Mikaela Mayer prepared to move up in weight in unification bout cannot be made – Ring News 24 | Boxing News

IBF and WBO super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer 17-0 (5) delivered another quality performance to pitch a 10-round shutout against Jennifer Han 18-5-1 (1) at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California on Saturday night.

The 31-year-old American was simply too slick for Han, 38, busting her up with the jab and keeping her on the backfoot for much of the fight. When the dust settled at the conclusion of the contest judges David Hudson and Pat Russell both saw the fight 100-90, while judge Patricia Morse Jarman saw it marginally closer at 99-91.

“I feel like I did a lot of good things in there,” Mayer said. “Her movement, I think, is what she does best and it throws you off. She gets her spacing in a little bit, so I had to throw her off and stay behind the jab.

“Coach Al [Mitchell] reminded me to stay behind the jab, set the right hand up. She would duck sometimes and make me miss. I started to go to the body. All in all, she’s a tough, durable girl. That’s why we chose her for this fight. We knew she would push me, but I feel like I did well.”

Mayer addressed the issue of three-minute rounds for female boxers as they are currently contested over two-minute stanzas. There are two camps on this issue: one that says females should be llowed to box threes, the other that says for 50% more work they should have their purse increased accordingly. Mayer is clearly of the former.

“I wanted to get the stoppage,” Mayer said. “I felt like I hurt her in the eighth round, almost finished her. This is another reason why I’m advocating for three-minute rounds.”

Mayer, who was making the third defence of her WBO title and the second defence of her IBF strap, is now looking for more belts to add to her collection. If that can’t happen in the 130-pound weight class, she is prepared to move up to lightweight where Ireland’s Katie Taylor 20-0 (6) is the boss with all four major world titles.

“I’ve been pretty clear that I want to go undisputed at 130. [WBC super featherweight champion Alycia] Baumgardner and [WBA super featherweight champion Hyun Mi] Choi 19-0-1 (5).

“I’ve been calling them out. I want either fight, but if they’re not going to give me that fight in a timely fashion, I’m game to go up and challenge the winner of [Amanda] Serrano versus Katie Taylor.”