Skye Nicolson


Skye Brittany Nicolson 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 [Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth Games – Women's featherweight|featherweight event] at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and represented Australia at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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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, USA, 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, USA.
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 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.
Nicolson beat Yulihan Luna by unanimous decision at Adventist Health Arena in Stockton, California, USA, on 13 December 2025, to win the WBC interim female super-bantamweight.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
16Win15–1Yulihan LunaUD1013 Dec 2025Adventist Health Arena, Stockton, California, USWon vacant WBC interim female super-bantamweight title
15Win14–1Urvashi SinghTKO2, 1:2323 Aug 2025Fortitude Music Hall, Fortitude Valley, AustraliaWon vacant IBF Intercontinental female super-bantamweight title
14Win13–1Carla Camila Campos GonzalesTKO2, 1:215 Jul 2025Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
13Loss12–1Tiara Brown1022 Mar 2025Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, AustraliaLost WBC female featherweight title
12Win12–0Raven ChapmanUD1012 Oct 2024Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRetained WBC female featherweight title
11Win11–0Dyana VargasUD1013 Jul 2024Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USRetained WBC female featherweight title
10Win10–0Sarah MahfoudUD106 Apr 2024Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Winchester, Nevada, USWon vacant WBC female featherweight title
9Win9–0Lucy Wildheart9, 1:1125 Nov 20233Arena, Dublin, IrelandRetained WBC interim featherweight title
8Win8–0Sabrina Maribel PérezUD1015 Sep 2023Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno, Tijuana, MexicoWon WBC interim featherweight title
7Win7–0Linda Laura LeccaPTS822 Apr 2023Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales
6Win6–0Tania AlvarezUD104 Feb 2023Hulu Theater, New York City, New York, USWon vacant WBC Silver featherweight title
5Win5–0Krystina JacobsUD1015 Oct 2022South Bank Piazza, South Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaWon inaugural Commonwealth female featherweight title
4Win4–0Gabriela BouvierPTS84 Jun 2022Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales
3Win3–0Shanecqua Paisley DavisUD630 Apr 2022Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
2Win2–0Bec Connolly626 Mar 2022First Direct Arena, Leeds, England
1Win1–0Jessica Juarez63 Mar 2022Pechanga Arena, San Diego, California, US