American champion Mikaela Mayer insists there is “no denying” women boxing before her super-featherweight unification fight against Alycia Baumgardner on Saturday night.
Mayer and Baumgardner are part of an all-female undercard for Savannah Marshall’s undisputed middleweight clash against Claressa Shields at London’s O2 Arena.
With women’s boxing booming after struggling for decades, Mayer says female fighters are “here to stay”.
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“For the longest time we didn’t have that ability to compete at the highest level, but now that we do there’s just no denying us,” she said.
“Most of the world didn’t ever believe women’s boxing would get to this level and have this kind of exposure and hype – but I did.
“I really truly believed that somehow, someway this is what I would be doing with my career and this is the level I would get to.”
