Scott Quigg

Scott Quigg
Statistics
Rated at	Super-bantamweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Nationality	British
Born	9 October 1988 Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Boxing record
Total fights	34
Wins	31
Wins by KO	23
Losses	1
Draws	2

Scott Quigg (born 9 October 1988) is a British professional boxer and former WBA super-bantamweight champion.

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 remained unbeaten with a further five victories on Hatton Promotions bills in 2009.^[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 defence 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 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 Hatton's comeback fight at the Manchester area, the fight took place at a venue which had sold out within 6 hours of tickets being released. Munroe came out strong in the first, winning it clearly with fast punches and a higher work rate. After the first, however, 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 showed as he went down twice. The second time the fight was stopped with no complaints from Munroe. After this fight Quigg was promoted to WBA Regular Champion, and has since defended this belt on six occasions, five being victories and one being a draw.

Professional boxing record

Titles in boxing

References

1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-3392687/Carl-Frampton-v-Scott-Quigg-winner-likely-one-world-title-WBA-IBF-order-mandatory-challenges.html
2. Boxing News | Scott Quigg interview Archived 22 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
3. "Scott Quigg record". Boxrec. 1988-10-09. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
4. "Scott Quigg being lined up for Euro bout in Bolton". The Bolton News. 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
5. 23 May 2010 00:00 (2010-05-23). "Quigg out to prove he's Bury's treasure". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
6. 30 May 2010 00:00 (2010-05-30). "Quick fire Scott Quigg". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
7. "Manchester Evening News | Great Scott". Menmedia.co.uk. 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
8. "Matthew Hatton continues to rise from Rickys shadow – with bill report inc. Quigg vs. Reid". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
9. "Scott Quigg knocks Satiago out in three". Boxing Scene. 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
10. "Manchester Evening News | Hatton eyes world title after victory – Quigg report on undercard". Menmedia.co.uk. 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
11. "British Boxing News: Scott Quigg Future Champion". Ringside Report. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2014-06-18.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Scott Quigg from BoxRec
• Official website