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Mikaela Mayer vs. Alycia Baumgardner 130-Pound Title
Unification Showdown Coming Soon
WBO/IBF/Ring Magazine junior lightweight world champion
Mikaela Mayer and WBC champion Alycia “The Bomb” Baumgardner
have traded social media haymakers. Soon, the two
pound-for-pound talents will throw down in a super fight
that will establish the true queen of the 130-pound
division.
Top Rank has secured the rights to the Mayer-Baumgardner
title unification showdown, which will take place in late
summer/early fall. Date, venue, and ticket information will
be announced in the coming weeks.
“Mikaela Mayer’s prodigious talent is only matched by her
tremendous ambition,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. “She
wants the biggest fights, and Alycia Baumgardner is a worthy
champion. This is a huge event and one of the most
anticipated matchups in women’s boxing.”
Mayer (17-0, 5 KOs) is a Los Angeles native who represented
the U.S. at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She became WBO world
champion in October 2020 with a one-sided decision over Ewa
Brodnicka. Last November 5, she unified the WBO and IBF
titles with a toe-to-toe barnburner against Maiva Hamadouche
in the consensus Female Fight of the Year. The 10-round
unanimous decision also earned Mayer the Ring Magazine belt.
Baumgardner (12-1, 7 KOs) burst onto the scene eight days
after Mayer defeated Hamadouche. She traveled to Sheffield,
England, and stunned British standout Terri Harper via
fourth-round TKO to win the WBC title. She made her first
title defense April 16 with a shutout decision over former
unified world champion Edith Soledad Matthysse.
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