Natasha Jonas has had an admirable career but could not match the Olympic champion’s fire
On a night steeped in history, Natasha Jonas could not roll back the years as she was outfought and outclassed by Lauren Price who dominated their world welterweight title unification fight to add the IBF and WBC belts to the WBA bauble she already owns. Price, in her fighting prime at the age of 30, is 10 years younger than Jonas and she was just too quick, fluid and powerful as all three judges awarded her the decision by comprehensive margins of 98-93, 100-90 and 98-92.
Jonas has had an admirable career and she was the first woman to be named as British boxing’s fighter of the year in 2022. But, in the end, time ravages every fighter and Jonas could not match the fire of Price whose poise as an Olympic champion was also evident.
Written by Donald McRae at the Royal Albert Hall
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/08/lauren-price-womens-boxing-natasha-jonas under the title “Price rises to occasion with glory in historic night for women’s boxing”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
