Shields/Marshall & Mayer/Baumgardner: Doubleheader of Historical Proportions
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.
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.
It may or may not be up for grabs as far as who the best female fighter in the world is right now, but Mikaela Mayer is surely the most exciting woman fighter on the scene today.
Mikaela Mayer grew up in Southern California and then left to pursue a boxing career. After an Olympic berth, nearly five years as an unbeaten pro and a pair of world titles, Mayer finally authored her triumphant championship homecoming.
We got a truly sensational fight last night in Las Vegas, as female warriors Mikaela Mayer and Maiva Hamadouche slugged it out for ten thrilling rounds in their WBO/IBF junior lightweight unification bout.
Two of the best female boxers on the planet put forth a duel worthy of the main event platform. WBO junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer (16-0, 5 KOs) defeated IBF champion Maiva Hamadouche (22-2, 18 KOs) by unanimous decision to unify titles Friday evening at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
IBF/WBA bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (20-0, 17 KOs) came in at the limit at 118 lbs for his title defense against #1 IBF Michael Dasmarinas (30-2-1, 20 KOs) on Friday at their weigh-in for Saturday’s headliner on ESPN at the Virgil Hotels Las Vegas.
The Monster came to Las Vegas. He conquered. Naoya “Monster” Inoue, the pound-for-pound talent from Japan, defended his WBA/IBF/Ring Magazine bantamweight world titles Saturday with a seventh-round knockout over Australian contender Jason “Mayhem” Moloney.