Last week we asked the question.
Robinson, Scott, Johnson — three Aussie world titles gone in one month. Could Skye Nicolson stop the rot ?
Answer: yes. Comfortably.
The Queenslander kept her WBC super bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over Japan's two-division world champion Miyo Yoshida in Arlington, Texas.
100-90. 99-91. 98-92.
One judge gave her every single round.
Working off the southpaw jab, Nicolson kept Yoshida at the end of her punches all night. The Japanese veteran kept coming — she always does — but never found a way inside.
So what did the champ make of it ?
"It was a pretty average performance, but I'm happy to get the win."
Pretty average ?? Tell that to the scorecards !!
To be fair, this was her first fight back from the injury that wiped out the August date — "the longest I've been out of the ring since I turned pro," she said.
That makes it 17-1 (3 KOs), and the only blemish is still that split decision to Tiara Brown in Sydney.
And a little Aussie payback too. Yoshida is the woman who took Ebanie Bridges' IBF belt back in 2023.
Now Nicolson wants the rest. Unification in 2027, a Brown rematch, and Amanda Serrano still on her wish list.
If that was "average" — the rest of the 122-pound division should be worried !
🇦🇺 SKYE NICOLSON def. MIYO YOSHIDA 🇯🇵
🥊 UD 10 (100-90, 99-91, 98-92) | WBC World Super Bantamweight Title — first defence
📍 College Park Center, Arlington, Texas | 8 November 2026
Congratulations Skye — and respect to Miyo Yoshida for taking the fight !
