Mikaela Mayer calls for rematch or Katie Taylor clash after split decision loss to Alycia Baumgardner | ‘I believe I won’ | Boxing News

Mikaela Mayer has called for a rematch with Alycia Baumgardner after her defeat in their world super-featherweight title unification clash on Saturday, claiming that she was the true winner of the fight.

In the hard-fought split decision bout, the results saw two scores of 96-95 going the way of Baumgardner, while the third official scored it 97-93 to Mayer who was left in shock as the scores were called.

Speaking for the first time since the bout to Sky Sports, Mayer is standing firm in her conviction that she should have “won the decision” and believes that if Baumgardner wants to be considered a champion, she should “give her another shot”.

“I do believe I won strongly,” Mayer said. “I was very confident, my corner was confident, and you know my corner, my coach, he doesn’t mess around and he tells me the truth.

“We stuck to the game plan, I was out-boxing her and I clearly believe I won that decision. It is disappointing.

“When that second score came in and one was for me and one was for her, I was like ‘what do you mean?’

“I saw her face at the ends of those rounds and she was defeated, tired, moving, running, she knew she didn’t win that fight and you could see it in her face she wasn’t confident.

“I really feel like my legacy, what I have always wanted my legacy to be is somebody who challenges the best and puts it all on the line and makes the biggest fights possible and, although I didn’t get the decision yesterday, that doesn’t change that goal for me.

“I still want the biggest fights and, if Baumgardner doesn’t want to give me a rematch which she said yesterday, I think she should because I think I deserve a rematch and I think I won and if she believes that she is the best she will give that to me, but if not, I am still going to go for the biggest fights.

However, if Baumgardner stands firm in her decision to move on from their dispute, Mayer will still be searching to face renowned fighters and a bout with Katie Taylor is something she is still striving for.

“I still want Katie Taylor, I still feel I deserve that,” she added. “She (Baumgardner) knows she lost, I genuinely believe that she knows that she lost but I think it is going to change because where else is she going to get that kind of money and the fans want to see it?

“This is about the fans at the end of the day, it is about entertainment.

“I hope she becomes the champion that she should be and gives me another shot and gives the fans that fight.”

Baumgardner: Mayer doesn’t deserve a rematch

Despite the strong words from her fierce rival, Baumgardner has dismissed calls for a rematch and insists she is focused on uniting the divisions and going for the undisputed title.

“To be a part of this show, not only boxing but to be a part of something that is legendary, the fact that we were able to put on a card like this and really build for this fight, it made for an amazing fight,” said Baumgardner.

“We had the best of the best fighting the best and so I am very blessed to be a part of that.

“She doesn’t deserve a rematch. For me, I am going for undisputed and I want Choi next.

“This is what I planned on, this is what we talked about and this is what I am going to do.

“If you saw after the fight, I went to give her a hug and say thank you, I always show sportsmanship.

“This is a fight but, at the end of the day, I still respect you I just wasn’t showing that until after the fight.

“Mikaela fought my game plan really. She thought she was going to box me but I am the better boxer.

“I showed my jab is sharp, I showed my movement and she couldn’t get past that, she didn’t know what else to do with that.”