Kaye Scott has been left with mixed emotions after her bid for the vacant WBC women\u2019s middleweight world championship title ended in a disputed draw against American Olivia Curry in Detroit.<\/p>\n
West Gosford\u2019s Complete Boxing star fought a gruelling 10-round battle at the historic Fox Theater on September 19, pushing herself through every exchange in search of the vacant crown.<\/p>\n
For Scott, who poured everything into the contest, the result felt more like a win denied than an opportunity lost.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s boxing \u2013 I\u00a0 deserved the win but it wasn\u2019t given,\u201d Scott said afterwards.<\/p>\n
\u201c(I\u2019m) praying the rematch gets approved and we\u2019ll do it again stronger, fitter, faster.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 41-year-old started sharply, using her movement and experience to pick her moments and land the cleaner shots.<\/p>\n
Curry proved a relentless opponent, pressing forward at every chance and forcing Scott into scrappy exchanges.<\/p>\n
The fight at times lacked polish but was full of grit, determination, and drama as both women refused to give an inch.<\/p>\n
When the final bell rang, one judge scored the contest 98\u201392 in Scott\u2019s favour, but the other two returned even cards of 95\u201395, leaving the fight a majority draw.<\/p>\n
Scott did not hide her disappointment, adamant she had done enough to secure the belts.<\/p>\n
\u201cA little messy at times but we clearly won the fight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy team will be pushing for the rematch; stay tuned for the outcome.<\/p>\n
\u201cFingers crossed we run it back and I can do an even better job of putting her away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the judges\u2019 call, many observers praised Scott\u2019s technical edge and her ability to maintain composure against Curry\u2019s constant aggression.<\/p>\n
With both the WBC and WBA middleweight titles still vacant, the stage is set for another meeting.<\/p>\n
Skaie Hull<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaye Scott has been left with mixed emotions after her bid for the vacant WBC women\u2019s middleweight world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-166888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}