Alycia Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KOs) is now one step closer to becoming undisputed champion after scoring a razor-thin split decision victory over Mikaela Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) to unify the WBC, WBO, IBF and Ring Magazine junior lightweight titles Saturday evening at The O2 Arena.
Tonight at The O2 in London on the all-women’s card, Alycia Baumgardner scored a close, hugely debatable ten round decision over Mikaela Mayer in their 130 pound unification clash.
It was a tense affair at today’s official weigh-in for tomorrow’s all-female card in London. We know how much bad blood there is between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall, yet it’s very possible the level of dislike, the level of very real dislike, shared by Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner has taken their grudge fight a notch or three higher on the grudge scale.
This Saturday afternoon US time ESPN+ delivers a doubleheader extravaganza with Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall and Mikaela Mayer vs. Alyca Baumgardner.
This Saturday afternoon, US time ESPN+ delivers a doubleheader extravaganza with Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall and Mikaela Mayer vs. Alyca Baumgardner.
Women’s boxing is hot right now and it’s about to get even hotter. According to Michael Rothstein of ESPN.com, two women’s unification fights will take place at The O2 in London on September 10th.
Women’s boxing is hot right now, and while we will have to wait a little while longer for the intense grudge-match that is Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall (Marshall having had an arm op and needing more time to get 100 percent for the fight), it has been announced how female warriors Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner have agreed to get it on in a 130 pound unification clash later this year.
Alycia ‘The Bomb’ Baumgardner travelled to England and produced a stunning knockout of hometown champion Terri ‘Belter’ Harper to claim the WBC and IBO junior lightweight world titles.
In a night of upsets, the heavy-handed Kiko Martinez 43-10-2, 30 KOs) dethroned IBF featherweight champion Kid Galahad (28-2, 17 KOs) by a sixth round knockout after dropping him twice on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.