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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| Born | 28 September 1989 Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
Amateur career
editBorn 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
editTrained 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
editA 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
edit| 27 fights | 23 wins | 3 losses |
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| By knockout | 7 | 2 |
| By decision | 16 | 1 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 27 | Loss | 23–3–1 |  Ricky Burns
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TKO | 3 (10), 2:06 | 10 Nov 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
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| 26 | Win | 23–2–1 | Michael Mooney
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PTS | 6 | 4 Aug 2018 | Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales
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| 25 | Loss | 22–2–1 | Lewis Ritson
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TKO | 2 (12), 2:05 | 24 Mar 2018 | The O2 Arena, London, England
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| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Lee Connelly
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PTS | 6 | 7 Oct 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
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| 23 | Loss | 21–1–1 | Robbie Barrett
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MD | 12 | 15 Apr 2017 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
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Lost British lightweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Kevin Hooper
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TKO | 6 (12), 1:53 | 7 Oct 2016 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
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Retained British lightweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20–0–1 |  Ivan Njegac
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PTS | 6 | 28 May 2016 | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
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| 20 | Draw | 19–0–1 | Sean Dodd
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MD | 12 | 2 Apr 2016 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
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Retained British lightweight title |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Sean Dodd
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TKO | 12 (12), 1:58 | 7 Nov 2015 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
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Retained British lightweight title |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Craig Evans
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UD | 12 | 30 May 2015 | The O2 Arena, London, England
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Won vacant British lightweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 |  Yordan Vasilev
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TKO | 1 (4), 0:36 | 14 Feb 2015 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
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| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Kirk Goodings
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TKO | 1 (10), 0:46 | 13 Sep 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England
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Won English lightweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 |  Sylvain Chapelle
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PTS | 8 | 27 Jun 2014 | Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
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| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Paul Appleby
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TKO | 8 (8), 1:17 | 1 Mar 2014 | Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
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| 13 | Win | 13–0 |  Krzysztof Szot
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PTS | 6 | 23 Nov 2013 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England
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| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Gary Fox
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PTS | 8 | 7 Sep 2013 | Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
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| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Maxi Hughes
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PTS | 10 | 20 Apr 2013 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
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Won vacant Central Area lightweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Yves Mesny
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PTS | 4 | 30 Mar 2013 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 |  Maycol Cuevas
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PTS | 6 | 22 Feb 2013 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England
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| 8 | Win | 8–0 |  Miguel Aguilar
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PTS | 8 | 17 Nov 2012 | Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England
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| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Karim Aliliche
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PTS | 6 | 20 Oct 2012 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Luis Garcia
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TKO | 2 (6), 2:11 | 5 Oct 2012 | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Francis Maina
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PTS | 4 | 22 Sep 2012 | Odyssey Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Karoly Lakatos
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TKO | 2 (6), 3:00 | 7 Jul 2012 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ideh Ochuko
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PTS | 6 | 26 May 2012 | Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Johnny Greaves
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PTS | 4 | 27 Apr 2012 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Sid Razak
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PTS | 4 | 17 Mar 2012 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
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References
edit- ^ Waddell, Gordon (6 April 2014). "Ramsdens Cup Final: Raith Rovers star Joe Cardle believes with boxing brother in his corner he can knock out Rangers". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "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
- ^ a b c Kyle, Gregor (2015) "British champion Scott Cardle: I am fulfilling my Bhoyhood dream by playing for Celtic", Daily Record, 3 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ "England team takes seven medals at Gee Bee", England Boxing, 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ "B's Luke Campbell shines in Helsinki's Gee Bee event", BBC, 10 April 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ Keay, Sheldan (2015) "Scott Cardle's keen to become Joe Gallagher latest British champion", Manchester Evening News, 29 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ "Scott Cardle hopes victory over Kirk Goodings will lead to British lightweight title shot", Boxing News, 1 September 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ "Cardle is best of British after title win", Blackpool Gazette, 30 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ Griffiths, Gareth (2015) "Blackwood boxer Craig Evans loses British lightweight title fight to Scott Cardle", Wales Online, 30 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ "Scott Cardle Out of Gary Buckland Fight", Boxing News, 16 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ Pearlman, Michael (2015) "Scott Cardle vows not to take Gary Buckland challenge lightly", South Wales Argus, 15 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ "Scott Cardle: ‘I’m a step too far for Sean Dodd’", Boxing News, 3 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ "Scott Cardle retains British lightweight title after stopping Sean Dodd in final round", Sky Sports, 8 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ Dennen, John (2015) "Callum Smith crushes Rocky Fielding in a single round", Boxing News, 8 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ^ Crawford, Simon (2015), Sporting Life, 10 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015
External links
edit- Official website
- Boxing record for Scott Cardle from BoxRec (registration required)