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Mikaela Mayer chases winner of Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: 'I would love that'

Alexander Netherton
Mikaela Mayer chases winner of Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano: 'I would love that'DAZN
The American veteran will defend her two titles this Saturday.

Mikaela Mayer hopes to fight the winner of Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano.

Taylor fights Serrano live on DAZN at Madison Square Garden in New York on April 30, 

Speaking to the BBC, Mayer discussed her last fight, a win against Maiva Hamadouche to add the IBF super featherweight strap to her WBO belt in November last year.

"After that first round I knew that I was going to bang with her more than I was going to box," Mayer said.

This Saturday she fights Jennifer Han in California to defend her belts, and she praised Han for her losing performance against undisputed lightweight fighter Taylor.

"It was a tougher fight than [Taylor] thought and it also will give people a chance to compare me. To see where I'm at," Mayer explained. "This fight is another chance for me to show my versatility. I'll not bang it out like I did with Hamadouche."

"No fight is an easy fight. [Coach Al Mitchell] trusts me that I'm going to win but it's how I win. Especially being a female in this era of boxing for women, when we're trying to grow the sport and trying to close the gap of equality and get the respect that we deserve, he wants me to look good. 

“He doesn't want me to coast by and get a win. He wants me to look impressive."

While Mayer had hoped to push on at 130lbs, she is understandably willing to move up to fight whoever emerges victorious from the Taylor vs. Serrano clash.

"I would love that. I wanted to go undisputed at 130lbs but I'm not going to sit around and not try and take the biggest fights I possibly can in the meantime," Mayer confirmed.

"They both have such different styles and such different backgrounds. I know Katie Taylor has been a pro for five years but she still has an amateur style to me. A good one, a great one - it's worked for her, she's undisputed.

"Serrano's the opposite. She has a very, very sound pro style. So it's going to be a battle of styles. Who has the better gameplan, more disciplined throughout the 10 rounds, we'll see.

"I want to see myself on the top of that pound-for-pound list, no doubt. If I went up against someone like Katie Taylor or Serrano, beating them would definitely solidify my place. I'll leave the sport knowing that I challenged the best.

"I'm willing to leave it all on the line."