Scottish boxing legend Willie Limond has stated that his career in the ring may not yet be over, despite his loss to Tyrone Nurse at the end of last month.

The 37-year-old is furious with himself for not allowing enough time to prepare properly for the bout on the undercard of Ricky Burns’s fight with Michele Di Rocco at the Hydro.

He admits that his pride could tempt him into carrying on as a fighter despite the early success of his fight stable Lock Stock Promotions, as he can’t bear the thought of bowing out on such a low note.

“I’m possibly going to fight on,” Limond said. “I’ve not made a solid decision yet.

“I’m really annoyed with myself when I think about it. I had been out for two years and hadn’t really been training, so to think I could pull all that back in eight weeks and go in against a quality operator like Tyrone was foolish.

“I should have had a fight before that, but I had a spell out, hadn’t been in the gym, had put on a bit of weight, and it was daft to think I could turn that around.

“It wasn’t enough time, but that’s nobody’s fault but my own. That’s something I’ve learned from and hopefully my apprentices can learn from it too.

“I don’t want to neglect my fighters to concentrate on my own career, because if I’m away for eight weeks training then I won’t be fully present for them.

“The last two weeks before our show on Saturday there I was in the gym constantly and on the phone all the time, and it’s hard to do that if I’m training.

“I’ll see, it depends what comes up. To do these shows it takes a lot of time, and if I’m away training and worrying about that at the same time it’s hard to put 100% into both camps.

“Sometimes it’s a lot to be on your plate. We’re only a small company, we’ve not got loads of staff to deal with things, we have to do it all ourselves. Matchmaking, phoning up other trainers and fighters – we need to roll up our sleeves and do it all on our own.

“I just love boxing though, it’s as simple as that. I love the solitude of the training on dark mornings when all you can hear are your own footsteps, I love getting in the gym with the boys and I love the challenge of it.

“If I was offered a title fight eight weeks from now, I know I’d be back in the gym tomorrow.”

Limond concedes that he struggles to watch his fighters during what can often be brutal scraps. They are his friends, boys that he trains alongside. It has given him a new appreciation of what his own family have went through over the course of his career.

“I worry about them,” he admitted. “When they’re in the ring my heart is in my mouth.

“I still see myself as a fighter just now, I’m still in the gym with them. I’m still in the trenches with them basically.

“Look at Craig Kelly’s fight at the weekend there. He had an absolute war against Stefan Sanderson, and my heart went out to the two of them.

“I’ve been there in that situation, so I worry about them. It’s been a hard transition.

“Most of the boys I’ve signed I’ve been pals with for years, so it’s like working with your mates and trying to give them a leg up in their careers.

“I’m trying to use the contacts I’ve made in my years as a pro to help them, and hopefully I can do that."