Shields, Taylor, Serrano: Mikaela Mayer names her top 5 pound-for-pound female boxers

American star Mikaela Mayer has revealed her top five pound-for-pound female boxers to GiveMeSport.

Mayer is preparing to put her WBO and IBF super-featherweight titles on the line in a unification fight against WBC champion Alycia Baumgardner.

The bout will be the co-main event of Claressa Shields’s undisputed clash with Savannah Marshall, which is taking place at The O2 Arena on Saturday.

Mayer, who has described herself as a “well-rounded complete boxer”, included Shields in her list of the top five pound-for-pound female stars.

“Katie Taylor, Claressa Shields, [Amanda] Serrano, myself.

“I think Seniesa [Estrada] belongs up there as well. She’s accomplished a lot, she’s just flown under the radar a little bit.”

“Ultimately, my goal, and obviously for all of us girls, if you’re a fighter, you want to climb your way to the top of that pound for pound list.”

Katie Taylor is currently top of the latest pound-for-pound rankings, but Mayer revealed she believed in her ability to take the number one spot.

“I believe I can get there, I believe I can get to the top of the pound-for-pound list,” she said. “I’m going to keep winning, I’m gonna keep taking on challenges like Baumgardner and putting on these fights that people will expect me to try and avoid.

“I’m not avoiding fights, I’m going to challenge myself, so that I know that I did everything possible.

“Having taken the belt from every single champion to go undisputed at 130kg is one of the toughest paths undisputed, and that’ll help inch my way up to the number one pound for pound spot as well.

“Then going up and challenging Katie Taylor at 135kg. I’m at the weight, I’m at the weight to take on all the challenges.”

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