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MIKAELA MAYER has revealed her love for English breakfasts after winning over British boxing fans.
Four of Mayer’s last five fights have all been in the UK while her last came against Derby’s Sandy Ryan in New York.
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And the American welterweight world champion credits an English fry up as our best dish – amid a lack of taste in others.
Mayer, 34, told SunSport: “Everything’s very bland. I think I went over there and ordered a shrimp cocktail and it’s just completely different.
“It just doesn’t taste American. So it’s just what we’re used to and you guys kind of do things a little bit differently.
“What I do like about UK food is your guys’ breakfast. Our continental breakfast here in the US is trash.
“It’s just like muffins and bread but there you guys have like meats and cheeses and vegetables and all kinds of stuff.
“So I do love your breakfast at the hotel.”
Mayer beat Ryan in a thrilling but disputed decision last September.
Although the fight was marred in controversy as just hours before the first bell as an unknown assailant threw red paint over Ryan.
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Ryan did report it to cops and while Mayer maintains she had no part in the stunt – she is ready to settle the score once and for all this Saturday in Las Vegas.
Mayer, 34, said: “She didn’t have a rematch clause but if a fight warrants a rematch and the fans want to see it, I’m not opposed to doing that.
“And speaking from experiences, I didn’t get my rematches that were very much deserving and the fans missed out on that.
“I missed out on that too but also the fans missed out on that. So that’s what I’m about, just put on the best fight.
“If they want to see it, we’ll just do it again and eliminate all the doubt and hopefully nothing crazy happens this time, so we don’t have any other excuses.”
Mayer defends her WBO belt against Ryan meanwhile Wales’ Lauren Price owns the WBC, WBA and IBF belts.
Price, 30, defeated Natasha Jonas, 40, in the 147lb unification with Mayer already eyeing a potential return to her second home.
She said: “I love fighting in front of the UK fans. I really enjoyed the last two years fighting over there, I don’t regret it. It is part of my story.
“But I might have to go back there. Lauren Price has three belts and I’ll have one.
“So I’m not naive to the fact that I might have to go over to the UK to unify.
“It is what it is but I just want to make sure that I cross all my T’s and dot all my I’s and make sure I’m putting myself in the best position and taking care of myself.”
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