Kaye Scott

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Kaye Scott
Kaye Scott 001.jpg
Born (1984-06-02) 2 June 1984 (age 39)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Statistics
Weight class Welterweight, Light-heavyweight, Light-middleweight, Middleweight
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Boxing record
Total fights2
Wins2
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Astana Light heavyweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 New Delhi Light middleweight
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Welterweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Light middleweight

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.

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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

2 fights2 wins0 losses
By decision20
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
2Win2–0Desley RobinsonMD8 (8)23 March 2024 JBS Basketball Arena, Ipswich, AustraliaWon the vacant Australian female middleweight title
1Win1–0Connie ChanUD8 (8)25 November 2023Hornsby RSL Club, Hornsby, Sydney, AustraliaWon the vacant Australasian female middleweight title

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