Clay Wilson: Newstalk ZB sport news director on Mea Motu losing to Ellie Scotney in world title unification fight

Mea Motu’s reign as the IBO super-bantamweight world champion has ended, with England’s Ellie Scotney leaving their bout in Nottingham as the unified world champion.

Scotney proved to be too slick for her Kiwi counterpart with four belts on the line, using her movement and speed to bank rounds en route to a lopsided decision.

While Motu had success at moments during the fight, Scotney was able to score more in the eyes of the judges – with all three judges scoring the bout 99-91, or nine rounds to one, in Scotney’s favour.

Newstalk ZB sport news director Clay Wilson says Motu will likely be disappointed with this outcome - but it's an honour for her to hold her own in this fight.

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Alie Scottney has won the fight. She beats me and
Motto by unanimous decision. The three judges scored about ninety
one to ninety nine apologies to ninety one, so she
was ferocious. I don't know if you've been watching it,

(00:33):
but it was absolutely full on. Joining us now from
newstalksb Sport, we've got Clay with us. What did you
think of that?

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yeah, I mean it was a very busy, action packed
kind of fire as you quite often get in these
lighter weight classes. There's a lot of action. You know,
they're very fast and they throw a lot of a
lot of punches. So the judges have effectively scored the
fight ten rounds, scored the fight nine rounds, all three
of them nine rounds to Alie Scottney in one round
for me and more to which I have to say

(01:04):
I think is a little bit unfair. I think the
back half the fight, Scottaney certainly looked look the dominant fighter,
but the first four rounds I thought Mia might have
even been the better fighter. So, but this is boxing.
I think you can't argue either way that that Ellie
Scottney won the fight. Perhaps, like I say, the decision

(01:24):
in terms of the points a little bit perhaps a
little bit unfair, but all three judges scored it in
the same way and they probably know more than I do.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
So very disappointed though, just just personally because I just
so like me and motto, and I so like what
she's about, and she just goes She went into this
with this huge smile on her face. She was determined
to enjoy this and have fun. I'm disappointed for her.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
Yeah, and those of that have followed MEA's story and
know what she's been through to get to this point.
For her to be on this stage is a success
in itself, isn't it. Of course she'll be disappointed not
to win, But Allie Scottany is a very good fighter,
unbeating herself, you know, decorated at Olympic level as well,
So so certainly no no kind of shame and losing

(02:07):
to a fighter like this. I think most most boxing
pundits would say that Alice Scottney is the you know,
the best fighter in the world in this in this
division at the moment, so you know, she certainly held
her own and showed a lot of those qualities we
know she has. She just keep coming forward and never
never give up.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
So where does me and motto go from here?

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Well, it's hard to say. I mean, I'm sure she's
had a big build up to this fight, and you
know she's fourteen rounds this morning, so definitely we'll have
a little bit of a layoff. But I think, like
I said, like I say, she's proven that she's she can,
she can put it with the best at this level.
Perhaps another step to take to then beat those other fighters,
but you know other fights out there, for sure in

(02:46):
this division and also at these lighter weights, they quite
often go up and down, so she might even and
try a luck at it at another division, who knows,
but certainly far from done. And to go ten rounds
with a fighter of that caliber shows that she's right
up there among the best in the world in her
weight class.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Fantastic, Clay Wilson, Thank you so much for popping in.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
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