Kaye Scott Captures WBC Middleweight Title at third attempt

Great Scott! This time, Kaye Scott left no room for doubt, winning a 10-round majority decision over Chicago’s Olivia Curry to claim the vacant World Boxing Council middleweight title at the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

The fight was a rematch of one of the best bouts of the year, which had ended in a majority draw back in September. Scott started strong in the first round, extending her reach with the jab. In the second, an accidental clash of heads opened a cut over Curry’s right eye.

Curry showed effective aggression in the fourth, applying constant pressure. However, Scott responded in the following rounds, meeting and tempering her opponent’s advances with power and precise punching.

Unlike their first encounter, where Curry’s aggression became a salient factor late in the fight, Scott persisted in a punishing counter-punching style. At 41 years old, Scott became a unified world champion in her third attempt, moving to 5-1-1, while Curry fell to 7-3-2.