Kaye Scott: \u201cI won the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Judges are paid to render the correct decision. Many will argue, with much justification, that they don\u2019t. The word subjective is often thrown around to mask extremely poor officiating and sheer incompetence. Or much worse.<\/p>\n
Kaye Scott firmly believes that she was the victim of daylight robbery in her last fight. A decision that many think should have gone her way and made her a world middleweight champion in the process. \u201cI won the fight,\u201d the opening words of the Australian as we connected over Zoom.<\/p>\n
Olivia Curry and Scott traded blows in September for the vacant WBC and WBA world middleweight titles. The fight was declared a majority draw after ten hard rounds in Detroit. One judge saw the fight to Scott by a 98-92 margin, but was overruled by two dead-even scores of 95-95. I had Scott winning the fight beyond any reasonable doubt, and sometimes you just have to shake your head at what you see, and wonder what others actually see.<\/p>\n
Scott boxed well in the opening two rounds, taking an early lead, before her American opponent was allowed to make it into her kind of fight. \u201cIt definitely got messy, and I wished I had stayed boxing the way I did at the start of the fight,\u201d Scott admitted. \u201cBut leading up to the fight, there were a few questions about me not fitting into the pros, if I could mix with them and if I was powerful enough. I just wanted to prove I could not be bullied in the ring, and sit there on the inside and work. I did prove something to myself, that I belong here and I couldn\u2019t be pushed around.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI probably need to do a bit of both next time,\u201d Scott added when I asked what she would do differently if she fought Curry again. \u201cMix it up there, but go back to the boxing at long range because that\u2019s where I did outscore here more. But I still can\u2019t find five rounds for her to make it a draw. A few people on the night came up to me and said I had been robbed. Unfortunately, that\u2019s part of boxing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was happy to sit and trade with her, but it was a little bit of her as well. She kind of forced it on me a little. That\u2019s obviously what she wanted to do. She comes to fight and put that pressure on you. It ended up a bit messy, but she usually gets on top of people by breaking them down. But it was in my mind a little too much to want to stay on the inside.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 41, Scott didn\u2019t go into her fight with Curry thinking it was a now-or-never situation. \u201cTo be honest, I am not really thinking like that anymore. I don\u2019t have a five-year plan or thoughts of what I am going to do next after a fight. I am taking it as it comes now. If I had lost the fight, but boxed superbly, and I had lost and it was close, then maybe I would fight on. But if I had been completely walked all over and lost badly, then I would probably think this was the right time to step away. But I am not putting a time limit on anything. It\u2019s how the body feels, and if I am still enjoying it. I am really enjoying my boxing at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was talk of an immediate rematch between Scott and Curry. \u201cDirectly afterwards, it was very positive. But it is to do with the WBC and the WBA, whether they will recommend the rematch or not. They will decide who fights for the belt next.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wind does seem to be blowing in the direction of Scott getting a second opportunity at fighting Olivia Curry for those vacant world titles. But if Scott is unable to secure that rematch, Chloe Chaos, a domestic rival,\u00a0is a possibility for the Australian title.\u00a0But the controversy surrounding their first meeting really should see Scott and Curry settle what they started. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
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