Alycia Baumgardner is determined to take on the biggest names in the sport, with Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, and Mikaela Mayer at the top of her list. The current unified super-featherweight champion is eager to face these fighters, stating, 'Those are all three great fights.
Let's get them all.' Baumgardner considers these bouts a higher priority than a potential fight against Britain's unified lightweight world champion Caroline Dubois. 'I am chasing the biggest fights.
Dubois is not ready. Is she hungry? Absolutely.
Am I ducking smoke? No. I am aligned with the biggest fights possible, and that fight will happen when it happens,' Baumgardner said. Before pursuing these high-profile matches, Baumgardner will first defend her WBA, WBO, and IBF super-featherweight titles against Bo Mi Re Shin at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
'One thing about Bo is that she's coming to fight. She is a warrior, just as I know she is.
But I'm hungrier, and I'm meaner, and I'm just sharper,' Baumgardner stated. Baumgardner aims to showcase a more aggressive side in the upcoming fight, saying, 'I know that I can do three-minute [rounds], so now I want to bring in the other parts of me that I know that I can bring out.
And that's just the meaner side, the more aggressive side, the hungrier side, the go-get-it side. That's what I'm aiming for for fight night.' However, Shin is determined to ruin Baumgardner's plans, stating, 'Alycia was my goal. She has always been, but now it's time to take her belts for me.' Shin expressed her respect for Baumgardner's boxing style but believes she has more perseverance and will prove it in the fight.