Australia has a NEW world champion as Skye Nicholson takes Amanda Serrano's belt after superstar quit division in row over equality in women's boxing

Australian Skye Nicolson is a world champion after the undisputed, seven-division champion Amanda Serrano vacated her title. 

Nicolson, formerly the WBC interim featherweight champion, has been campaigning for a date with the all-conquering Serrano following her dominant win over Lucy Wildheart in Dublin last month. 

However, a unification bout won't come to pass after Serrano relinquished her belt due to the WBC's refusal to allow women boxers to fight three-minute rounds and 12-round title fights.

It means that Nicolson has now been promoted to undisputed WBC champion.

In a statement on Instagram, Serrano said: 'I love boxing.

'I am the first undisputed female champion to fight 12x3 minute rounds. Moving forward if a sanctioning body doesn't want to give me and my fellow fighters the choice to fight the same as the men, then I will not be fighting for that sanctioning body.

'The WBC has refused to evolve the sport for equality. So I am relinquishing their title.

'Thank You to the sanctioning bodies who have evolved for Equality!'

In an apparent message to Nicolson, she added: 'If you want to face me in the ring, you have a choice. I've made mine.'