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Scott Quigg: Fractured foot kept me from doing roadwork in camp and coming in under featherweight limit

Written by Keeran Rajan on 12th March 2018.

Scott Quigg is coming off one of the most action-packed matchups of 2018 so far. The Manchester local pushed the undefeated WBO world featherweight champion, Oscar Valdez all the way in a gruelling fight this past weekend.

Both men could hold their heads high following providing the fans at The StubHub Center in California with a thrilling world championship spectacle.

But going into the fight, Quigg was garnering much criticism for coming in over the 126 lbs weight limit.

Quigg shared following the engaging showdown a foot injury was to blame for him coming in over the featherweight limit.

Furthermore, Quigg dismissed the notion that it was a planned tactic to come in as heavy as possible to exploit the size differential.

“It wasn’t a tactic,” Quigg told Sky Sports about being overweight.

“Four weeks ago, I fractured my foot. It meant I couldn’t do the roadwork and certain stuff, and I knew the way I was going to be fighting [Saturday night], we wouldn’t change my tactics and I wasn’t going to change my fighting style.”

“I was well on track to making the weight,” Quigg said.

“But I started cutting my weight earlier because I knew I had to be on it. And because I started to cut it earlier, my body just started to shut down.

On Thursday, I was only three pounds over and I did four sessions that day, and [my weight] just didn’t budge.

But I take full responsibility and I didn’t want to let my fans down, who had already paid for their travel.

“I got a bit of stick at home, people saying I was unprofessional [because] I’ve not made the weight. But I am not unprofessional at all. I still apologize for doing that, but I am not unprofessional. I don’t cut corners.”

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