Skye Nicolson was less than two months into her pro career when she landed an undercard slot on the high-profile Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano superfight in April.

The 2020 Olympic quarterfinalist from Yatala, Australia was in just her third pro fight at the time, emerging victorious in a six-round shutout of Shanecqua Paisley Davis. She then watched the main event—and the leading Fight of the Year contender—in awe, though already with thoughts of challenging for Serrano’s unified featherweight titles sooner rather than later.

“One hundred percent I thought about that,” Nicolson insisted to BoxingScene.com. “I love that fight. I’ve been watching Serrano. She’s got great strengths, but she has her weaknesses as well. Everyone is beatable. When it’s time, I will be ready. I will go in very confident.

“Once my team agrees on when I’m ready to fight the champions, I am backing myself to win.”

Nicolson (4-0, 0KOs) has since added an eight-round win to her ledger, running her record to 4-0 after just three months in a pro. A well-deserved break came after a June 4 win over Gabriela Bouvier, followed by her longest pro training camp to date ahead of her first fight on home soil. The 27-year-old southpaw faces Tasmania's Krystina Jacobs (6-3, 2KOs) for the nation’s Commonwealth featherweight title as part of Matchroom Boxing’s debut in the Australian market this Saturday on DAZN from South Bank Piazza in South Brisbane.

The bout is her first in Australia since December 2019 when she won the Australian Olympic Trials. It is also her first ten-round fight, coming just five fights into her already promising career as she eyes a major title run in 2023.

The bold statement would leave Nicolson to challenge either Serrano (43-2-1, 30KOs) or Mexico City’s Erika Cruz (15-1, 3KOs), who between them own all of the division’s titles. Serrano returned to featherweight following her disputed split decision defeat to undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor, soundly outpointing unbeaten Sarah Mahfoud in their September 24 lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO/Ring magazine unification bout. Cruz defended her WBA belt with a repeat win over Jelena Mrdjenovich on September 3 in Hermosillo, Mexico.

Talks have since surfaced of an undisputed championship showdown between Serrano and Cruz, a fight that could potentially take place by year’s end or early 2023 assuming full cooperation among all parties. If not, then Matchroom Boxing has a potential in-house title fight at its disposal, as the company promotes both Cruz and Nicolson.

“Obviously we’re fully focused on this weekend and If all goes well, hopefully one more fight before the end of the year.” Noted Nicolson. “I would really like to step up in opposition a little more and fight for an international title. It kind of depends on what happens between Erika and Serrano, if they’re going to make that fight. It also depends on what deal is worked out for a rematch between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor.

“Either way, I don’t want to fight for vacant titles. I’ve made that quite clear as well. I want to dethrone the champions. I feel like I can beat these girls and that’s the only way I want to win these titles. The options are there, and it’s one fight at a time for now.”

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox