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Lauren Price-Natasha Jonas RING Championship Tops March 7 All-Women's Show At Royal Albert Hall
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Lauren Price-Natasha Jonas RING Championship Tops March 7 All-Women's Show At Royal Albert Hall
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Dec 17, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
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Lauren Price (8-0, 2 KOs) and Natasha Jonas (16-2-1, 9 KOs) took care of business with wins on Dec. 14 at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. Neither wasted any time to agree to their terrific RING/WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight championship unification, which is n...
Lauren Price and Natasha Jonas didn't waste any time to finalize terms.
A terrific RING/WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight championship unification clash is set for March 7 at the famed Royal Albert Hall in London. BOXXER confirmed on Tuesday that their clash will headline an all-women's show, fittingly on the eve of International Women's Day.
"This is a game-changing event on every level," insisted Ben Shalom, founder and CEO of BOXXER. "At the very top of the show are two fantastic champions and role models, Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price, who have the chance to win it all in a massive unification fight.
"Fans will get to see many more of the world’s best boxers competing in career defining fights in one of the world’s most iconic venues, the Royal Albert Hall. This will be a stand out event for women’s sport at the highest level and we are also proud to be working with International Women’s Day 2025 to take positive action.”
The attractive matchup was confirmed just three days after both delivered standout performances at M&S Bank in Liverpool.
Cardiff's Price (8-0, 2 KOs) defended her RING championship and WBA title with a third-round knockout of unbeaten Bexcy Mateus. The 30-year-old Welsh southpaw scored knockdowns in every round before referee Steve Gray stopped the fight at 1:42 of the third.
The stoppage win was the first for Price since her second pro fight. She went the distance in five subsequent fights but also made history during that stretch.
A 2020 Olympic Gold medalist, Price became the first woman to ever win the British title with a ten-round decision over Kirstie Bavington last May in Birmingham, England.
Price's crowning achievement to date remains her RING/WBA championship win over long-reigning Jessica McCaskill on May 11 at home in Cardiff. There is now the opportunity to top that moment, very likely in a far more fan-friendly affair.
“I’m excited to headline such a huge occasion," said Price, who will attempt her second title defense. "I have a lot of respect for Natasha Jonas and what she has achieved in the sport, but she has the belts that I want. When I turned professional after becoming Olympic champion, I wanted to create greatness.
"This fight, a big all-British unification clash, Wales vs England with five world titles on the line, will help cement my legacy and show that I am number one in the division. I believe I’m too young, too quick and too good for Natasha Jonas and I will be bringing the belts back home to Wales with me.”
Meanwhile, Jonas (16-2-1, 9 KOs) gets the high-profile fight she wanted in the twilight of her remarkable career.
The 40-year-young Liverpudlian left a lasting impression in what was likely her final hometown fight with a win over Ivana Habazin (23-6, 7 KOs). Jonas, already a two-division titlist, defended her IBF belt and claimed Habazin's WBC strap to unify at her second weight.
Prior to her move down to welterweight, Jonas held The Ring, WBC, IBF and WBO junior middleweight titles.
Price successfully defended her WBA, IBO and Ring Magazine world championships for the first time on Saturday night in Liverpool with a spectacular stoppage victory over the previously unbeaten Bexcy Mateus. Jonas added the WBC title to her IBF belt, becoming a two-weight unified world champion, in her hometown headline fight against Ivana Habazin.
Her memorable run came after falling just short of dethroning a pair of unbeaten champs. She held WBC 130-pound titlist Terri Harper to a draw in Aug. 2020, then fell just short in a decision defeat to the legendary Katie Taylor in their May 2021 RING/undisputed lightweight championship.
The latter matchup came nine years after Jonas and Taylor met in the 2012 Olympic quarterfinals, won by Taylor who went on to claim a Gold medal. Jonas was the first woman to represent Great Britain in the Olympics.
She now plans to add another iconic achievement to her résumé. A win on March 7 will see her join Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor on the short list of two-division RING champions.
“It’s an honor to be headlining this incredible all-women’s event at such an iconic venue," stated Jonas. "It shows how far women’s boxing has come. Throughout my career, I have broken down barriers and achieved what people said I couldn’t, and there is still a lot more to come.
"Lauren Price has a lot of hype around her but I believe this fight is going to be a step too far for her. I’ve been in big fights, I’ve fought world champions and Olympic medallists, but she’s never faced anyone like me as a pro.”
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