July 13 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Skye Nicolson punches Dyana Vargas throughout their battle at Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Necessary Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom.
PHILADELPHIA — Skye Nicolson barely needed to get out of first gear in her first protection of the WBC featherweight title, shutting out the powerful however overmatched Dyana Vargas over ten rounds at Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia, Pa.
All three judges had the battle a clear sweep, 100-90, for Nicolson (11-0, 1 knockouts) of Yatala, Australia.
From the outset, Nicolson’s vastly superior skillset was an insurmountable problem for Vargas (19-2, 12 KOs) of Sabana Iglesia within the Dominican Republic. Nicolson used her southpaw jab within the first spherical to maintain Vargas trustworthy, and landed a straight left to punctuate the spherical.
Vargas, who’s 4 years older than Nicolson at 32, lastly acquired shut within the third spherical, flailing away with a large flurry in shut that was caught totally on Nicolson’s gloves and shoulders. Nicolson continued to potshot together with her jab and straight left at distance as Vargas struggled to discover a manner inside that didn’t end in consuming a mix.
This sample stored up for many of the battle, and although Nicolson was capable of land with impunity, her relative lack of punching energy meant that this battle was probably going the gap from the opening bell. Nicolson did handle to stun Vargas briefly within the fifth spherical with an overhand left that Nicolson continued to land with none defensive resolution.
Vargas, who was combating outdoors of her native nation for the primary time as a professional, by no means stopped attempting however couldn’t get previous the straight punches of her opponent.
Nicolson opened up a reduce beneath Vargas’ left eye firstly of the tenth spherical, and smiled in her opponent’s face whereas making rooster gestures at Vargas. Regardless of that contentious second, the 2 embraced warmly on the ultimate bell.
Nicolson, a 2020 Olympian for Australia and 2018 Commonwealth Video games gold medalist, gained the title in her earlier battle this previous April, outboxing Sarah Mahfoud in the same efficiency.
The battle was a part of the DAZN broadcast headlined by the IBF welterweight title battle between Jaron Ennis and David Avanesyan.
