Alycia Baumgardner has insisted she won’t give bitter rival Mikaela Mayer a rematch despite winning a controversial decision.
Baumgardner became a unified super-featherweight champion by winning a split decision against Mayer in the co-main event of Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall in London on Saturday night. Baumgardner was the quicker of the two fighters in the opening rounds but Mayer begun to find her rhythm and get some rounds under her belt as the fight progressed. Baumgardner had a late resurgence and two judges were confident she did enough to get the win as the scorecards read 93-97, 96-95 and 96-95 in her favour.
Mayer was furious after the decision was read and boxing fans have gone on to label the outcome as ”disgusting”. Punch stats show that Baumgardner did out-land over the course of the fight, but Mayer landed more jabs than her rival. The controversial ending to the fight led to calls of a rematch, but Baumgardner shut those down by stating she wants to go for undisputed status by facing WBA titleholder Hyun Mi Choi in her next fight.
