Australian boxer Skye Nicolson defends WBC super bantamweight title against Miyo Yoshida
The gist
Australian southpaw Skye Nicolson, 17-1, weighed 121.4 pounds to defend her WBC super bantamweight title against Japan's Miyo Yoshida in Arlington, Texas.
A win keeps a unification path open against the Ali-Kreps winner on the same card.
How it unfolded
- Mar 2025Nicolson lost a split decision to unbeaten Tiara Brown in Australia, her first professional defeat, costing her the WBC featherweight title.
- May 2026Nicolson was elevated to WBC World Champion at super bantamweight.
- May 13, 2026Nicolson (16-1, 3 KOs) won a wide points decision over Mariah Turner in Melbourne to retain her WBC interim super bantamweight title.
Key terms
- southpaw
- A left-handed boxer, or the stance with the right hand and foot forward used by left-handed fighters.
- WBC
- An international professional boxing organization, one of the four major sanctioning bodies.
- super bantamweight
- A professional boxing weight class contested between 118 and 122 pounds, also called junior featherweight.
Source: Wikipedia