Freddie Roach can take me to the next level, British featherweight Scott Quigg tells talkSPORT

Scott Quigg believes Freddie Roach can take his boxing career to the next level.

Quigg has decided to leave long-term trainer Joe Gallagher to link up with Roach at the famous Wild Card gym in Los Angeles.

The 28-year-old, who moved up to featherweight after losing his WBA super-bantamweight belt against Carl Frampton in 2016, is convinced the move will boost his bid to become a two-weight world champion.

Roach is widely regarded as the best trainer in boxing and has guided a staggering number of legendary fighters, including Manny Pacquiao, Mike Tyson and Oscar de la Hoya.

Speaking to the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, Quigg said of the move: "I have been with Joe for six years and sometimes things need freshening up.

"It is nothing to do with Joe, there has not been a falling out or anything like that. I just needed a change of surroundings, a change of training team, just to freshen things up because I felt like I was going a bit stale.

"I became British champion and went on to become world champion under Joe's guidance so for that I will be forever grateful to him. He made me the fighter I have become.

"I just think I need a change to help me grow to the next level and there's nowhere better to go than the Wild Card to be trained under Freddie Roach."

Quigg's first fight under Roach's tutelage could come on April 29, on the undercard to Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko's heavyweight showdown at Wembley Stadium.

The Bury-born brawler, who stopped Jose Cayetano in nine rounds on his featherweight debut in December, said: "I would like to be on that bill. We are working towards that at the minute.

"Fingers crossed I can get on the bill and show the improvements that I would have made by training under Freddie."