Alycia Baumgardner Willing to Take On Katie Taylor Next!
When last in the ring, super featherweight champion Alycia “The Bomb” Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KO’s) enjoyed great success. This due to her toppling bitter divisional rival Mikaela Mayer. Not only did she win, she added Mayer’s IBF and WBO titles to her own WBC and IBO straps in the significant unification match. Unsurprisingly, Team Baumgardner has already expressed interest in facing WBA 130-pound champion Hyun Mi Choi for undisputed status. If not Choi though, The Bomb has let it be known that she’d love to face undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor (22-0, 6 KO’s), when speaking with IFL TV.
“I would love a fight with Katie Taylor. She just fought this past weekend. A fight with her is a pretty fight with me. You have two high-skilled fighters and I think when you see that with women, it’s a great, fun fight to watch!
“[…] We all want to see her be in a dog fight like with Amanda [Serrano], so we definitely want to see that rematch as well. But a fight with her would be dope. Like, I need that, I like that!”
SHOW ON THE ROAD?
As Baumgardner stated herself, Taylor just staged her last performance and will remain out of action for the remainder of the year. In terms of who Taylor had placed her crosshairs on, the undisputed champion was rather indifferent. The only thing that Taylor was rock solid on was the fact she wanted to glove-up for action in her native Ireland and specifically in Croke Park.
So, granted that Baumgardner was willing to go on the road and into very hostile territory, she has a chance to talk her way into a splendid action fight! Yet, given how recently both of these fistic-minded ladies fought, we are unlikely to get any real update any time soon. Luckily, 3Kings Boxing will be here to report all the late-breaking news!
By: Bakari Simpson
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