Christina Linardatou forced to withdraw from Mikaela Mayer fight - Swedish contender Lucy Wildheart steps in

Mikaela Mayer to fight Lucy Wildheart in co-feature to Joyce-Zhang

Mayer’s original opponent, Christina Linardatou, was forced to withdraw

Former unified junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer has a new opponent for her lightweight debut. Mayer will battle Swedish contender Lucy Wildheart in a 10-rounder for the WBC interim world title tomorrow at London’s Copper Box Arena after her original opponent, Christina Linardatou , was forced to withdraw after not meeting British Boxing Board of Control requirements.

Mayer-Wildheart will be the co-feature to the heavyweight main event between WBO interim champion Joe Joyce and Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang .

Wildheart (10-1, 4 KOs), a 30-year-old boxer-puncher, enters this late-notice assignment riding a five-bout winning streak since a 10-round decision defeat to French standout Estelle Mossely. In 2021, she knocked out former Mayer foe Edina Kiss in the third round. Wildheart went 2-0 in 2022, winning a pair of six-round decisions on British soil.

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