Natasha Jonas remains to be ready for her subsequent world title protection.
The Liverpool star defeated Mikaela Mayer in an exciting IBF welterweight title combat in January.
Mayer and Jonas each needed a rematch, however a deal by no means materialized. “It isn’t us holding again,” Jonas mentioned.
“We mentioned sure instantly. I mentioned sure, I have been speaking to her workforce and clearly as a result of I’ve managed myself, we have labored arduous to make it occur.”
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Mikaela Mayer reacts to separate resolution loss to Natasha Jonas and says ‘combat was value watching once more’ as she hopes for rematch IBF welterweight title
She needed to combat Mayer a second time to make sure she deserved the choice she deserved within the first combat.
“That is what I consider I can do. I beat her the primary time and I am going to beat her extra convincingly the second time,” she advised sky sports activities.
Within the meantime, Mayer will combat 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 feels her opponent is uncontrolled in a really entertaining predominant occasion in Liverpool out the very best degree
“She appeared offended by every thing,” Jonas laughed. “Take a time off, take a time off.
“I perceive that as a result of she has nobody to combat with anymore. So she has to combat in her personal method as a result of there is no such thing as a 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 combat have beforehand failed, largely because of an incapacity to achieve an settlement on boxing weights.
Jonas was a unified champion at tremendous welterweight however has now moved right down to welterweight. Shields is the undisputed middleweight champion and has not too long ago been combating his method by means of the sunshine heavyweight division.
“She hadn’t been 154 in a very long time and I used to be simply at 148 they usually 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 workforce had no confidence that she may hit the 154-pound restrict,” Jonas defined.
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“After the 154-pound negotiation fell by means 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 outdated. She will not be boxing a lot anymore, and when she does, it is going to be in high-profile matches or world title unifications. However there are extra video games to come back.
“Positively not a couple of, however perhaps one or two. Between now and endlessly,” she mentioned.
“No motive to combat [just] anybody. I need to get into large fights. I need to have an enormous night time and also you want one other large identify to try this.
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