Kaye Scott

Kaye Scott (born 2 June 1984) is an Australian boxer who is active as an elite amateur athlete. She is currently ranked 3rd internationally[1] in the women's light heavy division after winning silver[2] at the Women's World Championships (19-27 May 2016) in Astana, Kazakhstan. Kaye is Sydney born and based and has been competing for 7 years both in Australia and internationally.

Kaye Scott
Personal information
Nickname(s)Scotty
NationalityAustralian
Born2 June 1984 (1984-06-02) (age 36)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg / 152 lb
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
ClubUmina PCYC (Umina, NSW)
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Australia
World Championships
2016 AstanaLight heavyweight
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastWelterweight

Amateur career

Kaye Scott is coached by Jamie Pittman as part of Team Business on the Central Coast of NSW.[3]

Kaye competed in the Women's Middle division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[4] but didn't achieve a medal, losing to Lauren Price of Wales in the quarter finals. However, she went on to compete at the Women's World Championships in 2016, competing as a Light Heavyweight and winning a Silver Medal, losing to Xiaoli Yang in the Finals.[5]

In September 2017 Kaye won the NSW state title against Jessica Messina in the Welterweight division [6] giving her an opportunity to fight in the Welterweight division at the National Titles. She qualified for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games team [7] when she beat Jessica Messina.[8] She was awarded Highest Internationally Ranked Australian Elite Women's Boxer in 2017 for her achievements in the sport.

Kaye actively works to support Women's boxing in Australia and boxing in Australia in general. After the ban was lifted on women's boxing in NSW, she took part in the first female bout in NSW, an exhibition fight with Ramona Stephenson in October 2009.[9] Kaye captained the 2014 Commonwealth Games boxing team (the first time female boxing was included in the Commonwealth Games), helping to mentor and support other Australian male and female boxers.

References
  1. "International Boxing Association (AIBA)". aiba.org. January 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "Mixed feelings after Scott's boxing silver". SBS News. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. "Former Olympian Jamie Pittman guiding boxing's stars of today". News Corp Australia. Daily Telegraph News. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "2014 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. "AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships Astana 2016 - AIBA" (PDF). www.aiba.org. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Boxing NSW results page". Boxing NSW. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  7. "Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. "Sting sports". www.Stingsports.com.au. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. "Cornerman NSW girls boxing premiere". Cornerman. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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