WILLIE LIMOND has sounded the final bell on his deal with Tommy Gilmour, SportTimes can exclusively reveal.

The Commonwealth light-welterweight champ's last fight came on June 7 last year when he successfully defended his 140lbs belt against Mitch Prince.

But with tilts at both the European title and the British belt failing to materialise, Limond has taken the decision to let his contract, which ends tomorrow, run down.

At 35-years-old, Limond, the first man to deck Amir Khan, has decided to wait and see if any new offers come his way and has exclusively admitted to SportTimes that he may even call time on his illustrious 15-year fight career if the phone fails to ring.

Limond said: "The first thing I would like to do is thank Tommy Gilmour for all the hard work he has put in on my behalf.

"I have had five fights with Tommy since I signed with him three years back, and fair play to him, three of these have been title fights.

"In particular I will always remember winning the Commonwealth light-welterweight title in January 2013 by stopping Eddie Doyle in the first.

"I think we have worked well together but unfortunately the fights I had hoped for in terms of a shot at the European title or the Lonsdale belt have not come my way. At my stage 10 months without the right type of fight is a long time.

"So I have taken the decision, after some serious soul-searching, to let my contract wind down and see what materialises. But I have to be honest and admit that if the right fight doesn't come my way, then maybe that is that for me."

It seems hard to believe that no fresh offers will indeed reach Limond's ears.

The two-time Commonwealth champion has come tantalisingly close to realising his full potential in terms of title success so often without ever really doing so.

It is believed the fact that as reigning Commonwealth champion, it was a bitter pill for the Glaswegian to swallow that he would have had to fight an eliminator to get to British boss Curtis Woodhouse.

Yet Limond remains loftily placed in the domestic rankings at No.3 and also in the European shakedown where he is No.9.

He said: "I am 35 now and I have a year to 18 months left in me to make things happen. I am desperate to fight for the British title again and meet Curtis and I know that is a fight he wants.

"The other aspect of that is with Curtis at No.5 in the European rankings and me at nine, and him the British title holder and me nursing the Commonwealth belt, there must be a good chance that any fight between us would act as an eliminator for the European title.

"But only time will tell if all of that is a pipedream for me. Right now I will take stock of the situation and see if anything comes my way.

"The frustrating thing is that even at this late stage of my career I feel in tremendous nick.

"I also believe that the extra experience I have over the other guys holding the major titles could really stand me in good stead."