Boxing: Title-winner Murray is no ordinary Joe

Coach Kenny McCartney said: "Joe was confident as he outpointed Nailen at the semi-final stages last year in the same event, but it was close as Nailen kept marching forward throwing punches, but Murray counter-punched brilliantly."

McCartney also praised his three-bout novice Brandon Hunter, who lost by 8-1 to Glasgow Noble Art club opponent Josh Campbell.

He said: "To reach this stage given young Hunter's lack of ring experience was an achievement and I was equally pleased by my flyweight Brodie Robertson's showing in only losing to Viewpark's Dominic Nye by a single point, 4-3, in his semi-final bout."

Meanwhile, there was both heroism and controversy in Saturday's quarter and semi-final bouts session at Coatbridge. The heroism came from Midlothian featherweight Scott Brown who damaged his right hand ligaments while dropping Deveron Valley opponent Liam Blake twice to win by 14-1 in their 1996 57kgs semi-final. Despite the injury, Brown elected to go ahead with his final against Glasgow Dennistoun's Jordan Beveridge, losing 6-2.

Brown will now be out of action for six weeks and Midlothian coach Ally Quilletti said: "We debated whether Scott should withdraw but he was determined to go ahead."

The controversy was over the computer scoring of Edinburgh Boxing Academy's 1997 48kg light-flyweight semi-final between Barry Hogg and Kelty's Paul Greenhorn, which saw southpaw ace Hogg lose after a double computer scoring countback saw Fifer Greenhorn win after judges tied both boxers at the end of the bout.

Hogg's coach Sean Heron said: "Barry dominated Greenhorn, particularly in the second round, and we've watched a DVD of the whole bout again and Hogg hit Greenhorn with triple punch combinations in round two which were not credited to him by the computer scoring judges. It was a terrible decision."

Meanwhile, Leith Victoria light-flyweight Tylar Gibson lost 6-0 on points to Newarthill's Steve Newns in their 1998 42kg semi-final.