Scott Cardle

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Scott Cardle
Born (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34)
NationalityBritish
Statistics
Weight(s)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights27
Wins23
Wins by KO7
Losses3
Draws1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
EU Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Odense Welterweight
Website www.scottycardle.co.uk

Scott Cardle (born 28 September 1989) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2012 to 2018. He held the British lightweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 2009 EU Championships. His elder brother, Joe, is a professional footballer. [1]

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Amateur career

Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Glasgow-born parents, Cardle had a successful amateur career fighting out of Kirkham ABC, As well as 7 national gold medals from the age of 14, Scott became an England and Team GB International, winning many international honours including gold medal in multi nation tournament in Dublin, Ireland in three consecutive years (2007, 2008 & 2009), Gold at 'Golden Gong Cup' tournament in Macedonia (2008), a bronze medal at a multi nation tournament in Germany (2008) beating Jeff Horn, a bronze medal at the 2009 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships at welterweight, he then dropped down a weight to light-welterweight for the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Milan in 2009 After beating Olympic Bronze Medalist, Frenchman, Alexis Vastine, he then lost to another Olympic Bronze Medallist, Cuban, Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo missing the chance to secure a world championship medal. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Professional boxing career

Trained by Joe Gallagher in Bolton, [6] Cardle made his professional debut in March 2012 with a points win over journeyman Sid Razak. He had seven more fights that year, winning them all. In April 2013, he beat Maxi Hughes unanimously to win the Central Area lightweight title. Wins over Gary Fox, Krzysztof Szot, and Paul Appleby preceded a challenge for the English title in September 2014 against defending champion Kirk Goodings, the fight also an eliminator for the British title. [7] Cardle stopped Goodings in 35 seconds in the first round to take the title.

In May 2015 Cardle met Craig Evans at The O2 Arena for the vacant British title. The fight went the distance, with both fighters suffering cuts, Cardle took a unanimous decision to become British champion. [8] [9] He was due to make his first defence of the title in September 2015 against Gary Buckland but a quadriceps tear sustained in sparring ruled him out of the fight, [3] [10] [11] and he went on to make his first defence in November at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, against Sean Dodd. [12] Despite sustaining cuts above both eyes after a tough eleven rounds, Cardle stopped Dodd in the twelfth and final round to retain the title. [13] [14] "Scott Cardle vows to improve" The stoppage was controversial, and Cardle agreed to a rematch with Dodd in 2016 which ended in a draw. [15] Cardle then defended his Lonsdale belt in Glasgow against Mandatory challenger, Grimsbys Kevin Hooper. Cardle stopped Hooper in the 6th round to retain the belt and after defending the title three times, Cardle thought he had won the Lonsdale belt outright not knowing his draw against Dodd didn't count.

Scott Cardle then lost his British lightweight title to Yorkshireman Robbie Barrett on 15 April 2017. Barrett won by majority decision, the judges scorecards reading 114–114, 112–114 and 113–115. Not securing a rematch clause and with Barrett not interested in a rematch, Cardle eventually got another crack at the title, losing to Newcastles Lewis Ritson by stoppage in the third round. in 2019, after losing to three time, three weight world champion, Ricky Burns in November 2018, Cardle decided to retire from the sport

Outside of boxing

A fan of Celtic F.C., Cardle got to play for the club in September 2015 in a charity match in honour of Jock Stein against Dunfermline Athletic F.C. [3]

Professional boxing record

27 fights23 wins3 losses
By knockout72
By decision161
Draws1
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
27Loss23–3–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ricky Burns TKO3 (10), 2:06 10 Nov 2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
26Win23–2–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael MooneyPTS64 Aug 2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales
25Loss22–2–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Ritson TKO2 (12), 2:0524 Mar 2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The O2 Arena, London, EnglandFor British lightweight title
24Win22–1–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee ConnellyPTS67 Oct 2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
23Loss21–1–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robbie Barrett MD1215 Apr 2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SSE Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandLost British lightweight title
22Win21–0–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kevin HooperTKO6 (12), 1:537 Oct 2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SSE Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandRetained British lightweight title
21Win20–0–1 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan NjegacPTS628 May 2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
20Draw19–0–1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean DoddMD122 Apr 2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandRetained British lightweight title
19Win19–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Dodd TKO12 (12), 1:587 Nov 2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandRetained British lightweight title
18Win18–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Craig Evans UD12 30 May 2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The O2 Arena, London, EnglandWon vacant British lightweight title
17Win17–0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yordan VasilevTKO1 (4), 0:3614 Feb 2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
16Win16–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kirk GoodingsTKO1 (10), 0:4613 Sep 2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon English lightweight title
15Win15–0 Flag of France.svg Sylvain ChapellePTS827 Jun 2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
14Win14–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Appleby TKO8 (8), 1:171 Mar 2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
13Win13–0 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof SzotPTS623 Nov 2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England
12Win12–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary FoxPTS87 Sep 2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
11Win11–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Maxi Hughes PTS1020 Apr 2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winter Gardens, Blackpool, EnglandWon vacant Central Area lightweight title
10Win10–0 Flag of France.svg Yves MesnyPTS430 Mar 2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
9Win9–0 Flag of Italy.svg Maycol CuevasPTS622 Feb 2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Magna Centre, Rotherham, England
8Win8–0 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Miguel AguilarPTS817 Nov 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England
7Win7–0 Flag of France.svg Karim AlilichePTS620 Oct 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
6Win6–0 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Luis GarciaTKO2 (6), 2:115 Oct 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
5Win5–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francis MainaPTS422 Sep 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Odyssey Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
4Win4–0 Flag of Hungary.svg Karoly LakatosTKO2 (6), 3:007 Jul 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
3Win3–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ideh OchukoPTS626 May 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England
2Win2–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Greaves PTS427 Apr 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
1Win1–0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sid RazakPTS4 17 Mar 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England

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  2. "GB fail to claim medals in Milan, BBC, 9 September 2009. He then went on to win a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Federation Championships in New Delhi, India and another gold medal for Great Britain at the GeeBee tournament in Helsinki, In 2011, Scott went back up to welterweight after all of his success at light-welterweight to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics, he represented Great Britain in Baku in 2011, and came up against old foe Alexis Vastine, Vastine was much more natural at 69kg and this time, he settled the score with Cardle, beating him to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. Retrieved 27 December 2015
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