Mikaela Mayer has responded to “ridiculous” comments made by Alycia Baumgardner about her rise to the top of women’s boxing.
Mayer and Baumgardner fight for the unified super-featherweight titles this Saturday at The O2 Arena in the first-ever all-female card in boxing history. Mayer is unbeaten in 17 professional fights heading into the grudge match whilst Baumgardner hasn’t lost in over four years. While both women hold world titles at 130lb, Mayer is the more experienced of the two boxers as she had an outstanding amateur career before turning professional in 2017.
Mayer won multiple amateur world championships and even competed at the 2016 Olympic games, but Baumgardner has insisted she didn't have the financial support to land herself in the same position as her rival. "She basically said that she didn’t have the finances and the privileges that I had,” Mayer said. "This girl knows nothing about my personal life growing up and to suggest that I only made it to the top in the amateurs because of these handouts is ridiculous."
