TOMMY GILMOUR is a proud man having four of his fighters in tonight's Sky Sports prizefighter tournament at the Kelvin Hall.

The St Andrew's club supremo's stable will provide Stuart Green, favourite Ryan Brawley, Gary McArthur and Scottish champion Charlie King in the eight man slugfest, which has a first prize of £25,000.

"The whole concept and idea of the Prize-fighter series is excellent and provides an opportunity for a boxer to go on and enjoy a national profile and use the event as a stepping stone to bigger things," said Gilmour.

"Martin Rogan, who won the heavyweight show, has now beaten both Audley Harrison and Matt Skelton and is the Commonwealth heavyweight champion. These fights happened for Martin because he won Prizefighter.

"So the boys who are in the mix know what a difference it can make to their careers."

Gilmour added: "I am delighted to have four fighters in the draw. That underlines how healthy my stable is right now."

Indeed, with Gilmour fighters providing half of the draw, the St Andrew's chief is the ideal man to provide the lowdown on the Scottish challenge.

He said: "If we take Charlie King first, he has great hand speed and a fine jab, and the format of three-round fights will suit him.

"His opponent, Paul Holborn, is one of the dark horses and the key for me will be that Charlie stays busy behind his jab.

"Stuart Green lost the Scottish title to Charlie by a round, and although the winner was originally going to be the only one to get a place on the show, we felt that Stuart had put in such a good performance he deserved the slot.

"Out of all eight fighters, Stuart is the most experienced and has adopted a have-gloves-will-travel mentality in that respect. He is against Stephen Burke, who was a top Amateur and that fight looks fascinating."

Gilmour continued: "Ryan Brawley is a southpaw who is a former British Amateur junior champion and an excellent boxer. He is the favourite and I think the fact he is a southpaw is an advantage.

"Ryan has a snaking jab and showed when he beat the former British champion Jamie McKeever in seven rounds just what he is capable of, but again he won't get it easy with Ben Murphy.

"Finally, we have Gary McArthur, and I think it will be down to how hungry Gary is. He had a time out with a knuckle injury but is in great shape and, of course, he has won a pro title with the British Masters. But Gary may have the hardest draw of the lot with Steve Saville."

The fact that Gilmour's astute matchmaking skills have not been employed for the tournament has made the outcome of the show all but impossible for the St Andrew's official to call.

He said: "I think the great thing here is that no-one can really say how any of the quarter-finals will go. On top of that, the freshness of the competition has meant we have had people who have never been to pro boxing looking for tickets.

"So it shows Prizefighter is bringing a new audience to professional boxing."

Tickets will be on sale at the Kelvin Hall box office right up to the first bell.