Scott Fitzgerald

Scott William Fitzgerald, known as “Fitzy” and sometimes billed as “Mad Man”, boxed mainly at super-welterweight (light-middleweight), with earlier work at welterweight and at least one later outing up at super-middleweight. Born in Preston, Lancashire, on 13 December 1991, and listed at 5 ft 10 in with an orthodox stance, he turned professional on 27 February 2016 and, on the official record, remains unbeaten with 15 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws, and 10 knockouts.

Before the paid game, Fitzgerald was a serious amateur, and it showed in the way he liked to set his feet and let his hands go once he’d seen the target. He won welterweight gold for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and spent time in the Team GB set-up, including appearances in the World Series of Boxing. That background tends to give a fighter habits that don’t wash out easily: a sense of distance, the instinct to punch in clusters, and the confidence to take a half-step forward when a man hesitates.

He began his pro career at Manchester Arena with a third-round stoppage of Ben Heap and was busy in the usual northern and London venues, keeping things simple and effective. The early run was built around pressure and finishing. Fitzgerald wasn’t one for showboating; he pressed fights, looked to break a man’s rhythm, and when an opponent gave him reason to open up, he rarely wasted the invitation. By late 2017, he was stopping experienced domestic operators like Bradley Pryce, a clear sign he wasn’t being kept in cotton wool.

The real lift came in 2018 and 2019, when the contests stopped being exercises and started to feel like statements. He went ten rounds and stopped Craig Morris late in Birmingham, then in March 2019, he edged Anthony Fowler on a split decision in Liverpool to win the vacant WBA International super-welterweight title, dropping Fowler late and earning the kind of win that changes a domestic pecking order. That October, in Newcastle, he outpointed Ted Cheeseman over twelve to win the British super-welterweight title, a fight that demanded more than muscle. Cheeseman made him think early; Fitzgerald finished stronger, forcing the closing rounds into a harsher argument and taking the belt on the cards.

At his best, Fitzgerald was a boxer who wanted the centre of the ring and liked to dictate the temperature. He could jab his way in, but his real work came when he planted his feet and threw with spite—short hooks and straight rights that arrived in bunches rather than as single shots. He was not a neat, polished stylist, but there was intent in everything he did, and the stoppage percentage tells you he carried enough force to change a fight quickly when a man’s legs began to go.

After winning the Lonsdale Belt, the momentum didn’t continue in the ring. Fitzgerald spent time addressing personal problems and vacated the British title. He returned on 1 May 2021 at the AO Arena in Manchester, stopping Gregory Trenel in three rounds on the undercard of Derek Chisora vs Joseph Parker, and that remains his last professional bout. Since then, he has had an extended period away from boxing amid legal and personal issues that kept him out of the sport’s normal traffic, leaving his career, for now, defined by an unbeaten record and a British-title peak that arrived quickly and then stalled.

Fitzgerald’s legacy, such as it stands, is complicated but plain enough on paper: a decorated amateur who became British champion and never lost as a professional, yet never got the chance—through circumstance and interruption—to see how far the unbeaten run might have carried him. The record reads 15–0 with 10 stoppages, a brief spell with the British title, and a sense that his best nights came when the fight turned rugged, and he could impose himself late.