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Sigmon calls himself a B-minus fighter at this point. And while he often mocks opponents Cujo's bite matching his bark!crumpler bagfor fighting nobodies， Cujo’s last three victims have all come into those bouts with losing records.

The money doesn’t hurt， either — even if the punches he absorbs do. Sigmon says he now commands five figures for a bout， a healthy increase from his first professional purse of $1，000.

Kennedy is different. He’s 7-0-1 and foucrumpler bagght to a draw with Jesse Nicklow， who handed Sigmon one of his two losses in March.

According to Sigmon， his local fans (more than 100 of whom are apparently traveling to Maryland for Saturday’s bout) may soon be able to watch him on TV.

Sigmon still works as a personal trainer at the Jamerson YMCA， but only part-time. He now looks at his boxing workouts as a 35-hour-a-week job.

Bedford boxer Scott (Cujo) Sigmon is apparently still ascending， rising to 22nd in the U.S. super-middleweight rankings with a 12-2 record. This weekend， he’ll meet Julius Kennedy in Pikesville， Md. for the Mid-Atlantic middleweight title.

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Bedford boxer Scott Cujo Sigmon will meet Julius Kennedy in Pikesville， Md. for the Mid-Atlantic middleweight title Saturday.

I’d like to fight until I’m about 30 and get out while I’m still healthy， said Sigmon， who is just 23. I’ve been working with a 12-year-old Lynchburg kid named Cole Crumpler， and I think he could be a champion someday.

The only title that really matters is the world title， he said earlier this week.

I’ve been contacted by some of the networks， Sigmon said， but they want me to be an opponent for a fighter on the rise. I want to be that other fighter.

The bouts are really a reward for all the pain I go through in training， he said.

He’ll probably leave the Hefty bag home.

Meanwhile， Sigmon will take his hopes and dreams to Pikesville this weekend for what he describes as a dangerous fight.

As it turned out， Jesse and I are good friends now， Sigmon said. Sometimes， we train together.

Cujo's bite matching his bark!crumpler bag，Forging a boxing career is a lot like rock climbing — either you keep moving up， or you fall backward. Remaining in one place isn’t an option.

For now， though， that remains at the pinnacle of his personal rock. And despite the brashness that is gaining him a measure of notoriety in boxing circles， Sigmon admits that he still has a lot of climbing to do.

The Sigmon-Nicklow meeting was classic pugilistic soap opera. Sigmon brought a Hefty bag to a news conference to hype the bout and announced he was going to clean up the trash in Maryland， beginning with Nicklow. The latter wasn’t at the press conference， but apparently took offense. The February weigh-in deteriorated into a brawl， and someone smashed the windows of Sigmon’s car the night of the fight in Baltimore.

Sigmon isn’t taking the title part too seriously.