Natasha Jonas dominated as she added a second world title to her collection.
The 38-year-old superweight has managed to win two global titles in two bouts after winning a first world medal earlier this year.
Jonas stopped Chris Namus in Manchester back in February to claim the WBO belt and on Saturday, at the M&S Bank Arena in his hometown of Liverpool, ‘Miss GB’ united the squad with a 1-point win over Patricia. Berghult.
Berghult, in the match, was the WBC champion and Jonas now owns the green and gold belts after taking down 100-92 on two cards and 99-91 once.
She starts off well and forces Jonas to stay in during the early stages, but then the hometown hero – who urged the city to band together afterwards –– starts breaking through, leveling up and jerking around. Swedish woman before being roared. home of a united victory by her fervent support on the riverbank.
Jonas stepped up from lightweight, having previously hit the ultralight boxer in his career, to win the aforementioned world title earlier this year – but in speaking to Sports sky After the victory, she admitted that those days were long behind her.
She speaks:
“Honestly, I didn’t think it could be better than Manchester, but tonight blew me away.
“I am humbled by all the support.
“I think I’ve lost a few rounds if I’m being honest, but I can never really judge it.”
Sometimes there are cries from the corner of Natasha Jonas to level up or tighten the guard, just to keep her on tiptoe.
She added:
“You can hear Joe [Gallagher, her trainer] give me hell all the way through. I kept asking Ben [Shalom, the promoter] and he kept delivering and all I had to do was play my part and up until now, I have done so.
“Two more belts to get and maybe a chance to be a second or third class champion because it’s no secret that I will never be an ultralightweight champion again.”
‘𝐖𝐞 .’ ❤️
An emotional Natasha Jonas is now a champion! 👑👑
@boxxerpic.twitter.com/cE3vmH3cCO– Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) September 3, 2022
In the final game of the night, Paddy Lacey beat Seamus Devlin six rounds in middleweight. The fight was set to happen earlier in the night, but with time going against them, it was forced to wait until after the main event when Lacey went 7-0 (1 KO) with a 59-point to 56-first win. Referee John Latham’s Scorecard.
