Not since the days of Kru Ralf Kussler has Burnley seen Thai boxing action when Paul Murphy, who runs Burnley Muay Thai, fought as a boy.

And the final Burnley fighter of the night, Gibson, made sure it ended in glory.

Gibson fought a tremendously hard battle against the respected Waterloo Street camp's Danny Lomas.

Both fighters were focused and looking to finish the fight right from the off.

The first round saw a great exchange of shin kicks to the head, and both were visibly rocked. The second round saw more action, and Gibson took another tremendous kick to the head, which opened up a cut over his right eye.

Murphy advised his fighter to take his opponent into the clinch and start using his knees, and he listened well, as the third round saw him going constantly forward.

The fourth round once again saw Gibson scoring heavily with his knees, but Lomas came back with some very good elbows and a nasty body kick which looked like it had almost broke Gibson's ribs.

The final round was very exciting but all about Gibson. He once again penetrated the guard of Lomas and battered his opponent with knees.

After the final bell, the judges were unanimous in awarding the bout to Gibson.

His trainer Murphy beamed: "Danny is such a top lad.
"He's only 58kg but he spars with all the lads in the gym including the heavyweights and he takes no prisoners.

"It's my belief he can fight at the very top level one day against the worlds' best. Obviously this means a tremendous amount of effort and it means going to Thailand to fight the Thais in their own backyard, but he's only 21 and is already the British champion.

"I'd just like to say a massive thank you to his opponent Danny Lomas who was amazing on the day and would like to thank his trainer 'Gilly' for such great sportsmanship. I'd also like to thank Lee Carlin and Mick Sinclair for doing a terrific job with me in the corner and also everyone that made this show happen."

The rest of the show saw Murphy's students all emerge victorious.
Chris Prickett's opponent didn't turn up on the day and he was left devastated after training hard for six weeks. George Sinclair stood in at the last minute and provided Prickett with some action by way of a demo.

Also providing demonstration bouts were Burnley's own World and English champion Luke Turner, and Duncan Dickins, who were both fantastic.
Russ Ball was more fortunate with his bout, as Leon Purcell turned up from Rage Thai and provided the fight of the night.

Purcell came out with big hands, and Russ countered with his own devastating blows.

Murphy said: "When he came in after the first round, I told Russ not to get involved in a brawl as one of them was going to taste the canvas, and I didn't want a lottery as to who it would be.
"I told Russ to be wiser, circle off and use his low kicks and knees.
"Russ listened, but continued where he'd left off'!"

Again both men stood toe to toe, and it wasn't until the fourth round that Ball started to think and move.

In this round he knocked Purcell down with a tremendous low kick, and battered his opponent's body with vicious knees.

The final round saw Ball almost knock Purcell out several times, but his conditioning and bottle kept him up.

The Burnley fighter won a unanimous decision from the judges.

Anyone wanting to learn Thai boxing can contact Murphy on 07810 453960.