Skye Nicolson Makes History as Australia’s New Boxing Queen

Australia has a new boxing queen with Skye Nicolson becoming a world champion for the first time. Nicolson broke Australia’s Las Vegas curse with a dominant unanimous decision win over Sarah Mahfoud in their WBC featherweight title fight.

The 28-year-old controlled the fight from the start with two of the three judges scoring the fight with Nicolson winning all ten rounds (100-90 x2, 99-91). Nicolson is now a perfect 10-0 in her career, and attention has already turned to a potential showdown with Amanda Serrano, one of the highest-paid fighters in women’s boxing.

Her performance on the undercard of the Richardson Hitchins-Gustavo Daniel Lemos blockbuster in Las Vegas has won admiration from around the sporting world. “I know what I can do, and I want to keep proving that to the rest of the world,” Nicolson said in her post-fight interview on the DAZN broadcast.

Serrano, previously the unified featherweight queen, vacated the WBC belt in protest of the governing body’s decision to limit women’s title fights to just 10 rounds. Nicolson, however, is not daunted by going 12 rounds with Serrano. “If the only way to fight Amanda Serrano is over 12 three-minute rounds, talk to my team. We’ll make it happen,” she said.

Nicolson even dreams of bringing Serrano to fight on Australian soil. “I want to fight everyone. I want the big fights, and I want to bring them Down Under,” Nicolson said. “Women’s boxing, while it has grown so much, it’s still in its infancy. I feel humbled to be part of this generation that can help grow the next generation of female boxing.” With her sights set on a homecoming title defense later this year, Nicolson is ready to make a statement and continue to elevate women’s boxing to new heights.