Scott Cardle (born 28 September 1989) is an English former professional boxer who competed from 2012 to 2018. He held the British lightweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 2009 EU Championships.

Amateur career Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Glasgow-born parents, Cardle had a successful amateur career fighting out of Kirkham ABC, As well as 7 national gold medals from the age of 14, Scott became an England and Team GB International, winning many international honours including gold medal in multi nation tournament in Dublin, Ireland in three consecutive years (2007, 2008 & 2009), Gold at 'Golden Gong Cup' tournament in Macedonia (2008), a bronze medal at a multi nation tournament in Germany (2008) beating Jeff Horn, a bronze medal at the 2009 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships at welterweight, he then dropped down a weight to light-welterweight for the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Milan in 2009 After beating Olympic Bronze Medalist, Frenchman, Alexis Vastine, he then lost to another Olympic Bronze Medallist, Cuban, Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo missing the chance to secure a world championship medal." GB fail to claim medals in Milan, BBC, 9 September 2009. He then went on to win a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Federation Championships in New Delhi, India and another gold medal for Great Britain at the GeeBee tournament in Helsinki, In 2011, Scott went back up to welterweight after all of his success at light-welterweight to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics, he represented Great Britain in Baku in 2011, and came up against old foe Alexis Vastine, Vastine was much more natural at 69kg and this time, he settled the score with Cardle, beating him to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Retrieved 27 December 2015Kyle, Gregor (2015) " British champion Scott Cardle: I am fulfilling my Bhoyhood dream by playing for Celtic", Daily Record, 3 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015"England team takes seven medals at Gee Bee", England Boxing, 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2015"B's Luke Campbell shines in Helsinki's Gee Bee event", BBC, 10 April 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2015

Professional boxing career Trained by Joe Gallagher in Bolton,Keay, Sheldan (2015) "Scott Cardle's keen to become Joe Gallagher latest British champion", Manchester Evening News, 29 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015 Cardle made his professional debut in March 2012 with a points win over journeyman Sid Razak. He had seven more fights that year, winning them all. In April 2013, he beat Maxi Hughes unanimously to win the Central Area lightweight title. Wins over Gary Fox, Krzysztof Szot, and Paul Appleby preceded a challenge for the English title in September 2014 against defending champion Kirk Goodings, the fight also an eliminator for the British title." Scott Cardle hopes victory over Kirk Goodings will lead to British lightweight title shot", Boxing News, 1 September 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015 Cardle stopped Goodings in 35 seconds in the first round to take the title.

In May 2015 Cardle met Craig Evans at The O2 Arena for the vacant British title. The fight went the distance, with both fighters suffering cuts, Cardle took a unanimous decision to become British champion."Cardle is best of British after title win", Blackpool Gazette, 30 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015Griffiths, Gareth (2015) "Blackwood boxer Craig Evans loses British lightweight title fight to Scott Cardle", Wales Online, 30 May 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015 He was due to make his first defence of the title in September 2015 against Gary Buckland but a quadriceps tear sustained in sparring ruled him out of the fight,"Scott Cardle Out of Gary Buckland Fight", Boxing News, 16 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015Pearlman, Michael (2015) "Scott Cardle vows not to take Gary Buckland challenge lightly", South Wales Argus, 15 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015 and he went on to make his first defence in November at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, against Sean Dodd." Scott Cardle: ‘I’m a step too far for Sean Dodd’", Boxing News, 3 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015 Despite sustaining cuts above both eyes after a tough eleven rounds, Cardle stopped Dodd in the twelfth and final round to retain the title."Scott Cardle retains British lightweight title after stopping Sean Dodd in final round", Sky Sports, 8 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015Dennen, John (2015) " Callum Smith crushes Rocky Fielding in a single round", Boxing News, 8 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015"Scott Cardle vows to improve" The stoppage was controversial, and Cardle agreed to a rematch with Dodd in 2016 which ended in a draw.Crawford, Simon (2015), Sporting Life, 10 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015 Cardle then defended his Lonsdale belt in Glasgow against mandatory challenger, Grimsby's Kevin Hooper. Cardle stopped Hooper in the sixth round to retain the belt.

Cardle then lost his British lightweight title to Robbie Barrett on 15 April 2017. Barrett won by majority decision, the judges scorecards reading 114–114, 112–114 and 113–115. Cardle eventually got another crack at the title, losing to Newcastle's Lewis Ritson by stoppage in the third round. In 2019, after losing to three time, three weight world champion, Ricky Burns in November 2018, Cardle retired from the sport.

Personal life A fan of Celtic F.C., Cardle got to play for the club in September 2015 in a charity match in honour of Jock Stein against Dunfermline Athletic F.C. His elder brother, Joe, was a professional footballer.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes27LossRicky BurnsTKO3 (10), 10 Nov 201826Win23–2–1Michael MooneyPTS64 Aug 201825Loss22–2–1Lewis RitsonTKO2 (12), 24 Mar 201824Win22–1–1Lee ConnellyPTS67 Oct 201723Loss21–1–1Robbie Barrett1215 Apr 201722Win21–0–1Kevin HooperTKO6 (12), 7 Oct 201621Win20–0–1Ivan NjegacPTS628 May 201620Draw19–0–1Sean Dodd122 Apr 201619Win19–0Sean DoddTKO12 (12), 7 Nov 201518Win18–0Craig Evans1230 May 201517Win17–0Yordan VasilevTKO1 (4), 14 Feb 201516Win16–0Kirk GoodingsTKO1 (10), 13 Sep 201415Win15–0Sylvain ChapellePTS827 Jun 201414Win14–0Paul ApplebyTKO8 (8), 1 Mar 201413Win13–0Krzysztof SzotPTS623 Nov 201312Win12–0Gary FoxPTS87 Sep 201311Win11–0Maxi HughesPTS1020 Apr 201310Win10–0Yves MesnyPTS430 Mar 20139Win9–0Maycol CuevasPTS622 Feb 20138Win8–0Miguel AguilarPTS817 Nov 20127Win7–0Karim AlilichePTS620 Oct 20126Win6–0Luis GarciaTKO2 (6), 5 Oct 20125Win5–0Francis MainaPTS422 Sep 20124Win4–0Karoly Lakatos2 (6), 7 Jul 20123Win3–0Ideh OchukoPTS626 May 20122Win2–0Johnny GreavesPTS427 Apr 20121Win1–0Sid Razak417 Mar 2012

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