Boxing: McEwan win is a sore one
The former Clovenstone Scottish amateur champion from Wester Hailes admitted that his victory was no cakewalk, saying: "A first round clash of heads left me with a bothersome cut and in two subsequent rounds roughhouse fighter Perez threw me to the canvas, which I subsequently learned led to me damaging my ankle ligaments, seriously compromising my ability to stick-and-move as I had planned.
"It was far from a good performance so I wasn't surprised when one ring judge scored the bout a draw although the other two made me a 7-3 winner."
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Hide AdMcEwan recently returned to Edinburgh for the birth of his son and his coach, Freddie Roach, said: "Craig has been away for two months and it showed as he was just not fit enough for the job in hand against Perez.''