TALENTED boxers from Central Fife were centre stage on Friday as an action-packed night of ring action returned to Lochgelly.

But there was disappointment for home favourite Emma McCulloch, whose scheduled bout with Nasreen Anderson was called off just hours before they were due to meet.

Glenrothes Boxing Club, whose membership includes Scottish female light flyweight champion McCulloch and Kelty's pro fighter Connor Law, hosted their second home show at Lochgelly Town Hall following the success of their inaugural event in the town in January.

Head coach Stevie McGuire, who said that he would have "no hesitation in doing a show there again" after the first show attracted a sell-out crowd, pulled together a bill that saw boxers from Glenrothes take on opponents from clubs across the country, including Cardenden, Broxburn and from as far afield as Glasgow and Aberdeen.

McCulloch, who earlier this month lost out to Wales' Lynsey Holdaway on her Scotland debut at the GB Three Nations Championship in Cardiff, was due to feature on top of the bill against Lochend's Anderson.

The pair met in the final of the Boxing Scotland 48kg event last month, with McCulloch coming out on top, but Anderson was a late call-off due to what her camp claimed was a twisted ankle.

Despite the disappointment, another sell-out crowd were treated to another fine night of boxing with many local fighters producing good performances.

Home town boxers Bruce Gregory and Colin Gravison were in action as was Cardenden's Sam Dick, and Cowdenbeath youngsters Bradley Innes and Rachel Kippen.

Emma's dad Allan McCulloch, who also coaches at Glenrothes, said: "The most disappointing thing was that Emma's opponent called off at around 5.30pm. We'd told the boxers to be there for 6-6.15pm to be weighed in as we hoped to start the first bout at about 7.30pm. Stevie (McGuire) got a text from the head coach at Lochend that said Anderson had slipped coming out of the bath or shower, and had twisted her ankle.

"Emma and myself had sold 40 tickets between us but those people didn't get to see her. Lyndsey Robinson, who is a good pal of Emma's and was the weight above her, is now retired but came to be in the corner of one of the Cardenden boxers and she said she knew on Wednesday; the girl had messaged her on Facebook saying that she wasn't training right, wasn't sparring well and struggling to make the weight, so it was all but certain she wouldn't be fighting.

"If that was the case, why not say on Wednesday and give us time to try and pull something together, even if it was just an exhibition?

"Apart from that it was another positive night. It was a sell-out and there were other good bouts. There were 10 with Glenrothes boxers and there was only one loss."

He continued: "The only loss was Colin, who was beaten on a split decision but it was a great fight. He can take a lot from it; it was his first fight and was against Mikey Burns from Cardenden, who has had a few fights. Everybody else won which was great."

Allan added that the club will look to bring another show back to Lochgelly in the future but that it was likely that their next one – which is set to take place in October – would be held at either the Dean Park Hotel in Kirkcaldy or the Gilvenbank Hotel in Glenrothes.

Next up for Emma is the Haringey Box Cup, which takes place from June 15-17.