Marvellous Marvin Hagler was ring-side at the weekend to watch the 20 year old light middleweight secure yet another knockout win. This time, the Grim Reaper Grimason dispatched Swiss hero Coco Coubaly with a devastating volley of shots in the first round of their battle. He was too strong with his left/right combinations and had his more experienced opponent on the canvas within the opening seconds before the ref stepped in just before the end of the first following another flurry of blows.

It’s now 13 wins from 13 outings, 11 by knockout, for the young Belfast star. And the plaudits started arriving almost as fast as his left jab.

“It was a great thrill for Andrew to be on this card,” said Murray. “There were over 3,500 people in the hall watching a collection of Europe’s best talent. When we heard Marvin Hagler was ring-side, I was shaking. But Andrew remained focused, kept his fight game in his mind and went out to show Marvellous Marvin what he could do.

There was some sad news for Grimason’s training partner Gary Hamilton. The world featherweight champion - who recently moved up to flyweight - broke his ankle in a freak accident two rounds into his battle with Frenchman Fabio Pinca.

As Hamilton moved to come out of his corner following an exchange of blows, the champ slipped and broke the right ankle.

“I’m gutted,” said Hamilton after the encounter. “I felt I was matching him well, I had the measure of him. It was a great work-out ahead of June 10 and then by a pure freak, I went over on my ankle.”

“I’m devastated for Gary,” said Murray. “He was coming back into great form and was looking hungry ahead of June. The doctors are still to establish if surgery is needed and they won’t know for a day or two until the swelling goes down. There are two fractures and some ligament damage. Gary is biggest hearted fighter I’ve ever met. It’s not looking good for him making the card in June, but until he and his doctors tell me there is no way, then I won’t scratch his name. We’re all keeping our fingers crossed.”

If you haven’t yet seen Grimason in action - tickets are currently on-sale for the June 10 Kickboxing Mania VII at Belfast’s Odyssey, where the future world champion will star.

To reserve your tickets, call the Odyssey Box Office on 028 9073 9074 or through www.theodyssey.co.uk, plus the Prokick hotline on 028 90651074 or at prokick.com- tickets
Tickets are priced at £10, £17.50 and £27.50.

Well done to all the organisers of the 10th year of the Post Tenebras Cup - they put on a brilliant event with outstanding guests -by-the- way of... Boxing legend, Marvellous Marvin Hagler and K1 super star Ernesto Hoost...well done, can't wait until next years event!