Katie Taylor has been told she is a "one-dimensional" fighter by Mikaela Mayer, who says she has the full package to beat the Bray Bomber.
Lightweight queen Taylor has never tasted defeat as a professional, winning all 22 of her bouts to date, and will aim to become a two-weight undisputed champion when she faces Chantelle Cameron in Dublin next month.
But Mayer is hoping to fight the 36-year-old in the future and is confident that she has what it takes to beat the 2012 Olympic gold medallist.
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She told the Daily Star: "Katie Taylor has almost created that amateur style, she never really changed much when she turned pro. She kept that amateur style that she’s always really really really good at.
"And it’s worked for her against sound pros like [Amanda] Serrano, who have a really sound pro style, so she’s been able to get away with it.
"For me, I feel like I have both. So I have that extensive amateur career. I know about those fast punches, the punch counts, the movement, the feet.
"I know about all of that. I have that in and out movement, but I also have really crossed over into that pro style. Coach Al [Mitchell] is adamant about instilling that pro style into me.
"So I stay behind my jab, I can dig to the body. I can really fight in all areas of the rings, whereas I feel like what Katie does is she does that one thing very well.
"I just feel like I’m a little bit more diverse. I’m not like most pros who are going to get out-boxed by her amateur style, I know that style and I’m not going to be more like an amateur trying to pitty-pat with her.
"I’m going to be stepping behind that jab and setting up the body shots too, so I think my style combined is going to be tricky and her style is tricky too, that’s why no one has been able to get through it.
"Even though it’s still somewhat amateur to me, she perfected, she almost created that style so I know she does it well. But I think I have all the experience now.
"I’ve had all the perfect fights to make me a well-rounded fighter and I can do so much, it’s just putting it together. I have a great corner, I’ll have a great game plan, assuming that fight ever comes to fruition.
"I’ve always wanted a fight with Katie Taylor so I’m really hoping that happens."
Mayer was speaking ahead of her fight with Lucy Wildhert last weekend, who she defeated to claim the WBC interim lightweight belt.
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