Mary Spencer and Mikaela Mayer previewed their battle and confronted off through the press convention in Montreal, Canada. The 2 fighters conflict for the unified tremendous welterweight titles this Thursday, October 30, reside from the Cabaret du On line casino de Montréal.
Spencer (10-2, 6 KOs) of Wiarton, Ontario, and Mayer (21-2, 5 KOs) of Los Angeles meet in a 10-round showdown with three 154-pound belts at stake. Spencer places her WBA title on the road, whereas the vacant WBC and WBO straps are additionally up for grabs.
40-year-old Spencer makes her second championship protection. 35-year-old Mayer, who reigns because the WBO 147-pound champion, appears to be like to turn into a three-division world champion.
‘I do know that I’m the underdog based on the bookies’
“I noticed the chances. I do know that I’m the underdog based on the bookies, however I imply, they get it improper typically,” Mary Spencer stated. “I don’t really feel like an underdog. I really feel like this battle is a present.”
“I do know the place I’m at so far as coaching, the place I’m at in my life, and I felt even earlier than this battle was matched that the subsequent opponent was going to be in bother – whoever that was. And now the scenario is much more thrilling as a result of it’s Mikaela, due to the fashion that she brings.”
“I get to be right here at house. I get to actually present a hometown crowd my greatest, and I’m very excited for that.”
“I feel the important thing to victory goes to be me staying comfy and being myself within the ring, and simply being calm.”
‘Dimension doesn’t win fights, talent does’
Mikaela Mayer stated, “I’m actually completely satisfied to be again right here in Canada. I haven’t fought in Canada since my newbie days, again once I first discovered of Mary Spencer. It’s nice to be again.”
“I’ve a giant job to do on Thursday evening. It’s at all times been my objective on this sport to go and get your hands on one of the best fights doable, the most important names doable.”
“I’ve had an important profession to this point. I did my factor at 130. I moved as much as 147 and have become a champion there, however my objective is to go undisputed. I couldn’t get that undisputed battle towards Lauren Worth at 147, so my objective is to seek out the subsequent greatest problem for me. And when Mary Spencer’s title got here up, I stated, ‘Yep, let’s go to 154. Let’s take that problem.’”
“She’s a worthy opponent. She’s accomplished rather a lot within the sport. I bear in mind her title from again within the day. She was the ‘it lady’ again within the amateurs, so these are the kind of names I need to add to my resume, and we bought the battle accomplished, so I’m completely satisfied to be right here.”
“I plan on getting my hand raised Thursday evening, turning into a three-division world champion, after which me and my crew will resolve what we’ll do from there.”
“There are many massive fights forward of me, however the primary objective proper now’s to placed on an important efficiency, present everybody that regardless that I’m the smaller fighter, expertise pay the payments. Dimension doesn’t win fights, talent does.”
“So, that’s what I’m going to do Thursday evening. I’m going to belief my nook and belief the sport plan that we now have. It was a very lengthy camp. We put in a variety of work in, so I’ll be able to placed on an important present for you guys.”
On the Spencer vs Mayer undercard, Mexican-born Christopher Guerrero (15-0, 9 KOs) meets Williams Herrera (17-4, 7 KOs) of Argentina. Guerrero brings his WBC Continental welterweight belt to the ring.
Wilkens Mathieu (14-0, 10 KOs) and Shakeel Phinn (27-3-2, 17 KOs) sq. off for the WBC Continental Americas and NABF tremendous middleweight titles.
The total Spencer vs Mayer lineup is as follows:
Mary Spencer (10-2, 6 KOs) vs. Mikaela Mayer (21-2, 5 KOs) tremendous welterweight
Wilkens Mathieu (14-0, 10 KOs) vs. Shakeel Phinn (27-3-2, 17 KOs), tremendous middleweight
Arthur Biyarslanov (19-0, 16 KOs) vs. Sergey Lipinets (18-4-1, 13 KOs), tremendous light-weight
Mehmet Unal (13-0, 11 KOs) vs. Ralfs Vilcans (18-2, 7 KOs), gentle heavyweight
Christopher Guerrero (15-0, 9 KOs) vs. Williams Herrera (17-4, 7 KOs), welterweight
Thomas Chabot (11-0, 8 KOs) vs. Logan Clouthier (6-0, 4 KOs), tremendous featherweight
Erik Israyelyan (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Dylan Schroeder (6-0, 4 KOs), tremendous featherweight
