Alycia Baumgardner predicted two things that would come of her championship clash with Mikaela Mayer.

There was always the confidence that she would beat Mayer to further unify the 130-pound division. That was accomplished on October 15 in London, five weeks after their originally scheduled superfight, as Baumgardner earned a ten-round, majority decision win to unify the lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO junior lightweight titles.

Once that was accomplished, Baumgardner suspected that there would forever remain unfinished business with her bitter rival.

“She's still salty, she's still a sore loser,” Baumgardner told BoxingScene.com. “I love it because it goes down in history. She can never take this away from me.”

The rivalry—arguably the fiercest in the sport—generated global headlines preceding their ESPN+ aired unification bout, complete with the two having to be physically separated on back-to-back days during fight week. Their ten rounds of action hardly squashed the beef, as their very visible online feud continues to dominate social media to this day.

Mayer (17-1, 5KOs)—a 2016 U.S. Olympian from Los Angeles who now lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado—has long contended that she deserved the decision and has repeatedly called for a rematch. Baumgardner (13-1, 7KOs) is content with keeping Mayer on the outside looking in, as the Detroit-based boxer-puncher gets a kick out of the reaction she effortlessly generates from the now former IBF/WBO junior lightweight champ.

“I did expect this reaction from her. Again, she's a sore loser,” noted Baumgardner. “Any fighter who loses, just take that “L.” I took my “L”—look where I am now. It is what it is.

“This is the boxing game. You win, you lose. You come back stronger. Kudos to her but I am the best at 130 and I will continue to prove that if the rematch happens and when I decide it will happen.”

Mayer’s next fight is not yet known. Baumgardner plans to return in February in what she hopes will be for the undisputed junior lightweight championship, pending a ruling by the WBA given the reported injury status of its unbeaten titlist Hyun Mi Choi.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox