After sharing a card this previous weekend, welterweight titlists Natasha Jonas and Lauren Worth will meet in a three-belt unification atop a March seventh “all-women’s card” at Kensington’s Royal Albert Corridor.
Jonas (16-2-1, 9 KO) is 3-0 since transferring down from 154, stopping Kandi Wyatt for the IBF belt and controversially edging out Mikaela Mayer in her first protection earlier than dominating WBC champ Ivana Habazin. Fellow Olympian Worth (8-0, 2 KO) who gained gold in Tokyo, swept WBA champ Jessica McCaskill in Might forward of final Saturday’s violent end of Bexcy Mateus.
The Jonas/Worth/Mayer/Ryan energy bloc is among the many most fascinating ongoing sagas in girls’s boxing. Their two intramural conferences up to now have been wonderful to look at and I don’t think about this one will probably be any totally different. We’ll let you already know after they reveal the undercard.
“It’s an honour to be headlining this unbelievable all-women’s occasion at such an iconic venue,” Jonas stated. “It exhibits how far girls’s boxing has come.
“All through my profession, I’ve damaged down limitations and achieved what folks stated I couldn’t, and there’s nonetheless much more to come back.
“Lauren Worth has a whole lot of hype round her however I consider this battle goes to be a step too far for her. I’ve been in huge fights, I’ve fought world champions and Olympic medallists, however she’s by no means confronted anybody like me as a professional.”
“I’m excited to headline such an enormous event,” stated Worth. “I’ve a whole lot of respect for Natasha Jonas and what she has achieved within the sport, however she has the belts that I need.
“After I turned skilled after changing into Olympic champion, I needed to create greatness. This battle, an enormous all-British unification conflict, Wales vs England with 5 world titles on the road, will assist cement my legacy and present that I’m No 1 within the division.
“I consider I’m too younger, too fast and too good for Natasha Jonas and I will probably be bringing the belts again house to Wales with me.”
