The trouble had arisen when Mark’s mobile phone battery went flat which prompted the search for Mark.

One gym member Bill Morrow said, “Why doesn’t he just charge his phone or ring the office at the gym!” Easy, said Rocky Desi, “He’s only turned 18 and his Mummy probably does everything for him.”

Meanwhile frantic calls from Belfast to Gary Hamilton in Italy were futile as Hamilton slept through the entire saga. Twelve hours after leaving Belfast, Bird turns up at the Hotel - and all Gary said when he was awakened hours later was that he was starving!

Hamilton is in Italy for a Full-Thai bout this Saturday night against