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Natasha Jonas (born 18 June 1984) is a British professional boxer who has held the WBO female junior-middleweight title since February 2022. Since September 3rd 2022 she has held the WBC female super-welterweight title. Since November 12th 2022 she held the IBF Light middleweight title. an amateur, she won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2012 AIBA World Championships; bronze in the light welterweight division at the 2011 European Championships; and silver in the light welterweight division at the 2014 European Championships.

Natasha Jonas
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super-featherweight Lightweight Light-middleweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm) [1]
Born	(1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 (age 38) Liverpool, England
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	16
Wins	13
Wins by KO	8
Losses	2
Draws	1
Website	natashajonas.co.uk
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2012 Qinhuangdao Lightweight European Championships 2014 Bucharest Light-welterweight 2011 Rotterdam Light-welterweight

Amateur career

Jonas took up boxing in 2005 and by 2010 she had won five ABA Championships in the 64 kg Division for Liverpool club Rotunda ABC.[2] In November 2009 she became the first female boxer to compete for GB Boxing. In the same year she claimed gold in the 64 kg division at the 2009 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, after she overcame Csilla Csejtei of Hungary in the final. Jonas another gold medal in the inaugural GB Amateur Boxing Championships in 2010, when she pipped rival Amanda Coulson by one point in an exciting bout in front of her home fans at Liverpool's Echo Arena.

2012 AIBA Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships

Jonas made history in Qinhuangdao, China in May 2012, when she reached the semi-finals of the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships to become the first ever female British boxer to qualify for an Olympic Games, she then went on to take the bronze medal and a place in the 2012 London Olympics back to Liverpool with her.

2012 Olympic Games

Jonas became the first ever British female boxer to compete at an Olympic Games. Jonas faced Quanitta Underwood of the United States in the round of 16, Jonas emphatically beat Underwood, 21:13 winning three of the four rounds boxed.[3] Her wins set up a quarter-final bout with four-time World Champion, and Ireland's flag-bearer at the Opening Ceremony, Katie Taylor.[3] Jonas lost heavily to Taylor 26:15.[4]

Professional boxing record

16 fights	13 wins	2 losses
By knockout	8	1
By decision	5	1
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
16	Win	13–2–1	Marie-Eve Dicaire	UD	10	12 Nov 2022	AO Arena, Manchester, England	Retained WBO female junior-middleweight title; Retained WBC female super-welterweight title Won IBF female light middleweight title
15	Win	12–2–1	Patricia Berghult	UD	10	3 Sep 2022	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England	Retained WBO female junior-middleweight title; Won WBC female super-welterweight title
14	Win	11–2–1	Chris Namús	TKO	2 (10), 0:28	19 Feb 2022	AO Arena, Manchester, England	Won vacant WBO female junior-middleweight title
13	Win	10–2–1	Vaida Masiokaite	UD	6	20 Nov 2021	Wembley Arena, Wembley, England
12	Loss	9–2–1	Katie Taylor	UD	10	1 May 2021	AO Arena, Manchester, England	For WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight titles
11	Draw	9–1–1	Terri Harper	SD	10	7 Aug 2020	Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England	For WBC and IBO female super-featherweight titles
10	Win	9–1	Bianka Majlath	TKO	2 (6), 0:30	15 Nov 2019	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
9	Win	8–1	Bec Connolly	TKO	4 (6), 1:07	12 Jul 2019	Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
8	Win	7–1	Feriche Mashauri	PTS	6	30 Mar 2019	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
7	Loss	6–1	Viviane Obenauf	TKO	4 (10), 1:42	4 Aug 2018	Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales	Lost WBA International female super-featherweight title
6	Win	6–0	Taoussy L'Hadji	TKO	7 (10), 1:44	21 Apr 2018	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England	Won vacant WBA International female super-featherweight title
5	Win	5–0	Karina Kopinska	PTS	6	25 Feb 2018	Victoria Warehouse Hotel, Manchester, England
4	Win	4–0	Katarina Vistica	TKO	2 (6), 1:21	16 Dec 2017	Leisure Centre, Oldham, England
3	Win	3–0	Marianna Gulyas	TKO	3 (6), 1:23	13 Oct 2017	York Hall, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Bojana Libiszewska	TKO	4 (4), 1:17	30 Sep 2017	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
1	Win	1–0	Monika Antonik	TKO	1 (4), 1:32	23 Jun 2017	Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle, England

Personal life

Initially intending to be a footballer, Jonas spent eighteen months at St. Peter's College in the United States on a football scholarship,[5] before returning to the United Kingdom and studying media studies at Edge Hill University, Lancashire. She was employed for five years by Liverpool City Council and was a mentor for the Youth Sport Trust for four years, helping to promote sport and healthy lifestyles to school-age children.[6]

Jonas is an older sister of footballer Nikita Parris.[7]

In the media

In July 2012, Jonas appeared alongside Tom Stalker and James Dickens in Channel 4 documentary, Knockout Scousers, which followed her to Czech Republic and China on her pursuit for Olympic qualification, a production which she also narrated.

References

External links

• Boxing record for Natasha Jonas from BoxRec (registration required)
• Natasha Jonas (Official Website) natashajonas.co.uk
• "Natasha Jonas’s weight of expectation", The Times, 16 August 2009
• Natasha's exclusive training diary in the build up to London 2012 for Livefight

Sporting positions
World boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Claressa Shields	WBO female light-middleweight champion 19 February 2022 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Patricia Berghult	WBC female light-middleweight champion 3 September 2022 – present
Preceded by Marie-Eve Dicaire	IBF female light-middleweight champion 12 November 2022 – present
Vacant Title last held by Claressa Shields	The Ring female light-middleweight champion 12 November 2022 – present

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