Ellie Scotney believes she and gym-mate Caroline Dubois will both become undisputed world champions in 2025
Ellie Scotney and Caroline Dubois both train at Shane McGuigan's gym and she thinks both can become undisputed world champions in 2025; Scotney believes that other gym-mates can join them as world titlists this year, tipping Chris Billam-Smith to win back a belt and Adam Azim to step up
Sunday 26 January 2025 08:12, UK
Ellie Scotney believes that by the end of this year she and gym-mate Caroline Dubois will both be undisputed champions.
She is also confident that two other boxers from trainer Shane McGuigan's stable of fighters will join them as world titlists, with former belt-holder Chris Billam-Smith regaining championship status and rising star Adam Azim breaking through.
Their gym is thriving. "We know when we're going out, the pressure's on but we always deliver," Scotney told Sky Sports.
"There's no egos and I think that's the best thing about the gym.
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"[For Azim] there's no ceiling to his talents. With CBS, he's straight back in the mix, hopefully gets a shot at the WBC. Four champions, that would be some saying.
"He still won't smile, Shane."
The gym's two current champions are Scotney, the holder of the WBO and IBF super-bantamweight titles, and Dubois, the WBC lightweight world champion.
The Catford fighter reckons they can both go undisputed in their respective divisions in 2025, with Scotney outpointing Mea Motu to win by unanimous decision and defend her IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles on Saturday at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena.
"We've just got to get the fights and they've got to be willing to be made," Scotney said. "I genuinely believe we'll both be sitting there as undisputed at the end of the year."
Scotney perhaps should be considered as pound-for-pound one of the best female boxers in the UK. She has after all unified two world titles in just nine professional fights.
"I've never been someone that blows my trumpet, that's not how I was brought up," Scotney said.
"I think you go through the record and you weigh it up, I think the proof is in the pudding. I'm just going to remain silent and God willing this is the year that I cement my name and people will be ranking me amongst that.
"I've been thrown in the deep end and Scotney's learned to swim. I've had nine fights but I feel like the depth I've been willing to mix in sometimes doesn't really get appreciated.
"Maybe this will be the year."
