the Kingdom club was always in charge against Lochend's heavyweight final challenger Steve Nicol, who lost by 13-2. At bantamweight, Lochend's David Dickson was outpointed 10-3 by Renfrewshire's Joe Ham while Dunfermline light-welterweight Callum Susans impressively outscored Cleland fighter Darren McGinn for his first-ever senior title. Glenrothes middleweight Andrew McKelvie lost widely to Barrhead's Brian Peacock by 12-1.