Sensational Skye Nicolson rolled the dice in Las Vegas on Saturday, defeating top ten favorite Sarah Mahfoud to become the new WBC world heavyweight champion.
Now promoter Eddie Hearn is hoping Australia’s new boxing queen will hit her peak and make a comeback.
Nicholson was the main competitor (10-0, 1 KO) at the five-star Fontainebleau Las Vegas Resort, winning once with scores of 100-90, 100-90, 99 to claim the belt green and gold belt. -91 – More than former IBF holder Mahfoud.
In doing so, the 28-year-old star restored Australian pride and broke the curse in Sin City following defeats to compatriots Tim Tszyu and Michael Zerafa.
Matchroom Sport chairman Hearn said he plans to hold talks with Australian authorities earlier this week to discuss Nicholson’s return, before traveling to meet the challenger WBC champion Raven Chapman and the WBC at the end of this year. Year. “I have to talk to the Australian people now because he has to come back and live,” Hearn said on the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel.
“Skye didn’t break a sweat there. She’s amazing and she’s done so much more. I didn’t give Mahfoud a chance, but the judge did.
“I think you only see 20% of Skye Nicholson. I’ve seen him train and I’ve seen his girls get hurt all the time in boxing. But how can you argue with him when he loses the No. 1 featherweight competition?
“We all want to be happy and I want to see him get loose and stop people. I know he’s there and I know he can.
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“But his victory was easy and his appearance was a dream for many people. So people like Amanda Serrano don’t really want to get into a fight until the money is in hand because the stakes are so high. He’s got great legs and movement, and if he can get his hands going – because he can hit – then he’s going to be very hard to beat. “
Hearn is keen for the new Matchroom world champion to continue to defend his Australian title, admitting a major Matchroom showdown with Queensberry is on the cards against Chapman.
“Chapman’s Ravens is a must-win game, and that’s the game I’m going to talk to George Warren about because there’s going to be another 5-on-5 game later this year. And that’s the type of game we have to think about playing.” ,” he added.
Killing Sarah Mahfoud is a bigger story than Amanda Serrano. “Skye is doing what a champion should do, chasing the best player in her division, and now for her, that’s Amanda Serrano.
“I’d like to see her do some home defense and then a fight with Raven Chapman and hopefully a fight with Amanda Serrano which is a lot for her to do.”
Nicholson is now Australia’s second world champion, joining Matchroom lightweight king Jai Opetaia.
“It sounds good, I really like the sound,” he said.
When I heard my name announced as the winner, this is exactly what I thought about in my head before the fight. This is something special. ——But this is not a peak for me. I’m sure this is the first of many, and there will be many more to come, and I’m very excited about the direction I’m headed.
For [Amanda] Serrano, this is not personal. If you don’t want to fight me, that’s fine. But please tell us what you’re going to do with all those belts, because I want them. But if you want to fight, I’m ready.
To fight in Australia, especially in Brisbane or the Gold Coast, is a dream come true. I am a true Princess girl.
“To be able to take the world title to my home country and fight in front of all my family and friends is amazing – and the start of a special journey. I’m very Australian and this is very important. to me.“
