Skye Nicolson
Australian boxer (born 1995)
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Skye Brittany Nicolson (born 27 August 1995) is an Australian professional boxer. She is a former WBC female featherweight champion and has held the WBC interim female super-bantamweight title since December 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.
27 August 1995
Australia
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Skye Brittany Nicolson 27 August 1995 Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia |
| Height | 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) |
| Weight | Featherweight, Super-bantamweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Reach | 68+1⁄2 in (174 cm)[1] |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 17 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Win by KO | 3 |
| Losses | 1 |
Medal record | |
Early life
Nicolson was born at Logan Hospital in Meadowbrook, Queensland.[2] Her father is Scottish-born Allan, originally from Glasgow,[3] and her mother is English-born Pat from London.[4] Nicolson grew up on the Gold Coast[5] and attended Our Lady's College.[6] 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.[7] Notable students she grew up training alongside in the same Yatala gym include future world champions Cherneka Johnson and Che Kenneally.[8] Her brothers, Jamie and Gavin, were killed in a car crash a year before she was born.[9] Jamie competed at the 1992 Olympic Games and won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.[10]
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.[9]
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.[11]
Nicolson reached the quarter-final of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, before suffering a 3–2 defeat to Great Britain’s Karriss Artingstall.[12] She retired from amateur competition with a record of 107–32.[citation needed]
Professional career
Nicolson made her professional debut on 3 March 2022, at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in San Diego, USA, against the American fighter Jessica Juarez. Nicolson won by unanimous decision.[13][14][15]
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.[16] The outing was her first pro-fight on home soil.[17]
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, USA.[18][19]
On 15 September 2023, Nicolson challenged Sabrina Maribel Perez for the interim WBC featherweight championship at Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno in Tijuana, Mexico.[20] She won the fight by unanimous decision.[21]
On 25 November 2023 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, Nicolson retained her interim WBC featherweight championship via ninth-round technical knockout against Lucy Wildheart.[22][23][24]
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.[25][26] Early March 2024, the fight was scheduled for 6 April 2024 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas in Winchester, Nevada, USA[27] Nicolson defeated Mahfoud via unanimous decision (100-90, 100-90, 99-91) and took the vacant title.[28][29][30][31]
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.[32][33][34][35]
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[36] and the first women’s bout to feature on a Riyadh Season show.[37] She won the fight by unanimous decision, with scorecards of 98-92 and 99-91.[38][39][40]
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.[41][42] She lost by split decision.[43][44]
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.[45][46]
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.[47][48]
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.[49][50]
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.[51][52]
Professional boxing record
| 17 fights | 16 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 3 | 0 |
| By decision | 13 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Win | 16–1 | Mariah Turner | UD | 10 | 29 Apr 2026 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Victoria, Australia | Retained WBC interim female super-bantamweight title |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Yulihan Luna | UD | 10 | 13 Dec 2025 | Adventist Health Arena, Stockton, California, US | Won vacant WBC interim female super-bantamweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Urvashi Singh | TKO | 2 (10), 1:23 | 23 Aug 2025 | Fortitude Music Hall, Fortitude Valley, Australia | Won vacant IBF Intercontinental female super-bantamweight title |
| 14 | Win | 13–1 | Carla Camila Campos Gonzales | TKO | 2 (8), 1:21 | 5 Jul 2025 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | |
| 13 | Loss | 12–1 | Tiara Brown | SD | 10 | 22 Mar 2025 | Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia | Lost WBC female featherweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Raven Chapman | UD | 10 | 12 Oct 2024 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Retained WBC female featherweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Dyana Vargas | UD | 10 | 13 Jul 2024 | Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Retained WBC female featherweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Sarah Mahfoud | UD | 10 | 6 Apr 2024 | Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Winchester, Nevada, US | Won vacant WBC female featherweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Lucy Wildheart | TKO | 9 (10), 1:11 | 25 Nov 2023 | 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland | Retained WBC interim featherweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Sabrina Maribel Pérez | UD | 10 | 15 Sep 2023 | Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno, Tijuana, Mexico | Won WBC interim featherweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Linda Laura Lecca | PTS | 8 | 22 Apr 2023 | Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tania Alvarez | UD | 10 | 4 Feb 2023 | Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, US | Won vacant WBC Silver featherweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Krystina Jacobs | UD | 10 | 15 Oct 2022 | South Bank Piazza, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Won inaugural Commonwealth female featherweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Gabriela Bouvier | PTS | 8 | 4 Jun 2022 | Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Shanecqua Paisley Davis | UD | 6 | 30 Apr 2022 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Bec Connolly | PTS | 6 | 26 Mar 2022 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jessica Juarez | UD | 6 | 3 Mar 2022 | Pechanga Arena, San Diego, California, US |
See also
