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28th Feb 2016

Scott Quigg fought eight rounds of his defeat to Carl Frampton with a very painful injury

Ouch

Robert Redmond

Maybe this explains why the fight was a bit of snooze-fest.

Scott Quigg fought eight rounds of his super-bantamweight title bout against Carl Frampton with a broken jaw, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn.

The Manchester boxer, who lost the fight, and his WBA belt, on a split decision, reportedly had his jaw broke by Frampton in the fourth round with an uppercut, and underwent surgery on Sunday morning.

Carl Frampton v Scott Quigg - World Super-Bantamweight Title Fight

Quigg was consoled by Wayne Rooney in his dressing room following the bout, and the Manchester United captain told him “chin up”, to which the 27 replied “I’ll have to straighten it first.”

There was a lot of praise for Quigg for fighting on despite suffering such a debilitating injury.

However, it arguably raises questions over why his corner didn’t pull him from the fight.