Show Me The Kash!

Elliot Foster sees McGregor overwhelm Allan to set up Farooq showdown

- Elliot Foster

LEE McGREGOR set up a potential showdown against fellow Scot Kash Farooq with a stoppage win over Scott Allan. The Edinburgh bantamweight retained his Commonwealth crown in a sports hall next to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome at the Emirates Arena.

The fight, which topped the second night of an ‘MTK Fight Night’ doubleheader after Steven Ward and Liam Conroy served up a classic in Belfast 24 hours earlier [see page 18], began at a rapid pace, with McGregor taking the fight to Allan, who was stopped by referee John Latham after 1-45 of round eight.

McGregor came off with the harder and more damaging shots in the early stages and even had time at the end of one of the rounds to snap back at a fan of Shotts’ Allan who was tormenting him from ringside.

After two close rounds, McGregor began to take control in the fourth and opened up a bad cut around Allan’s right eye.

“The Title Taker” came swinging back in the fifth and was connecting with good punches from angles. But with around a minute to go in that round, Allan was stunned badly from a body shot and then he was worked over with head blows.