Such exposure in his trade paper for his achievements in the sport he loves would have been the highlight of his brief career.

It is unlikely that the 31-year-old-old Geordie light-heavyweight who lost his first fight but, again ironically, won his last, was ever going to be more than a journeyman.

He came into boxing late some four-and-a-half years ago and had only ten contests, seven of which he won, with two losses and a draw.

Strictly a bread and butter boxer, he had said he was drawn to the game by the excitement it generated. He was in it for the thrill and perhaps a shot at the English title at some point in the future.

It was not to be. Westgarth died in hospital last week, collapsing in his dressing room following a points win over fellow Englishman Dec Spelman in Doncaster.

Another grim statistic for those who decry the sport to use in their campaign for its banishment.

Yet the usual suspects among the abolitionists have been relatively muted, perhaps because they now know they are fighting a losing battle because of the popularity and success British boxing is enjoying and the sport's increasingly acknowledged benefits to society.

In over half a century of covering boxing I have never shied away from the fact that the most potentially lethal sporting activity of all carries with it the inherent risk of permanent injury, even death.

I have accepted it for what it is, believing that the benefits it brings outweigh the risks.

I have never yet met a boxer, amateur or professional, who was not fully cognisant about the hazard involved in their chosen sport.

The former world champion John Conteh, like Westgarth a light-heavyweight, once told me: "When the bell goes, and I leave my corner, I can never be sure I am coming back."

As Robert Smith, an ex-boxer himself who is now general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control says: "Every fatality is a disaster. We do everything in our power to stop this happening, working to make boxing safer. But it is a dangerous sport and boxers are aware of the issues."

Since Smith - son of the late Andy Smith, who trained and managed Joe Bugner - came into the job in 2009 there have been three deaths in British rings - Michael Norgrove, Mike Towell and now Westgarth.

But this should be seen in the context of the Board sanctioning some 3,000 bouts in 280 promotions last year alone.

Statistically boxing ranks only 11th among dangerous sports in terms of injuries and fatalities, below mountaineering, motor racing, horse racing, eventing, rugby and even swimming.

Yet it is inarguable that boxing, along with certain other activities such as MMA - is a sport in which the basic intent is to legally damage your opponent.

Barry McGuigan, Bugner and Alan Minter are among the best-known champion boxers whose opponents have suffered fatal injuries.

It is estimated that around 500 boxers have died since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were first introduced in 1884, some of the most prominent being the young Welshman Johnny Owen and Cuban Benny "Kid" Paret, who died following a fierce onslaught by Emile Griffith whom he had called a "maricon" - Spanish slang for homosexual.

Most deaths occur not instantaneously in the ring but minutes later in the dressing room or hours - even days - later in hospital.

Yet countless lives may have been saved by boxing. During the last decade in which those three British boxers have died there have been more than 1,500 fatal stabbings in England and Wales. There were 80 knife deaths in London during 2017, and 15 so far this year, two on the night Westgarth died.

I am not quite sure what, if anything, this proves but you have to ask how many more there might have been had youngsters not been enticed into local gymnasiums to engage in well-supervised legal combat.

The words of Curtis Woodhouse, a former footballer turned boxer are worth some consideration. He says that the death of Westgarth makes him "question the morality" of boxing, but he would never advise anyone to stop the sport.

"Boxing gives far much more than it takes away," said 37-year-old Woodhouse to Radio Five Live.

The former British super-lightweight champion had been due to box John Wayne Hibbert in a Commonwealth light-welterweight title eliminator in Doncaster on the same bill as Westgarth but the rest of the show was cancelled.

"It's a dangerous, unforgiving sport," he said.

"When you think about what you are training to do, you second guess everything, you question the morality of what game you are in.

"You do think, what am I doing? There has got to be more to life than what I am doing."

But the former Sheffield United and Birmingham City midfielder, who has 24 wins from his 31 fights, added: "It is an incredible sport.

"The British Boxing Board of Control are the best in world, it's as safe as it possibly can be.

"Accidents always happen when you have got two trained athletes punching each other in the head - that's the harsh reality and it's tough to get away from.

"I would never advise anyone to step away from boxing. I have seen the impact it can make, good and bad, and the good so far outweighs the bad.

"It is difficult to justify what we do sometimes, it's a brutal and unforgiving game and people lose lives, and Scott paid the ultimate price. It is sad for everyone involved in it."

To my knowledge there has never been a fatality in Olympic boxing and I cannot envisage the day when boxing will be banned, though the outcry will be loud and long should a female boxer ever die as a result of injuries in the ring.

All the authorities can do is make the sport as safe as humanly possible.

My own philosophy is that while people are pumping bullets into each other or trying to blow others to smithereens in Syria, Afghanistan or wherever, a punch to the head is the least of society's worries, even if - thankfully rarely - it does result in tragedy.