Scott Quigg: I cannot afford to look past Rendall

Scott Quigg dreams of mixing it with the likes of Nonito Donaire and Guillermo Rigondeaux, but knows he cannot afford to look past Rendall Munroe.

Britain's two best super-bantamweights clash at the Manchester Arena on November 24 with the WBA's interim world title at stake.

And they'll both be looking to make a huge statement after their previous meeting ended in disappointing fashion.

Just as things were beginning to heat up, a clash of heads left Munroe nursing a nasty laceration across his right eyebrow and the fight went into the books as a technical draw.

"It was a disappointing end last time for both of us," Quigg, 24, recalled.

"We both trained hard and wanted to prove who is number one but unfortunately a clash of heads stopped that.

"Now it's just about the 24^th of November and no doubt Rendall is training hard, I'm training hard so it's going to be another great fight and the point will be proven on the night. I'm 100 per cent confident I'll come out on top."

Having fought the likes of Toshiaki Nishioka and Victor Terrazas, it is fair to say that Munroe has mixed it in higher company than Quigg.

And the unbeaten Bury man believes that a win over his domestic rival will provide a good gauge as to how far he is from challenging amongst the division's elite.

"A fight against Rendall will tell me how far off I am from fighting the very best, it'll determine what I need to do to progress to the top level," Quigg said.

"Nishioka was taken apart quite easily by Donaire and he beat Rendall so there's a big gap at the top and I need to be putting in a good performance to measure where I am.

"I want to fight the best and I want to do myself and British boxing proud.

"That doesn't mean I'm looking past Rendall. This is a tough fight and it is one that I know I've got to win if I'm going to be a world champion. Winning this fight will put me in the mix with the top ones in the division."

One fighter who continues to be linked with a future match up against Quigg is Belfast's Commonwealth titlist Carl Frampton.

For the past 18 months or so the Irishman's manager Barry McGuigan, the former world featherweight champion, has banged the drum for a meeting between the pair.

But Quigg, who was recently voted as the Boxing Writer's Young Boxer of the Year, feels he's further up the 122lb pecking order than Frampton and thus does not need to lock horns with him just yet.

"His name is always linked to mine. I've never needed to mention him because I haven't needed to fight him. He's needed to mention me," Scott stated.

"I'll give him credit for his performance against Steve Molitor, he did what he had to do and he looked good doing it.

"Taking nothing away from him, everybody knows Molitor wasn't the fighter he used to be. He was a shot fighter but Carl didn't know which Molitor was going to turn up so it was a gamble.

"He beat a world class name, not a world class fighter.

"The way Carl took him apart was impressive and it would be stupid of me to say he's no good, because I'd be lying. He's a very good fighter but if the fight was ever made I'm one million per cent confident I would beat him.

"I look at how he fights and I see good things and I see bad things and there's things I know I could capitalise on."

He added: "I'm not thinking about a fight with Carl Frampton, the only person on my radar is Rendall Munroe because if I don't get past him there won't be any big fights."