Scott Quigg
Scott Quigg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Scott Quigg 9 October 1988 |
| Nationality | English |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Super bantamweight |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 26 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Wins by KO | 17 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 2 |
Scott Quigg (born 9 October 1988) is an English, world champion professional boxer, and is the WBA super-bantamweight champion. He is undefeated, fights under Eddie Hearn at Matchroom Sport Promotions and has been continuously linked to a possible fight with undefeated Northern Irish Super Bantamweight prospect Carl Frampton.[1]
Early professional career
Quigg's professional debut came on 21 April 2007 with a victory over Gary Shiel at the Jarvis Hotel in Manchester. Throughout the rest of the year he won on four more occasions giving him a record of 5-0 at the end of 2007. Quigg fought six more times in 2008, winning on each occasion, a run that included a victory over Ghana's tough journeyman Sumaila Badu in just the first round of a four round contest. Watching the contest Boxing News reporter Danny Flexen claimed that after watching over 50 live shows he had "never seen a more complete prospect" with less than 10 fights under his belt.[2]
Quigg fought another five times in 2009 again winning each time.[3] In his last fight of the year on 27 November Quigg met and stopped the former Ukrainian national champion and former European title challenger Yuriy Voronin in the sixth round of an 8 round fight at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan.[4]
In 2010 Quigg defeated journeyman Nikita Lukin in Stoke on 19 February and then went on to meet Andrey Kostin in his home town of Bury on 29 May. The victory over Kostin was particularly notable in that it was the first time a professional contest had been held in the town since the local council banned the sport 13 years previously, lifting the ban only so that Quigg could compete in his home town.[5] Quigg's homecoming didn't last too long as he triumphed with a stoppage over his Russian opponent in just one round and in front of 1200 fans saying after the fight that "this was one of the best days of my life".[6][7]
Quigg fought a British title eliminator against tough Scotsman Gavin Reid in his next fight on 16 July 2010. The fight at the Bolton Arena resulted in a 9th round stoppage win for Quigg against a man who had previously gone the distance in a challenge for the Scottish national title.[8]
WBA Inter-Continental champion
On 25 September 2010 Quigg returned to the Castle Leisure Centre in Bury to compete for the WBA Inter-Continental title against Argentinian boxer Santiago Allione stopping him in the third round.[9] He defended his title on 26 November 2010 at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton on the undercard of Matthew Hatton's European title defence against Roberto Belge. His opponent, the experienced Frenchman Daniel Kodjo Sassou had won the IBF International title in his last fight against Arsen Martirosyan. Quigg managed to put Sassou down in the 7th round before running out a unanimous points winner over 12 rounds.[10]
Quigg defeated Venezuela's Franklin Varela via a 7th round stoppage in his second defense on 23 July 2011, and was ranked fourth in the WBA.[11]
British Super-Bantamweight champion
On 22 October 2011 Quigg defeated Jason Booth to win the British Super-Bantamweight title at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. After a one-sided contest Booth retired at the end of the seventh round. On 4 February 2012, Quigg made the first defence of his title, beating the rugged veteran Jamie Arthur with an eighth-round stoppage, despite being put on the canvas in the fourth.
Rendall Munroe Bout
on 16 June 2012 in the Velodrome in Manchester. Quigg faced rival English Super-Bantamweight Rendall Munroe for the Interim WBA World Super-Bantamweight Title. Munroe was badly cut over the right eye from an accidental head clash in the third round. With the fight having to be stopped, it went to the scorecards resulting in a Technical Draw with neither man getting a win or a loss on their record, bringing a very big domestic clash to an extremely anti-climactic ending.
Rendall Munroe ll
The rematch of this highly waited showdown was made for the undercard of Ricky Hattons comeback fight at the Manchester area, the fight took place in front of a sold out venue which sold out within 6 hours upon tickets being released. Munroe came out strong in the first, winning it clearly with fast punches and a higher work rate. Although after the first Quigg upped it and was landing hard to the body with both rights and lefts round after round. By the sixth Munroe was surely feeling it and it told who much so as he went down twice then the second time the fight being waved off with no complaints from Munroe. After the fight questions were raised again about him and young Irish man Carl Frampton. Scott refused to answer saying that it was his night he did not have to talk about anyone.
Fitness tests
Quigg took a battery of tests and left experts convinced that he’s one of the fittest boxers in the world. Bury’s Quigg (24-0-1) spent a day with his strength and conditioning coach Ric Moylan University of Salford, Human Performance Laboratory. The results left professionals in that field amazed as the British champ flew through the assessments. Moylan revealed: "When it came to fitness levels, Scott was up there with elite endurance athletes like Sir Chris Hoy and Mo Farah. I have been involved with professional sportsmen for 15 years and Scott is one of the fitness guys I have ever seen. He did fitness, performance and endurance tests, blood analysis, and urine tests, but Scott’s determination was equally as impressive as his world class fitness. During the tests Scott just wanted to push on. We all hope the benefits will show in Scott’s rematch against Rendall." [12]
Private Life
Quigg recently got engaged to Miss Beverley Bugeja on Valentine's Day, 2013.
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ Glossop Advertiser | Hattons hopes
- ^ Boxing News | Scott Quigg interview
- ^ Boxrec | Scott Quigg record
- ^ The Bolton News | Scott Quigg being lined up for Euro bout in Bolton
- ^ Mirror.co.uk | Quigg out to prove he's Bury's treasure
- ^ Mirror.co.uk | Quick fire Scott Quigg
- ^ Manchester Evening News | Great Scott
- ^ Boxing Scene | Matthew Hatton continues to rise from Rickys shadow - with bill report inc. Quigg vs. Reid
- ^ Boxing Scene | Scott Quigg knocks Satiago out in three
- ^ Manchester Evening News | Hatton eyes world title after victory - Quigg report on undercard
- ^ Ringside Report | British Boxing News: Scott Quigg Future Champion
- ^ "Quigg fitness at Olympian standard". BOXREC NEWS. 2/11/12. Retrieved 20/11/2013.
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