Natasha Jonas

WBO junior middleweight champion Natasha Jonas and WBC titleholder Patricia Berghult will fight in a unification title bout on Sept. 3 in Liverpool, England. Jonas (11-2-1, 8 KO) was the first British woman boxer to compete in the Olympics and will be making the first defense of her WBO belt, which she won by knocking out Chris Namus in the second round in February. Her February win had been her third world title fight in her past four fights, having had a draw with Terri Harper at junior lightweight and then losing to Katie Taylor by unanimous decision for Taylor's undisputed lightweight titles last year.

Natasha Jonas will bid to become a unified world champion against Sweden's Patricia Berghult on 3 September in Liverpool. Jonas, 38, is the WBO super-welterweight champion and fights to add Berghult's WBC title to her collection. Berghult is unbeaten in her 15-fight career, ten years Jonas' junior and has a...

Natasha Jonas will return to her home city of Liverpool for a world title unification fight against Patricia Berghult on September 3, live on Sky Sports. Jonas, the WBO super-welterweight champion, takes on unbeaten WBC titlist Berghult in a major unification showdown at the M&S Bank Arena. It will be...

Natasha Jonas is waiting for her next fight to be confirmed, even after BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom made a “huge offer” to Hannah Rankin for a world title unification. Jonas won the WBO super-welterweight Championship with a stunning knockout in Manchester in February. The Liverpudlian is willing to meet Rankin the WBA title holder at 154lbs on the historic Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall card on September 10 at the O2 Arena in London.

Karriss Artingstall has already acquired a "spiteful" style in the amateur ranks and will be a "very dangerous" proposition when she makes her pro debut, says former GB team-mate Frazer Clarke. There is a quality that makes Karriss Artingstall stand out. She hits hard, very hard. Even as an amateur,...

Natasha Jonas, now the WBO super-welterweight champion, wants to make the first defence of her title this September in her Liverpool hometown, and she won’t wait much longer for Hannah Rankin to agree to the fight. Scottish rival Rankin holds the WBA title belt and is a natural opponent....

Hannah Rankin insists she is prepared to come to Liverpool and defend her super-welterweight world titles against Natasha Jonas in her rival's home city. Rankin retained her WBA and IBO belts in her native Scotland last month with a 10th-round stoppage of Alejandra Ayala, who underwent surgery after the fight and has since woken from an induced coma.

Natasha Jonas could attempt to enforce a Katie Taylor rematch after fulfilling her own world title ambitions in a big unification clash with Hannah Rankin. The Liverpudlian was narrowly edged out on points by Taylor in their first fight in May 2021, but Jonas has since become the WBO super-welterweight champion following a second-round stoppage of Chris Namus in February.

Undisputed lightweight world champion Katie Taylor should consider avoiding an immediate rematch with Amanda Serrano, according to Natasha Jonas. Taylor, 35, edged Serrano via a split decision in a thriller at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night to extend her professional record to 21-0, as a women's fight headlined the iconic New York venue for the first time.

Natasha Jonas hopes for a massive homecoming fight against Hannah Rankin in Liverpool as she waits to see whether her Scottish rival will set up a world title unification clash. The 37-year-old fighter won the vacant WBO super-welterweight title with a sensational stoppage of Christian Namus in Manchester in February...

Natasha Jonas and her promoter Ben Shalom have confirmed that she wants her next fight to be a super-welterweight world championship unification clash with fellow Brit Hannah Rankin. The 37-year-old Liverpool fighter won the vacant WBO super-welterweight title with a sensational stoppage of Christian Namus in Manchester in February and,...

Scotland's super-welterweight world champion Hannah Rankin has confirmed she is keen to take on Natasha Jonas in an all-British unification fight later this year. Rankin, riding a wave of success after becoming the WBA and IBO champion at 154lbs in November, has just had the first defence of her belts - scheduled for May 13 - moved to Glasgow's Hydro Arena due to demand exceeding availability at the smaller venue that had initially been booked.

Natasha Jonas has explained the difficulties of being a mother and a world champion boxer and revealed her daughter's unique role in her training. Jonas, a Team GB Olympics pioneer, became a world champion at the third time of asking last month by capturing the WBO super-welterweight title. She had...

Natasha Jonas believes women’s boxing is awash with rivalries and is not solely relying on Katie Taylor’s much-anticipated showdown against Amanda Serrano to bring in fans.Taylor, who narrowly outpointed Jonas to retain her WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titles 10 months ago, and Serrano will make history on April 30 in the first female fight to headline Madison Square Garden in New York.With Ireland’s Taylor and Puerto Rico’s Serrano, who has held world titles in seven weight categories, regarded as two of the finest fighters of their era their upcoming bout is among the best that can be made...

Newly-crowned world champion Natasha Jonas has her sights on a battle of Britain unification clash with Hannah Rankin after claiming the WBO belt in spectacular style on Saturday. It was third time lucky for the 37-year-old as she knocked out Christian Namus inside two rounds on the undercard of the...

Natasha Jonas produced a power punching performance to stop Chris Namus and win the vacant WBO super-welterweight title on Saturday. The two women went head to head in the co-main event to the long-awaited British grudge match between Amir Khan and Kell Brook, which took place at the AO Arena in Manchester, which was broadcast live on Sky Sports Box Office and ESPN+.

Manchester Arena, Manchester - For the vacant WBO junior middleweight title, Natasha Jonas (11-2-1, 8 KOs) moved up by several weight divisions to crush former champion Chris Namus (25-7, 8 KOs) in two rounds. (photos by Lawrence Lustig) After coming out jabbing well and boxing, Jonas landed a big hook...