Mikaela Mayer
Born
Mikaela Joslin Mayer

(1990-07-04) July 4, 1990[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Reach66+1⁄2 in (169 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins19
Wins by KO5
Losses1
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Qinhuangdao Light welterweight

Mikaela Joslin Mayer (born July 4, 1990) is an American professional boxer. She is a former unified super featherweight world champion, holding the WBO female title since 2020 and the IBF female title since November 2021, before losing both in October 2022. As an amateur she won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships and competed for the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics. As of February 2021, she is ranked as the world's second best active female super featherweight by BoxRec[2] and third by The Ring,[3] as well as the tenth best active female, pound for pound, by The Ring.[3]

Amateur career

Mayer competed internationally as part of Team USA in the women's 60 kg category at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[4][5] She defeated Jennifer Chieng in Round 16 before being eliminated in the quarterfinal by Russian Anastasia Belyakova, who took a majority decision.[6]

Amateur accolades

Professional career

After signing with Top Rank, Mayer made her debut in August 2017. She defeated Widnelly Figueroa by knockout in one round.

Professional boxing record

20 fights 19 wins 1 loss
By knockout 5 0
By decision 14 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
20 Win 19–1 Silvia Bortot UD 10 Sep 2, 2023 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
19 Win 18–1 Lucy Wildheart UD 10 Apr 15, 2023 Copper Box Arena, London, England Won vacant WBC interim lightweight title
18 Loss 17–1 Alycia Baumgardner SD 10 Oct 15, 2022 O2 Arena, London, England Lost WBO, IBF, and The Ring female super featherweight titles;
For WBC female super featherweight title
17 Win 17–0 Jennifer Han UD 10 Apr 9, 2022 OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, California, U.S. Retained WBO, IBF, The Ring female super featherweight titles
16 Win 16–0 Maïva Hamadouche UD 10 Nov 5, 2021 Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBO female super featherweight title;
Won IBF and inaugural The Ring super featherweight titles
15 Win 15–0 Érica Farías UD 10 Jun 19, 2021 Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBO female super featherweight title
14 Win 14–0 Ewa Brodnicka UD 10 Oct 31, 2020 MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Won vacant WBO female super featherweight title
13 Win 13–0 Helen Joseph UD 10 Jul 14, 2020 MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
12 Win 12–0 Alejandra Soledad Zamora RTD 6 (10), 2:00 Oct 26, 2019 Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBC-NABF female super featherweight title
11 Win 11–0 Lizbeth Crespo UD 10 Jun 15, 2019 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
10 Win 10–0 Yareli Larios UD 8 Feb 15, 2019 Grand Casino, Hinckley, Minnesota, U.S. Retained WBC-NABF female super featherweight title
9 Win 9–0 Calista Silgado UD 8 Dec 14, 2018 American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Retained WBC-NABF female super featherweight title
8 Win 8–0 Vanessa Bradford UD 8 Oct 13, 2018 CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. Won vacant WBC-NABF female super featherweight title
7 Win 7–0 Edina Kiss TKO 3 (6), 2:00 Aug 25, 2018 Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona, U.S.
6 Win 6–0 Sheena Flamand UD 6 Jun 30, 2018 Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 Baby Nansen UD 6 May 12, 2018 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Maria Semertzoglou KO 1 (4), 0:35 Mar 10, 2018 StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 Nydia Feliciano MD 4 Dec 9, 2017 The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 Allison Martinez TKO 3 (4), 0:39 Sep 22, 2017 Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 Widnelly Figueroa KO 1 (4), 1:15 Aug 5, 2017 Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Personal life

Between 2003 and 2005, Mayer played bass in a heavy metal band Lia-Fail; the band included Nita Strauss.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Mikaela Mayer profile". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ "BoxRec: Female super featherweight ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "The Ring Women's Ratings". The Ring. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ Stevens, Carrie (May 8, 2013). "How Boxer Mikaela Mayer Knocks Out Cravings". Fitness.
  5. ↑ Nuñez, Alanna (September 20, 2013). "How Model-Turned-Boxer Mikaela Mayer Stays Fit". Shape.
  6. ↑ Kevin Iole (August 15, 2016). "American boxer Mikaela Mayer falls just short of Olympic medal". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Inside the music: The story of the fast rise and quick fall of Mikaela Mayer's teenage metal band". ESPN.com. June 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ "NITA STRAUSS To Play Boxing Champion MIKAELA MAYER To Ring For Historic Title Unification Bout". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. November 5, 2021.

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