By: Sean Crose
Natasha Jonas was capable of maintain on to the IBF welterweight title on Saturday when she gained an in depth and moderately controversial cut up resolution over former American titlist Mikaela Mayer. “I assumed I did sufficient to win,” Mayer said afterward. ” I outpunched her and outworked her, touchdown clear photographs and having her backed up towards the ropes.” Suffice to say Mayer felt a second combat was so as. “I feel that combat is value seeing once more. I didn’t have a rematch clause on my aspect,” she stated, “however I hope we are able to get it on once more. It’s disappointing, however what am I going to do? I hope Natasha goes to be the standup champion and provides me a rematch. I consider I warranted the rematch.”
The combat was thrilling, to make sure. Certainly, each fighters have been prepared to confess as a lot. “I knew from the primary 10 seconds it was going to be a battle and midway by way of I assumed that is combat of the 12 months,” Mayer stated. “She is within the top-two fighters I’ve confronted,” Jonas said of Mayer, “and he or she will probably be devastated with this defeat, however she ought to use it as motivation to change into a two-weight world champion,” Certain sufficient, Jonas claimed that solely the good Katie Taylor proved to be a harder foe. Certain sufficient, Taylor stays one of many solely fighters on the planet to formally hand the 15-2-1 Jonas a loss.
Saturday marked the second lack of Mayer’s 19-2 profession, the primary defeat coming from Alycia Baumgardner in 2022. Nonetheless, there was a whole lot of good to be stated concerning the American’s efficiency. Those that puzzled how the previous junior welterweight might compete at welterweight had their questions answered loudly and clearly. Throw in the truth that Mayer fought in addition to she did towards Jonas in Jonas’ house city of Liverpool, England, and it’s straightforward to see why her efficiency was spectacular. It’s additionally straightforward to see why some will really feel the thirty three 12 months outdated was robbed. That assertion is likely to be hyperbolic, however the level is evident – many affordable folks thought Mayer ought to have been the one strolling out of the ring with the IBF title in her possession on Saturday.
“We had a rematch clause on her aspect, not on my aspect,” Mayer stated, “however it is a warranted rematch. I really feel like I deserve one other shot and I wish to go once more.”
