Mayer wins third world title
Thursday night time, October 30, it was multi-world champion Mikaela Mayer (22-2, 5 KOs), travelling to Montreal, Canada, to problem Canada’s Mary Spencer (10-3, 6 KOs) on her dwelling turf, at 154 kilos.
Camille Estephan’s ‘Eye of the Tiger promoted the bout, held at On line casino Montreal.
Mayer, from Los Angeles, has competed in divisions starting from junior light-weight to junior middleweight. She got here into the professional ranks off a formidable newbie profession that included a bronze medal on the 2012 Beginner World Championships, adopted by a U.S. Olympic crew berth on the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Mayer turned professional with High Rank Boxing 8 years in the past and has been pink scorching ever since. Working with long-time coach Al Mitchell, she has added former professional fighter Kofi Jantuah to her coaching crew.
A 2-time world champion, Mayer arrived in La Belle Province trying so as to add a third belt to her trophy case.
Mayer, the WBO 147 champion, couldn’t safe a unification combat right now, so she seemed 7 kilos north. And the WBC and WBO additionally sanctioned the combat for Spencer’s WBA 154-pound belt. It was for all of the marbles Thursday night time.
Spencer, Ontario-born however residing in Montreal, was no stranger to the venue as she made her ninth look there in 13 fights.
Mayer introduced her efficient aggression, glorious conditioning, and relentless work fee to the bout to overwhelm the much less skilled Spencer. Mayer seemed very efficient each in shut and dealing from the perimeter.
At age 35, Mayer appears as targeted as ever and is trying to proceed so as to add titles and face the perfect in what has been an elite-level profession in girls’s boxing.
And impress she certain did on Thursday in Montreal. Clocking into work at Spencer’s home-based work website, with a pro-Spencer crowd in the home, Mayer dealt with it like a seasoned professional who doesn’t let a lot rattle her.
Working off a relentless work fee and quick, correct mixture punching, Mayer added up the factors and the rounds to get the choice of the rating playing cards and moved her report to 22-2 with 5 KOs. Ultimately, she dominated at 100-90, and 98-92 x 2.
Extra spectacular is the truth that she was preventing at 154, not her pure or maybe greatest weight. However it was the problem and the opponent she was targeted on, not the burden.
After the combat, Mayer was happy along with her efficiency and the place she was in her profession.
“I feel crucial factor is I’ve choices”, she mentioned. “That’s nice in boxing. You all the time need choices. I got here off two years the place my profession form of took a left flip. I needed to navigate my means again to this place. So having choices is unquestionably a blessing”, she continued. “I’ll have to return and go over issues with my crew. I might like to defend each belts. I can return to 147, develop into undisputed there, and perhaps come again up and defend at 154.”
The place does she go from right here?
Who is aware of?
Again to 147?
Keep at 154 (the place she seemed very snug)?
It’s arduous to say, however within the meantime, she will be able to bask within the glow of one other nice win.
Spectacular stuff!
