Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner have a date for his or her three-belt unification at 130 lbs, with Michael Rothstein reporting at ESPN.com that the bout can be a part of the Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall occasion on Sept. 10 in London.
“The ESPN household of networks” may even have the U.S. rights to the present — so in case you have ESPN+, you’ll have entry, and it may also get a day slot on ESPN, although in faculty soccer season that appears unlikely.
It’s set to be a fair greater occasion for girls’s boxing now, with two of the absolute best fights in your entire sport made for a similar present. Shields vs Marshall is each an undisputed championship combat at middleweight and a long-simmering, real grudge match, and now now we have the 2 finest fighters at 130 assembly up, too.
Mayer (17-0, 5 KO) gained the WBO title towards Ewa Brodnick in 2020, and unified with the IBF title in Nov. 2021, beating Maiva Hamadouche in a terrific combat.
Baumgardner (12-1, 7 KO) burst onto the scene final November, destroying Terri Harper to take the WBC title.
Although matching two Individuals on a present in London may appear slightly odd, there’s lots to think about right here:
- The boxing neighborhood in the UK is solely extra welcoming to the ladies’s facet of the game on the entire. It simply is.
- Each Baumgardner and Mayer are acquainted to UK followers. Baumgardner’s final two fights have been on Matchroom exhibits in Sheffield and Manchester, and Mayer has performed some commentary work for Sky Sports activities.
- They’re not the combat being requested to promote tickets on this situation; that’s on Shields vs Marshall, and Boxxer and Sky ought to do nice with that.
In brief, it in all probability is the most effective place and card for this combat. This can be a nice matchup and I’m actually, actually wanting ahead to this present now much more than earlier than.
