Natasha Jonas believes that she will once again prove people wrong by beating Lauren Price in their welterweight unification title fight at London's Royal Albert Hall on March 7th.

A fight between the two has been rumoured for some time but the i’s were dotted and the t’s crossed on December 13th when the rival champions shared a bill in Liverpool.

Less than an hour after WBA and Ring Magazine champion, Price, had dismissed the challenge of the under qualified Bexcy Mateus, Jonas outpointed Ivana Habazin, adding the Croatian’s WBC belt to her own IBF title and becoming a two-weight unified champion.

The two then came together in the ring to begin the build-up to their March 7th showdown.

Jonas, 16-2-1 (9 KOs), and Price, 8-0 (2 KOs), have always been courteous and professional around each other but once both had completed their business and pushed aside the final roadblocks separating them, the atmosphere certainly cooled.

Given Jonas’ in-ring achievements and popularity and Price’s status as an Olympic and wold champion, the unification clash promises to be the biggest all-female fight in British boxing history and coming out on top provides Jonas with more motivation than a few cross words and intense stare downs.

"No, I'm always motivated, regardless of who I fight. I think, in my opinion, Lauren thinks she's a bit better than she is,” Jonas told Boxxer. “That’s just my opinion.”

Jonas’ is now 40 years old and her career has spanned the eras of women’s boxing.

Even before she made history by becoming the first female fighter to represent Great Britain in an Olympic Games at London 2012, Jonas spent years competing against and alongside the likes of Katie Taylor, Chantelle Cameron and Mikaela Mayer in unglamorous amateur tournaments.

As well as renewing hostilities with Taylor as a professional and beating Mayer, she has also shared the ring with other fighters who emerged at the same time as her such as Terri Harper and Ivana Habazin.

Now, in 30 year-old Price, she fights one of the fighters who has benefitted from the platform those trailblazers built.

When Price and Jonas came face to face in Liverpool, the Welshwoman said that she is ‘too young, too quick, too good’ for her older rival but Jonas has been underestimated before and is confident of once again proving her quality.

“100%. We’ve seen that with Terri Harper, we've seen it with Katie [Taylor], and we've seen it with other fighters in between,” she said. “I've proved them all wrong, and most of all, proved myself right. I win. Simple as.”