You can’t have women’s boxing at the Commonwealth Games without Australian boxer Kaye Scott. That’s literally, for now at least, with the Sydney-based fighter previously fighting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow when women’s boxing was first introduced and at the 2018 iteration on the Gold Coast – where she took out bronze in the Welterweight division. 

Now, the 38-year-old is set to make history when she competes for Australia in her third games in Birmingham. And things got off to a fortuitous start when the draw saw her receive a bye through the preliminary round and straight into the quarters.

In a wide-ranging conversation with ESPN’s Adam Santarossa recorded before she jetted off to Britain, Scott reflected upon her Commonwealth Games preparations, her career to date which included taking part in the first legally sanctioned women’s boxing match in New South Wales, life at the Commonwealth Games and the importance of mindset and blocking out the noise.

She also opened up on her thinking on transitioning into the professional ranks and how working at that level differed from amateur fighting. 

But first, she touched on the preparations for her third Commonwealth Games, and if it was any easier the third time around. 

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