Scott Quigg successfully defended his WBA world super bantamweight title by defeating Stephane Jamoye at the Phones4U Arena in Manchester, UK. Quigg was originally scheduled to defend his title against Paulus Ambunda, however Ambunda suffered an injury three weeks before the fight; Jamoye accepted the opportunity to fight Quigg. Jamoye has fought some quality opposition in his career, most notably against Shinsuke Yamanaka and Leo Santa Cruz.
Both fighters started the fight a high tempo, with both landing strong shots to the body. Quigg was able to pick off the majority of Jamoye’s punches with his elbows and arms, and landed good shots against Jamoye, most notably to the body of Jamoye. Jamoye increased his activity in the second round, throwing at a higher rate; however, the punches did not seem to bother Quigg, who continued to break down Jamoye with more accurate and meaningful punches. most notably the left hook to the body.
Quigg continued to focus on the body, and knocked Jamoye down with a terrific right hook to the body. Jamoye was hurt by the punch, and despite rising from the canvas before the 10 count, referee Terry O’Connor waved the fight off, as Jamoye was clearly unable to continue.
In the post-fight interview, Quigg affirmed that he wanted to fight domestic rival Carl Frampton, who succesfully captured the IBF super bantamweight with his victory over Kiko Martinez last week in Belfast. Quigg’s promoter agreed with the sentiments of Quigg, affirming that he wanted the fight to take place next, alluding that he may ask Chris Avalos, the IBF mandatory to Frampton and now in association with Matchroom Boxing and Eddie Hearn, to allow Carl Frampton to fight Scott Quigg next. Both Quigg and Joe Gallagher, the trainer of Quigg also mentioned WBC title holder Leo Santa Cruz, who faces Manuel Roman tonight on the undercard of Mayweather-Maidana rematch in Las Vegas as a possible opponent if the fight with Frampton was not feasible. Both seemed uncomfortable with the mention of the linear super bantamweight champion of the World and top 10 pound for pound fighter, Guillermo Rigondeaux, with both understanding the risk and quality of the linear champion from Cuba.
The opportunity for Quigg to fight Frampton is a huge opportunity which would be a terrific domestic match-up; the potential fight between the two fighters has been discussed for some time now, and there is strong demand from boxing fans in UK and from around the world to see this terrific match-up take place.
– Qadeer Ali / @abdulqadeer
– Contributor for www.BehindtheGloves.com
Congratulations to scott tonight on his win he was impressive, but I have to be honest guys, his level of opposition has been quite poor considering he wants to fight for a world title, I think if he keeps fighting at this level he will adapt to it and won’t progress in time to beat carl frampton, Leo sante Cruz or Guillermo rigendoux. The chances are he will fight frampton soon and I feel it will be to much for him. I don’t want to take anything from scott but I am a realist and a fan of frampton, I have fought as an amateur for seven years and I have been a boxing fan for ten so I know boxing inside out or so I like to think lol. I Want to wish all the guys at behind the gloves the best of luck you are all doing a fantastic job I love the interviews