MARTIN Harkin’s coach Danny Lee thinks the Dumbarton boxer can be aiming for a title towards the end of the year.

Harkin, who won his second fight since turning professional last month, is aiming to be back in the ring in March.

And Lee, who is the head coach at Greenock Boxing Club, is aiming for several more fights before looking to get the welterweight a title shot.

He said: “By the end of the year we want Martin to be fighting for a title, whether it’s a Scottish or Celtic or boxing for the British title.

“We’ll look to get another couple of four rounders, a six rounder and then looking for a title fight.”

The 24-year-old came out on top in his fight against Irishman James Gorman in front of the STV cameras last month at the Radisson Blu, winning 40-37 after four rounds.

And his coach said Harkin stuck to the gameplan, and broke his opponent down early on.

Lee added: “He stuck to the gameplan straight away, he tried to break the opponent’s heart with the jab constantly, so any time his opponent came forward he’d give him the left hand.

“When he picked his distance up he went to a one-two and then we started to bring it into medium distance when he began to throw body shots and uppercuts into it, so we started off keeping the distance and then moving in and then back out to the long distance again.”

But a result like that doesn’t happen overnight.

Countless amounts of hours went into the preparation for the fight, and Lee said Harkin is a “coach’s dream” to work with in the build-up, having coached him for just under three years.

He said: “He put on a good show, but there was a lot of preparation went into that, it took about eight or nine weeks to prepare for that and prior to that you’re constantly working on game plans, repetition.

“Obviously the game plan changes when you get another opponent, but if I can get his opponent’s name then I usually do a bit of research on it. I knew what the boy was going to do, he boxed a couple of the Scottish boys and I was in contact with them too and was asking them how they got on and what worked well, how he reacted to different punches.

“Martin is a coach’s dream to work with, he’s always at the gym, he listens to instructions and the main thing about any boxer is that he watches his weight. “He doesn’t wait until the last couple of days to try and lose three or four kilos. He’ll bring his weight down gradually, he’s a good clean living boy.”