Scott Quigg says his jaw surgery was a success

By Boxing News - 02/29/2016 - Comments

BOXING(Photo Credit Matchroom Boxing) By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg says his surgery on his broken jaw was a success. Squigg, 27, suffered a broken jaw in his 12 round split decision loss to IBF champion Carl Frampton last Saturday night in their fight on Sky Box Office at the Manchester, Arena.

Quigg fought the last eight rounds with the broken jaw, and was able to fight at a high level in the second half of the contest despite the injury. In hindsight, the fight should have stopped by Quigg’s corner when they saw the swelling because it was a risky thing for him to fight with a broken jaw.

Quigg’s promoter Eddie Hearn was unhappy after the fight, saying that he wished Quigg had started fighting hard sooner in the fight. Hearn thinks that Quigg will be able to comeback from the loss and go after one of Frampton’s two titles.

Frampton now has the IBF and WBA 122lb titles in his possession, and he has to make a decision quick whether he wants to defend his WBA title against the mandatory Guillermo Rigondeaux or defend his IBF title against the mandatory Shingo Wake. It seems pretty obvious what Frampton will do. I think he’ll shuck the WBA strap in order to avoid Rigondeaux, and then defend his IBF title against Wake. Hearn will then look to have Quigg go after the vacant WBA title as long as his jaw is healed in time.

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“Carl fought well in the first six rounds,” Hearn said to IFL TV. “Overall, he out-boxed Scott in the first six rounds, and Scott turned it into the fight he needed to turn it into later, but a bit too late. Carl Frampton now has to face Rigondeaux or Shingo Wake. So one of the belts will free up again. There’s Donaire as well. So Scott Quigg is going to be involved in some big fights. I think he’s going to kick himself for not starting the way he should have,” said Hearn.

Quigg obviously did the best he could in the first half of the fight, but he just didn’t have the ability to solve what Frampton was doing in the ring. If Hearn had been matching Quigg against skillful fighters throughout his career, then he wouldn’t have been so clueless against Frampton. He would have known what to do instead of being so confused looking.

One of the titles will definitely free up again, but it won’t likely be vacant for long. Someone is going to scoop it up. If Rigondeaux wins the WBA title, then that’s a belt that Hearn surely won’t let Quigg fight for. A rematch between Quigg and Frampton will probably have the same outcome with Frampton winning again. If that’s a fight that Hearn wants, then he could be leading Quigg down the wrong path. If it’s just money that Hearn is focused on with the Quigg-Frampton rematch, then there’s no problem with that. But if Hearn thinks that Quigg is going to somehow beat Frampton in a second fight, then I think he’s dreaming because Frampton is just too good for Qigg in my view.

If Hearn puts Quigg in with Frmapton again, he’s just going to lose and mar his record even more than it is right now. It might be better for Hearn to match Quigg up against guys that he can possibly beat. I would give Quigg a good chance of beating the new WBC super bantamweight champion Hugo Ruiz. I think it would be a tough fight for Quigg, but he might be able to win it if Ruiz doesn’t drill him into the canvas in the 1st round like he did with Julio Ceja last Saturday night.

“I’m still gutted because I don’t think he [Quigg] did himself justice,” said Hearn. “He started too slow. I think he finished great, but it wasn’t enough. I’m thankful for the last five rounds because the first seven were not enough. It really caught fire but it was too much and too late.



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