Ellie Scotney can make British boxing history on Sunday night. If she beats Mayelli Flores to unify the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF super-bantamweight titles at Kensington’s Olympia — live on Sky Sports — she will become Britain’s youngest undisputed world champion in the four-belt era.
Her trainer Shane McGuigan believes there is even more to come. “If you want my honest opinion, I want her to be an undisputed three-weight world champion. That’s the next goal, that’s the next mission and I think she’s got the capabilities of doing it,” he told Sky Sports. “I believe she’ll be the undisputed three-weight world champion.”
Scotney has made weight and this is likely her final fight at 122lbs. “It is so hard [making weight]. The only reason I’ve hung on for so long is to go undisputed,” she said. “The reason we’ve held on to super-bantam for so long is for the undisputed so all eyes on that. God willing the collection will be completed on April 5 and I’ll be moving on.” She added there are “massive fights to be made at featherweight” but that all her focus is on April 5.
Flores is small but powerful with a rapid punch output, which could make for a frantic 10-round contest. McGuigan warned: “It’s a genuinely really hard fight. She’s been beaten once but that was a long time ago. She beat a very good champion in [Nazarena] Romero and she’s got a fantastic workrate, a decent puncher, is very small. She’ll probably be hard to hit clean because of her size. We’ve prepared very well but how can you get a sparring partner at 4’11” that’s as athletic, that’s as strong, durable as who she’s going to be boxing? It’s one that we’ve really got to switch on for and make sure that she comes out of this fight with a victory.”
On the same bill, Emma Dolan will open the televised show in an IBF super-flyweight world title fight against Mexico’s Irma Garcia. It will be Dolan’s first world championship contest and she wants to build a legacy and win multiple titles. “All about legacy for me. I’ve got no interest in this, that and the other. It’s all about legacy fights for me, I’d like to fight all the other champions,” she said. “I feel like it’s the right time for me. I feel like I’m ready for it and I can’t wait to come and grab it.”
Watch Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper and Ellie Scotney vs Mayelli Flores live on Sky Sports from 7pm.
