Natasha Jonas has turn out to be a two-division titleholder and established herself as one of many largest stars in girls’s boxing.
Now her aim is to construct her legacy.
The 147-pounder is scheduled to defend her 147-pound belt towards former unified 130-pound champ Mikaela Mayer on Saturday in Liverpool, England, Jonas’ hometown (ESPN+).
Mayer (19-1, 5 KOs) additionally is taken into account the most effective within the enterprise.
“For me to class myself as the most effective on this period, I’ve to combat one of the best,” Jonas stated at a information convention Thursday, per Sky Sports activities. “I have a look at a few of the boxers on the listing, the Katie Taylors, the Chantelle Camerons. They’ve overwhelmed individuals in that Prime 10 pound-for-pound listing and for me to have the ability to solidify a legacy for myself, I’ve to do the identical.”
Jonas (14-2-1, 9 KOs) hit a roadblock in 2021, when she misplaced a detailed resolution to light-weight champion and famous person Katie Taylor.
Nonetheless, she has received 5 consecutive fights for the reason that setback, together with world title fights at junior middleweight after which welterweight. She received her 147-title by stopping Kandi Wyatt in eight rounds final July.
Jonas, 39, appears to be hitting her stride as a fighter when most of her friends have already retired.
“Natasha isn’t simply your regular fighter, she’s one thing particular,” stated her coach, Joe Gallagher. “Every part she touches, she turns to gold. She’s proper up there with one of the best I’ve ever educated.”
Mayer’s longtime coach, At Mitchell, praised each boxers for agreeing to just accept a tough task, which he believes will produce an epic battle.
“I believe that is the Tommy Hearns and Hagler combat, solely it’s two girls,” Mitchell stated. … “We must always get extra boxers like this. They’re not throwing something at one another, they’re simply specializing in this combat.
“We’d like extra males like these two women. They’re stepping up. They don’t care who they combat.”
