Skye Nicolson will face Denmark’s Sarah Mahfoud for the vacant WBC featherweight world championship after Amanda Serrano vacated the title.
Serrano held all four belts in the 126-pound division but, late on Monday, announced she would be relinquishing the WBC title in protest of the sanctioning body’s unwillingness to allow women to fight 12 three-minute rounds.
The Puerto Rican’s decision has seen the WBC call for Nicolson to take on former IBF champion and current WBC silver title holder, Mahfoud.
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Nicolson is currently the interim champion with the organization, having defeated Sabrina Maribel Perez in August before defending the title with a stoppage victory over Lucy Wildheart in Dublin last month.
The Australian southpaw had been calling for a shot at Serrano but now looks unlikely to get that fight, at least in the immediate future.
A WBC letter, shared to social media by Nicolson, revealed her team and Mahfoud’s have until mid-January to come to an agreement or a purse bid would be called.
“The WBC Women’s Championship Committee hereby officially orders the WBC Women’s World Featherweight Championship between interim World Champion Skye…
