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Glasgow’s Nathaniel Collins said he was “absolutely gutted” after fighting out a 12-round draw with European featherweight champion Cristobal Lorente at Braehead Arena.<\/b><\/p>\n
Collins, 29, started strongly but the Spaniard, making his third defence, hit back in the closing stages, with the judges unable to separate them in a 115-113, 113-115, 114-114 split decision.<\/p>\n
Collins had been hoping to set up a crack at a world title fight, with neither boxer coming through the WBC final eliminator.<\/p>\n
“To me a draw is just as bad as a loss and, you know what, I hope we can run it back, in Glasgow again, and bring another big night back,” he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
“I’m absolutely gutted. Thank you so much everyone for the support.”<\/p>\n
On the undercard, Drew Limond, the 19-year-old son of the late EBU super featherweight champion Willie, won his welterweight fight against Alexeyv Mikhail Arellano Leon with a fourth-round knockout.<\/p>\n
There was further Scottish success at light heavyweight as Willy Hutchinson recorded a seventh-round knockout against Mark Jeffers and super middleweight as Alex Arthur Jr defeated Grzegorz Mardyla on points.<\/p>\n
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Reese Lynch outscored Jakub Laskowski at junior welterweight and junior featherweight Marcus Sutherland knocked out Kerim Agus in the first round.<\/p>\n
Ireland’s Steve Collins Jr lost on points to Javier Santana in the light heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n