Natasha Jonas continues to be ready for her subsequent world title protection.
The Liverpool star defeated Mikaela Mayer in an exciting IBF welterweight title struggle in January.
Mayer and Jonas each wished a rematch, however a deal by no means materialized. “It is not us holding again,” Jonas mentioned.
“We mentioned sure instantly. I mentioned sure, I have been speaking to her group and clearly as a result of I’ve managed myself, we have labored onerous to make it occur.”
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Mikaela Mayer reacts to separate resolution loss to Natasha Jonas and says ‘struggle was price watching once more’ as she hopes for rematch IBF welterweight title
She wished to struggle Mayer a second time to show the choice she deserved within the first struggle.
“That is what I consider I can do. I beat her the primary time and I will beat her extra convincingly the second time,” she advised sky sports activities.
Within the meantime, Mayer will struggle Sandy Ryan for the WBO welterweight belt on September 28 in New York.
Mayer is not the one American competing in opposition to Jonas. Gifted multi-weight champion Clarissa Shields did not hesitate to mock the Briton on social media.
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After defending her IBF welterweight title in opposition to Mikaela Mayer, Natasha Jonas thinks her opponent shall be lots of enjoyable in Liverpool Carried out at his greatest in the principle occasion
“She appeared offended by all the things,” Jonas laughed. “Take a time off, take a time off.
“I perceive that as a result of she has nobody to struggle with anymore. So she has to struggle in her personal manner as a result of there isn’t any one for her until she needs to go to PFL,” she added. “That is a disgrace. At these lighter weights, there’s extra competitors.
“There have been solely a handful of athletes in her weight class who excelled, however she beat all of them.”
Negotiations for his or her struggle have beforehand failed, largely as a result of an incapability to succeed in an settlement on boxing weights.
Jonas was a unified champion at tremendous welterweight however has now moved all the way down to welterweight. Shields is the undisputed middleweight champion and has just lately been combating his manner by way of the sunshine heavyweight division.
“She hadn’t been 154 in a very long time, and I used to be simply at 148, and so they mentioned if she would not make it, can we make it 156 or 158, and I mentioned, OK Nicely, no, as a result of I used to be nowhere close to 154 kilos, so her personal group had no confidence that she might hit the 154-pound restrict,” Jonas defined.
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“After the 154-pound negotiation fell by way of, it was over for me. It was so simple as that, she would not come down and I would not go up. So it was over.”
Jonas is 40 years previous. She will not be boxing a lot anymore, and when she does, will probably be in high-profile matches or world title unifications. However there are extra video games to come back.
“Positively not a couple of, however possibly one or two. Between now and eternally,” she mentioned.
“No purpose to struggle [just] anybody. I need to get into huge fights. I need to have an enormous evening and also you want one other huge title to do this.
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