Boxing News: Both Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner have won the world championship. While the latter also owns the WBO and IBF belts, the former is the WBC super-featherweight champion.
Baumgardner has called Mayer “pampered” in advance of their unification bout on Saturday.
“I think it comes with being part of USA Boxing and then her turning pro, being with Top Rank, ESPN, she feels entitled, she feels like she runs the show, which is fine – you got there for a reason – but you’re not better than anyone else and you’re definitely not better than me,” Baumgardner told Sky Sports.
“Let’s be honest – not everyone has those kinds of platforms. Yet I’m building to get there, and here I am, and I showcased that when I won the world title,” she said.
“I came over here and got knockout of the year, defeated the champion [Terri Harper] in her backyard and went home. That’s telling.
“I did take a longer route to get here but I had faith, I had hustle and I executed when the time was necessary.”
For her part, Mayer vehemently disputes the claim that she didn’t work for her current position.
“Do you want know why I have an Olympic background? Because I won. Because I had to fight my way, win my way to the Olympics. No one just gets handed an Olympic spot,” Mayer told Sky Sports.
“You win the Olympic trials,” she continued. “Then you have to go overseas and qualify over there so there’s a whole process of that. You’re not just gifted an Olympic spot.
“But she’s just jealous. She’s jealous she could never get to that point and she wants to make an excuse for it.
“She just wasn’t as good. She didn’t hustle as hard as I did.”
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