Kaye Scott Explained

Kaye Scott
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:2 June 1984
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Height:1.78 m
Weight Class:Welterweight, Light-heavyweight, Light-middleweight, Middleweight
Boxrec:885573
Total:3
Wins:3
Show-Medals:yes

Kaye Scott (born 2 June 1984) is an Australian boxer who as an amateur won multiple World Championship and Commonwealth Games medals across three weight divisions. She currently holds the professional Australasian and Australian female middleweight titles.

Amateur boxing career

After the ban was lifted on women's boxing in New South Wales, Scott took part in the first female bout in the state, an exhibition fight with Ramona Stephenson in October 2009.[1] She competed in the middleweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[2] losing to Lauren Price of Wales in the quarter-finals. However, she fared better at the Women's World Championships in 2016 when she competed as a light-heavyweight and won a silver medal, losing to China's Yang Xiaoli in the final.[3] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia, Scott won a bronze medal at welterweight.[4] She went one step further at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England by taking a silver medal after being stopped in round two of the light-middleweight final by Wales' Rosie Eccles.[5] Scott claimed her second world championship silver medal at the 2023 edition in India where she lost the light-middleweight final to Russia's Anastasia Demurchian by unanimous decision.[6]

Professional boxing career

Scott made her professional boxing debut on 25 November 2023 with a unanimous decision win over Connie Chan to claim the vacant Australasian female middleweight title.[7] In her next bout on 23 March 2024 she won a second title, this time grabbing the vacant Australian female middleweight crown thanks to a majority decision victory against Desley Robinson.[8]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
3Win3–0Macca JeanUD6 (6)1 August 2024
2Win2–0Desley RobinsonMD8 (8)23 March 2024
1Win1–0Connie ChanUD8 (8)25 November 2023

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cornerman NSW girls boxing premiere. Cornerman. 19 March 2017.
  2. Web site: 2014 Commonwealth Games. Glasgow 2014. 24 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Mixed feelings after Scott's boxing silver. SBS News. 7 May 2024. English. 28 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2018: Kaye Scott defeated in Boxing; Stridsman, Garside & Waterman all progress on Day 7. fightnewsaustralia.com. 2024-05-07.
  5. Web site: Pontypool's Rosie Eccles wins Commonwealth gold for Wales. South Wales Argus. 2024-05-07.
  6. Web site: Scott aiming for Paris after winning World silver. nbnnews.com. 2024-05-07.
  7. Web site: Vacant ANBF Female Australasian Middleweight Title. anbf.org.au. 2024-05-07.
  8. Web site: Desley Robinson vs Kaye Scott. boxrec.com. 2024-05-07.