LEE McGregor has vowed to bounce back after suffering a devastating fourth-round defeat on Saturday evening.
The boxing star was aiming to build on winning the WBC International Featherweight title when he stepped into the ring with Nathaniel Collins in Glasgow.
Unfortunately, in front of a packed OVO Hydro, it was Collins who was celebrating lifting the WBC Silver Featherweight title aloft and taking a step closer to a world title shot.
McGregor has refused to let the setback derail his bid to be crowned a world champion and told Courier Sport he hoped to be back in the ring in October.
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He said: “I will be back this year without a doubt.
“My body, the next day, was absolutely fine; it was just my pride that was hurt.
“I felt fresh as anything and I just need a break from training, not from the fight.
“It was not like I was beaten up or in a gruelling, horrible fight where I have been horribly battered or knocked out cold.
“I was caught by a shot and could not recover.
“Maybe I could have seen the round out and see what happens but it is not like I had bad damage.
“It is the training camp I need to recover from, so I will recover from that and sit down and will see what is next.
“I am a winner, a born winner, and feel like that fight was warming up and actually would love to do it again.
“I need to get in a position where we can make that happen and I am willing to whatever I need to do.”
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McGregor came into the bout with hopes of winning the all-Scotland clash and turning attention to the possibility of a world title fight in the near future.
The defeat comes after McGregor, who lives in Blindwells, had bounced back from losing to Erik Robles Ayala to win three consecutive fights in the space of little more than six months.
He described the setback as “gutting, devastating” and was now looking to a holiday and time outside of the ring.
The 28-year-old said: “It is very, very challenging.
“For 13 or 14 weeks, I have just put my heart and soul into it.
“It is hard to process but I have got the right people around me and I just need to take each day as it comes.
“Yesterday was better and I don’t know what tomorrow will look like.
“It is just one of those things where I need to be around my closest people to get me through it, which I am.”
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