Mikaela Mayer landed more power punches in a round (8) and in a fight (43) on Alycia Baumgardner than any of Baumgardner’s previous opponents.
Baumgardner established new career highs in power punches thrown and landed in a fight, and total punches thrown and landed in a fight. Mayer threw (229) and landed (61) more jabs, while Baumgardner had the edge in power punches thrown (204) and landed (82).
O2 Arena, London - In a super featherweight unification for the IBF, WBC, IBO, WBO titles, Alycia Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KOs) edged out a ten round split decision over previously undefeated Mikaela Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs). (photos by Lawrence Lustig)
The scores were 97-93 for Mayer, 96-95 for Baumgardner, and 96-95 for Baumgardner.
