 So it's time to talk boxing again on Highland and once again time to talk to Brett McGinty. Brett is always good to get speaking to you and good to see you. Good to chat to you, Ashin. Big fight coming up, Brett. Another on Irish soil, you're part of the elite shear promotion, the return, which has taken place at the National Stadium in Dublin. Before we look at that and talk about your opponent, you of course are no stranger to that venue you fought there. Numerous times as an amateur, I had some big nights but on the professional stage you were there back in November and it was something that you remember for the rest of your life, your first pro fight at home, Brett. And you had the big support down with you and you got the victory as well. Brilliant, Ashin. As you said, I'd been in the National Stadium many times fighting in the amateurs over three rounds but it was great to have my first and the pros. It was a different experience coming out for a six-rounder but I have that over me now, you know what I mean? I suppose that we've been a nerves of your first fight at home and so it's kind of down to business now next week and looking forward to another good fight and hopefully another good performance. Were you really nervous for the occasion, were you? Back then? I was nervous about, because I had over 200 coming down the last minute, I suppose I was kind of nervous of putting on a decent show and I was lucky that the opponent that I fought came for a proper fight. To be fair to him though, he was an Italian, we knew very little about, there was no footage of him at all. I literally didn't even know if he was South Park Orphodox until I got on the ring with him. So it was sort of an unknown, so there was a bit of nerves there but thankfully it came for a fight and we put on a proper fight and I think those that came down to us had enjoyed it. Do you get nervous ahead of every fight, Brett, because they say in sport that nerves is actually a good thing, yes you do have confidence but it's always an added bonus where we put a nerves in there and the belly, do you get that? I have a bit of nerves definitely, more so like on fight day like when you're sitting around the hotel and waiting to go to the venue and that you'll be a bit nervous or whatever but once you start warming up and start getting in the zone, I suppose that kind of goes away then, especially when the bell goes it all goes out the window but nah there's nothing wrong with a wee bit of nerves, it keeps you sharp and it keeps you ready to go. So tell us how did this fight come about for you? How did this fight come about on the elite shear promotion? Obviously you're signed up with what shear sports you are and you're based in England despite them of course being in the far coast of America but at what stage did you know that you're going to be part of this return promotion, this return bell? Well I've been talking to Jason fairly regularly and they were actually I think they were looking at around March time at the start they were on the show but it was pushed back to the first day of April which to be honest probably worked out in my favour because I had a wee bit of trouble with my left hand after the last fight but thankfully all good now and I've had no trouble with it on the camp so I think this is going to be the first of hopefully many shows to come from elite and shear sports and hopefully shows in Ireland as well, never know we might get one down in our west direction for lucky that would be great but hopefully this is the start of things to come and they'll be running shows more regularly and in Ireland as well. So it was easy enough to say yes to Jason Quigley was it? Definitely, especially when he's on the ball too it's good, it's good for boxing in Ireland, it's good for Irish boxing, it's good for people in the North West to get the chance. For the only goal people are in particular? Exactly so you know the first chance to see him at home he's fought for a world title and he's been at the pinnacle of sport and now there's a chance to see him fighting Dublin again he's plenty of successful knights himself in the national stadium so hopefully the two of us will have another one now next Saturday. Would you take advice from Jason, would you Brett? I would, you know Jason's he's been around the block now and pro boxing and boxing in general, he would give me a lot of advice and we actually we've done a bit of sparring for this camp together before I came over to England made him a spar twice and then one of the weekends I was home we got a few rounds in as well so it's good to have his experience helped me along and we can help each other out with a bit of sparring. It's good to have, it's good to have his advice there and it's good to be able to share the ring with him. You mentioned about the hand that you had a wee issue after the last fight, does wee niggles worry you do they, do they Brett? Because when you pick up wee injuries obviously it's going to play in the head at times and when they appear and when they occur do they worry you do they? I want to be fair like it's one thing about boxing there's always niggles here and there throughout camp, this camp even have a long team but that one I actually took into the fight the last time, I must have my last bar because of it so I just kind of had a feeling that I probably would hinder me a wee bit you know when it did let on in the fight but it wasn't, there's nothing to worry about and I haven't had no trouble with since in this camp so all's good, ready to go for next week and looking forward to it. Yeah I'm just looking at your opponent here, Patrick Fiala if I've said that correct, what do you know of him? Not a lot to be fair at the minute because the thing about what you always say over here, me, Ricky and Blaine like we don't want to look too far into the opponents and go watching tapes because you go watch 10 tapes and you can go into the gym the next morning and be told your opponent's changed especially when you're fighting foreigners like from the Czech Republic so looking at his record is a fairly decent record to be honest, that's the kind of fights I want now I want to step up opponents these five ones, three KO's and three losses so he's a one on record I'm sure he'll come the fight and that's what I want, we'll have good things there to see him which is looking at the very likely wall that it'll be him next Saturday we'll have a good look at him now next week, see what he does well, see what he doesn't do so well and make a game plan from that and we'll be ready to wrap. And in relation to your own performance obviously you're focusing a lot more on that, so yeah Brett, each fight you're looking for improvement in certain areas, what sort of improvement are you looking for now as you head into this one off the back of what took place over the last few? Well, what I would like to do is just take what I've been doing in camp, Ricky told me the day that it's the sharpest he's seen me and I do feel that like I've had a lot of eight rounds spars in this camp as well. The last three spars I've had have been eight rounds spars so I'm getting the rounds in and I'm getting them in well and feeling strong doing them so when I take that into the fight I mean it's all well and looking good in the gym and sparring well but at the end of the day you have to do it on a fight date, you have to do it on the lights and that's what I think I'll do, I'm looking forward to it. There's no reason where I can, so that's up to me now to do that next week. Listen, Johnston Carrigan's going to be empty on Saturday week, are they all heading to Dublin again? Ah well, they'll be right for you then and I, hopefully make a camp out there in the house. And with all the Balbuffet people, that's some mix, right? Hopefully they'll all stick together and I'm sure they will. And it doesn't be a brilliant night so it would for both yourself and Jason to take off once on that occasion. But maybe looking further afield, Brett, rather, come the end of the year, where would you like to be? Would you be like to fighting for some sort of title, for some sort of belt and how many fights is it going to take you maybe to get to that stage? Ah well, to be honest, I've just mentioned that the one of the calls you had there that at my weight super well, they're weight that the Celtic title has been vacated by the champion, O'Neill, he's from Belfast, he's vacated the title. So I mean I would have fought him for it but he's vacated it so it's open now for pretty much for anybody that wants a crack at it and that the BUI consider good enough so like I would fight for that next to be honest. I've been pro right away now to be honest and it's been stopped, started for me, starting to get a bit of momentum. I mean I'm happy, it'll be a neat rounder because the Celtic title is on a rounder. I'll be happy enough to push for that next if they say they want to fight again and then go for it fair enough. But I mean that's the kind of fights I want to be in. Domestic title fights over the last year or so in Ireland have been a complete success. Two Irish fighters coming to win, coming to put on a good show and like I'm not shouting out no names or whatever but I mean I'm sure there's somebody else on the country in a similar position to me that would say no what, I would like a crack at that and no add fight down to be honest. Yeah well before that is to happen or if there's going to be developments in that front you have to get through the next opponent on Saturday week in Dublin. So things are looking good and confident Brett as we go to it? Confident actually and everything's went well as I say, my camp's been brilliant so no reason why I can't go on next week and put on a performance and that's what I'm planning to do. Okay no doubt you will. I'm sure you'll get another victory and you'll go to 7-0 from everyone here at Highland Brett as always. We wish you the very best of luck. Thanks Austin.