DISAPPOINTMENT at the previous Commonwealth Games proved the catalyst for a Boxing Scotland revolution. Two bronze medals – for Reece McFadden and John Docherty – on Gold Coast was short of what had been hoped for and inspired some extensive navel-gazing.
The subsequent overhaul of the performance programme has already delivered tangible results, with Reese Lynch claiming Scotland’s first ever world championship medal last year before team-mate Sam Hickey then won a first European medal for 16 years in May.
