‘It’ll be super entertaining’: Mikaela Mayer looks forward to Chantelle Cameron fight

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 15: Mikaela Mayer looks on during the IBF, IBO, WBC and WBO Super Featherweight World Title fight between Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner on the Shields vs Marshall Boxxer fight night which is the first women's only boxing card in the UK at The O2 Arena on October 15, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by James Chance/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Mikaela Mayer joined Brian Custer’s podcast to talk about her upcoming plans, fights that have been difficult to make, and the ones she expects to the on the way as she waits for an opportunity to go undisputed. Here are some excerpts of what she had to say below with the full interview in the link at the top.

Mayer on who she’ll fight next

“It’s no secret I got into the ring at the Dubois vs Harper fight in London a few weeks ago, against Chantelle Cameron. Chantelle Cameron just won the belt I had to vacate ‘cause I hold the belt at 147, as well. I had to pick and choose since I have two belts at ‘54 I vacated that, Chantelle fought for it and I got in the ring and said ‘let’s do it.’

“I mean, I’ve always wanted a fight with Chantelle, I always thought that would be a great fight. We have come forward styles so I know it’ll be super entertaining. So while I wait for Lauren Price so I can go undisputed with her and other fights that just don’t seem to be happening — people just don’t seem to want to move as quickly as I do — but I’ve always wanted to fight Chantelle so I think that’s a great fight in the meantime.”

On if she thinks she’ll get a Price fight this year

“I don’t know. I really don’t know. We’ve been trying to negotiate with her and Ben Shalom and all these for so long and we have a whole date — everything was negotiated for her to come out. I was surprised they agreed to send Lauren Price out here to Vegas, it was supposed to happen last July. It was the last fight Top Rank had on ESPN, the last fight Boxxer had on Sky Sports, and so we had the money behind it to do it. And I know what happened, I don’t know if Ben Shalom wasn’t including Lauren Price in negotiations but she decided ‘I’m not doing that.’…Since then we just haven’t been able to come to a deal.”