Jose Cayetano Plans To Target Quigg's Repaired Jaw For KO Win

By Ben Jacobs

Scott Quigg could be forgiven for choosing a lesser opponent than the man he faces tonight in Manchester, for Jose Cayetano (20-4, 9 KOs) has demonstrated that he will not be a straightforward task for the former WBA super bantamweight champion.

Cayetano, from Tijuana, a city that has produced the likes of Érik Morales and Antonio Margarito, has displayed steel and grit going 12 rounds with the likes of Leo Santa Cruz, meaning Quigg will have to be on his game in his first ring outing since February.

Already training for a possible fight in Japan, José explained to BoxingScene.com that he is well prepared despite having only two weeks notice for tonight’s clash.

“I’m going there next Saturday to win,” he declared, speaking from Philadelphia airport before flying to the UK. “He is very good, he’s got lots of knockouts but I’m hungry.  A big factor here is that I want to be a world champion and this fight can help me do that.

“He’s been out of the ring for a long time now and he has had a bad injury so that works in my favour.  When he feels my power he’s going to start going backwards.  I will target the jaw as we have to win by knockout because over there the judges will be locals.  If I don’t stop him, well, I have the talent to box for twelve rounds and I just hope the judges won’t favour the local.

“I do think that whoever wins this fight will probably go on to have a world title shot, but we’ll see what the promoters say.”

Cayetano, meanwhile, has seen recent ring action in the form of a unanimous points win over Alexis Santiago just back in September.

“I’m a bit surprised they took me as his return fight.  I thought I may face him one day in the future, but, in any case, I have three wins in a row and that has put me in a good position, people who know boxing recognise that.”

The Mexican’s last defeat was to former world champion Leo Santa Cruz who lost his unbeaten record earlier this year to Northern Ireland’s Carl Frampton.  Cayetano believes that the contest served him well despite coming up on the losing end.

“You gain experience from fighting someone like Leo Santa Cruz, I hurt him on various occasions and I took that fight on short notice.  Had I had a full training camp for that fight I would have beaten him,” he proclaimed. 

“But I did learn a lot from it, about my own talent and, I know I can beat him. I think Frampton will beat him in the rematch as he moves well around the ring and that’s what Santa Cruz has problems with.”