'The game plan was to use my boxing too, but in the back of my head, I knew she was going to keep that gap closed and that she was going to keep me on the inside. 'That I could bang it out on the inside, that wasn't really the entire game plan,' Mayer said on ESPN after the fight.
It was a fight the 31-year-old Mayer had sought since winning her first title, the WBO crown, in 2020. And it didn't stop throughout the 10 rounds, which were a constant flurry of movement and connection between the two. The fight was an absolute brawl from the opening bell, as Mayer and Hamadouche stood at the middle of the ring and traded punch after punch. Mayer won the fight 100-90, 99-91, 98-92 - with two scorecards not necessarily indicative of what happened in the ring.
Mikaela Mayer took another step toward becoming the undisputed junior lightweight champion Friday night in Las Vegas, beating Maiva Hamadouche by unanimous decision to retain her WBO title and pick up Hamadouche's IBF crown. Mikaela Mayer downs Maiva Hamadouche by unanimous decision to unify junior lightweight titles You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
