LAS VEGAS – Jamel Herring had fever, aches and chills for three days before taking a turn for the better. Mikaela Mayer felt nothing, except regret that she wasn’t given a second COVID-19 test to begin with.Both tested positive for the coronavirus last month, forcing them off ESPN boxing cards they were supposed to headline.
Now both are back, seemingly healthy and eager to show off their skills Tuesday night before a national television audience.“We’re the Covid Card,” Mayer said. “Except we spell it with a KO.”The two fighters — good friends from their amateur days — fight in separate co-mains at the MGM Grand as part of Top Rank’s twice-weekly cards.