THE RESULT: Benefitting perhaps from being at home, the popular Natasha Jonas retained her IBF welterweight title with a 10-round split decision over Mikaela Mayer tonight (January 20) in Liverpool. A fight full of frenetic exchanges and shifts in momentum, Jonas started well, struggled somewhat in the middle rounds, and then came on strong again … Read more
Name: Mikaela Mayer Age: 33 Twitter: @MikaelaMayer1 Nationality: American From: West Hills, Los Angeles Stance: Orthodox Record: 19-1 Next fight: Fighting Natasha Jonas on January 20th in Liverpool for her IBF welterweight title When and why you started boxing: I was in my fourth high school, and I suddenly had an epiphany that I just … Read more
Content by Declan Taylor BOXXER is starting their 2024 schedule with a return to Liverpool for a highly anticipated showdown between Natasha Jonas and American Mikaela Mayer at the city’s M&S Bank Arena. After a frustrating 2023, Jonas is ready to make amends in 2024 and faces Mayer in a welterweight encounter for her IBF … Read more
By Elliot Worsell WHILE it is easy for some to pander or distract with hyperbole, the popularity of women’s boxing was always going to be decided by headline fights rather than the histrionics of the men who make money from them. Forget the noise, and forget the success stories of one or two, what matters … Read more
