Southpaw super
featherweight Natasha Jonas, born on June 18, 1984, is a British professional boxer,
with a current record as of January 2024, of 14-2-1 (9KO).
Jonas began boxing in 2005, and she has won many championships
as an amateur prior to turning pro. [top photo credit:
vcfox]
As an amateur, she won a bronze medal in the
lightweight division at the 2012 AIBA World Championships;
bronze in the light welterweight division at the 2011 European
Championships; and silver in the light welterweight division at
the 2014 European Championships. She has won five ABA Championships in
the 64 kg Division for Liverpool club Rotunda ABC.
According to Wiki, in
November 2009 she became the first female boxer to compete for
GB Boxing. In the same year she claimed gold in the 64 kg
division at the 2009 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing
Championships in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, after she overcame Csilla
Csejtei of Hungary in the final. Jonas another gold medal in the
inaugural GB Amateur Boxing Championships in 2010, when she
pipped rival Amanda Coulson by one point in an exciting bout in
front of her home fans at Liverpool's Echo Arena.
In 2012, at the AIBA
Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships, Jonas made
history in Qinhuangdao, China in May 2012, when she reached the
semi-finals of the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
to become the first ever female British boxer to qualify for an
Olympic Games, she then went on to take the bronze medal and a
place in the 2012 London Olympics back to Liverpool with her.
Also, at the 2012 Olympic
Games, Jonas became
the first ever British female boxer to compete at an Olympic
Games. Jonas faced Queen Underwood of the United States
defeating Underwood. Her wins set up a
quarter-final bout with four-time World Champion, and Ireland's Katie Taylor,
andJonas lost
to Taylor.
In June of 2017, Jonas made her pro debut, at the
Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Jonas, 135,
won by
a first round TKO over Monika Antonik, 136, of Dabrowa Gornicza,
Poland. The bout was scheduled for four rounds. She had two more
pro fights in 2017, defeating Bojana
Libiszewska, 131¼, and beating Katarina Vistica.
On April 21, 2018,
at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Jonas, 129.5 won by a seventh round TKO over Taoussy
L'Hadji, 128¼. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds, and they
were fighting for the vacant WBA International Super
Featherweight title.
Photo Credit: vcfox
Later in the year on August 4, 2018, at the Ice Arena Wales,
in Cardiff, Wales, in a scheduled ten round bout, vying for the WBA Super Featherweight
International title, Brazilian Viviane Obenauf, 130, won by a
fourth round TKO over previously undefeated Great Britain's Natasha Jonas,
130. Jonas was knocked down three times before the fight was stopped.
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On July 12,
2019, in Olympia, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom,
Lightweight Natasha Jonas won a six-rounder over Bec Connolly.
On August 7, 2020 - Matchroom Fight
Camp, Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom, in an exciting, all-action title bout, Terri Harper, 129¼. now
10--0-1 (5KO), of Yorkshire, United Kingdom, had a 10-round split
draw with Natasha Jonas, 129, of Liverpool, Merseyside, United
Kingdom. The final scores were 94-96, 95-95, and 96-95.
Harper was defending her WBC and IBO Super Featherweight titles.
Photo Credit: vcfox
On May 1, 2021, at the Manchester Arena,
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom,
Lightweight Katie Taylor, 134.5, won a ten-round unanimous decision over
Natasha Jonas, 134.5. Taylor was defending her WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO
lightweight world titles. Judges Final scores 96-95, 96-94, and 96-95.
Mural made of Natasha Jonas
In today’s news
January 16, 2024, we now have 39-year old Natasha Jonas having a
mural of her and celebrating the achievements of this elite
athletic, who is a two-weight world champion Natasha Jonas. The
mural was unveiled in Toxteth, Liverpool. The mural was
painted by British Street Art Collective MurWalls.
Jonas said, It’s an honor to be recognized with this mural. The
streets of Toxteth made me.”
On January 20, 2024, Natasha Jonas will be fighting Mikaela
Mayer in Liverpool. Jonas is excited to be aboe to defend her
title against Mayer in her home town. Going into the fight
Jonas’ professional boxing record is 14-2-1 (9KO), and Mayer is
19-1-0 (5KO).
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