Skye Nicolson

Skye Brittany Nicolson (born 27 August 1995) is an Australian professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion having held the WBC female super-bantamweight title since May 2026 and previously been WBC female featherweight champion from April 2024 to March 2025. As an amateur, Nicolson won the gold medal in the featherweight event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and represented Australia at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Early life Nicolson was born at Logan Hospital in Meadowbrook, Queensland. Her father is Scottish-born Allan, originally from Glasgow, and her mother is English-born Pat from London. Nicolson grew up on the Gold Coast and attended Our Lady's College. She started boxing training at 12 years of age in the Gold Coast suburb of Yatala at the Jamie Nicolson Memorial Gym, which is named after her late brother. Notable students she grew up training alongside in the same Yatala gym include future world champions Cherneka Johnson and Che Kenneally. Her brothers, Jamie and Gavin, were killed in a car crash a year before she was born. Jamie competed at the 1992 Olympic Games and won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Amateur career In 2016, Nicolson won bronze at the World Championships in the Welterweight division. She missed out on the Rio 2016 Olympics and moved down 4 weight classes to the featherweight division. She then competed at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and won gold. Nicolson defeated Michaela Walsh from Northern Ireland in the final bout in a split decision.

The Queensland athlete claimed her spot on the Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team at the 2020 Asia and Oceana Qualification event held in Amman, Jordan after defeating Mongolia's Bolortuul Tumurkhuyag.

Nicolson reached the quarter-final of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, before suffering a 3–2 defeat to Great Britain’s Karriss Artingstall. She retired from amateur competition with a record of 107–32.

Professional career Nicolson made her professional debut on 3 March 2022, at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in San Diego, US, against the American fighter Jessica Juarez. Nicolson won by unanimous decision.

On 15 October 2022, Nicolson defeated Krystina Jacobs by unanimous decision to win her first professional belt, inaugural Commonwealth female featherweight championship in Brisbane, Australia. The outing was her first pro-fight on home soil.

On 4 February 2023, Nicolson defeated Tania Alvarez by unanimous decision to win WBC female Silver featherweight championship at the Hulu Theater in New York, US.

On 15 September 2023, Nicolson challenged Sabrina Maribel Perez for the interim WBC featherweight championship at Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno in Tijuana, Mexico. She won the fight by unanimous decision.

On 25 November 2023 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, Nicolson retained her interim WBC featherweight championship via ninth-round technical knockout against Lucy Wildheart.

WBC women's featherweight champion Nicolson vs. Mahfoud In January 2024, it was announced that Nicolson would face Sarah Mahfoud for the vacant WBC female featherweight title in Australia. Early March 2024, the fight was scheduled for 6 April 2024 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Winchester, Nevada, USA Nicolson defeated Mahfoud via unanimous decision (100-90, 100-90, 99-91) and took the vacant title.

Nicolson vs. Vargas Nicolson made the first defence of her WBC featherweight title against Dyana Vargas at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US on 13 July 2024, winning the fight by unanimous decision with all three ringside judges scoring the contest 100-90.

Nicolson vs. Chapman Nicolson made the second defence of her title against the previously unbeaten Raven Chapman at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 October 2024, in what was the first women's world title boxing fight held in the country and the first women’s bout to feature on a Riyadh Season show. She won the fight by unanimous decision, with scorecards of 98-92 and 99-91.

Nicolson vs. Brown Nicolson made the third defence of her WBC featherweight title against Tiara Brown at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia on 22 March 2025. She lost by split decision.

Super-bantamweight Dropping down to campaign at super-bantamweight, Nicolson returned to the ring against Carla Camila Campos Gonzales at Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, on 5 July 2025, stopping her opponent in the second of their scheduled eight-round contest.

On 23 August 2025, she stopped Urvashi Singh in the second round at Fortitude Music Hall in Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia, to win the vacant IBF Intercontinental female super-bantamweight title.

Interim WBC super bantamweight champion Nicolson vs. Luna Nicolson beat Yulihan Luna by unanimous decision at Adventist Health Arena in Stockton, California, USA, on 13 December 2025, to win the interim WBC female super-bantamweight.

Nicolson vs. Turner Nicolson successfully defended her interim WBC super-bantamweight title by unanimous decision against Mariah Turner at The Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington, Victoria, Australia on 29 April 2026.

Two-weight world champion On 27 May 2026, Nicolson became a two-weight world champion when she was elevated to full WBC female super-bantamweight title holder after Ellie Scotney vacated the championship.

She is scheduled to defend her title against Miyo Yoshida at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, United States, on 8 November 2026.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes18Win16–1Mariah TurnerUD1029 Apr 202616Win15–1Yulihan LunaUD1013 Dec 202515Win14–1Urvashi SinghTKO2 (10), 23 Aug 202514Win13–1Carla Camila Campos GonzalesTKO2 (8), 5 Jul 202513Loss12–1Tiara Brown1022 Mar 202512Win12–0Raven ChapmanUD1012 Oct 202411Win11–0Dyana VargasUD1013 Jul 202410Win10–0Sarah MahfoudUD106 Apr 20249Win9–0Lucy Wildheart9 (10), 25 Nov 20238Win8–0Sabrina Maribel PérezUD1015 Sep 2023 7Win7–0Linda Laura LeccaPTS822 Apr 20236Win6–0Tania AlvarezUD104 Feb 20235Win5–0Krystina JacobsUD1015 Oct 20224Win4–0Gabriela BouvierPTS84 Jun 20223Win3–0Shanecqua Paisley DavisUD630 Apr 20222Win2–0Bec Connolly626 Mar 2022 1Win1–0Jessica Juarez6 3 Mar 2022

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