The Australian won a unanimous decision after comfortably outboxing the Briton in the first female bout ever held on a Riyadh Season card at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday.

Nicolson retained her WBC female featherweight title with her latest win, and now moves to 12-0 in her professional career three years after heartbreak at Tokyo 2020.

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Throughout the build-up, Chapman vowed to offer a different kind of challenge to the Queenslander, but speaking afterwards, Nicolson felt her rivals are still yet to figure her out.

"I've just still got so much more to show," she told DAZN. "’I'm excited. We’re barely scratching the surface. [I'm] feeling good. [I'm] happy to get the win obviously.

"They keep thinking they’ve cracked the code, but the code seems to remain uncracked. I had to beat her to the punch. That was a big part in our game plan."

Victory arguably pushes Nicolson closer to a clash with two-belt holder Amanda Serrano, but it was another fighter the Australian called out afterwards when asked.

"Tiara Brown, she said she's the smoke," she added. "She wants the smoke. It's the fight to make. Let's get it on."

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