Skye Nicolson has always marched ahead, in the face of adversity or despite tumultuous phases in her life. That’s the reason she always stood on the top and racked up multiple titles and crowns before even making her professional debut. But there is more to her boxing craft and her skills. Did you know that boxing runs in the WBC champion’s family and she is not the first champion from her family?

Notably, Nicolson is set to defend her WBC featherweight title against Raven Chapman at the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard on October 12 at the Kingdom Arena. Therefore, there is a wave of curiosity about her and family background. You can just scroll below and get the details that go beyond her exploits in the squared circle.

Where is Skye Nicolson from? Nationality, ethnicity, and religion

Nicolson, 29, has already added her name to Australia’s illustrious crop of boxers with her gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the 2016 World Championships. She also paved the way for women’s boxing in Australia with her 2020 Olympics appearance, where she narrowly missed out on a medal. Notably, she was born at Logan Hospital in Meadowbrook, Queensland on 27 August 1995 and spent her early years on the Gold Coast and attended Our Lady’s College at Annerly.

When she visited her school in 2018 after her Commonwealth Games exploits, she went down memory lane. The 11-0 record holder said, “It is a beautiful school. It was a positive change I really enjoyed. I made lifelong friends that I still see them now. I tell everyone I meet that I am a past student of here. I am a very proud Our Lady’s past student.” Interestingly, Nicolson was born to British parents and as a result, she holds dual citizenship.

All we know about Skye Nicolson’s parents

Nicolson’s father Allan is of Scottish descent and takes pride in his roots that originate in Glasgow. Her mother, Pat, is an Englishwoman from London. In a conversation with Women’s Fight News in 2022, the featherweight boxer shed light on her dual citizenship and also spilled information about her parents. She admitted, “My parents are both British. So my mom’s from England and my dad’s from Scotland. So it is actually quite easy for me to become a dual citizen, which I now am.”

Nicolson continued and added, “My dad is a very proud Scotsman. My mom’s from London. So, they are very proud of their British heritage. But they do love Australia, and they love me being in Australia. So it’s been a little bit bittersweet for them.”

Her mother can be always spotted in the audience, cheering for her daughter. But why reason behind Nicolson’s parents moving to Australia is not known publically. But they had a difficult start to the new country and its life, as they lost their two sons in a fatal accident. While Nicolson wasn’t born yet, their death influenced her and her career profoundly.

Who were Skye Nicolson’s brothers? How did they pass away?

When Nicolson picked up boxing gloves at the age of 12, she started training at Yatala at the Jamie Nicolson Memorial Gym. It’s a gym dedicated to her late older brother. Jamie was an exceptional talent and was touted to be one of the greatest amateur boxers in the country’s history. Jamie had collected a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and then represented Australia at the 1992 Olympic Games.

But in 1994, a year before Nicolson was born, Jamie, at age 22, and his younger brother Gavin, just 10 years old, met a horrible car accident on their way to training. It was destiny, as Nicolson pointed out, that she also picked up boxing gloves and despite never meeting Jamie, she felt his presence and contribution to her life. When Nicolson won a Commonwealth Games medal, she believed it was meant to happen.

Nicolson had declared after victory, “I won that medal for both of us [me and Jamie], so stoked. It’s huge, it’s massive, I’m just glad it’s a gold one… It has actually felt a bit that way, like this was always meant to happen.” She only went strength to strength after that and now boasts of a WBC gold strap around her waist.

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