Natasha Jonas set to defend her IBF welterweight belt vs. Mikaela Mayer on Jan. 20

Two-weight world champion Natasha Jonas will defend her IBF welterweight belt in opposition to former Ring junior light-weight world champion Mikaela Mayer in a landmark night time for girls’s boxing as two of the game’s greatest stars meet within the centre of the ring on Saturday, January twentieth on the M&S Financial institution Area in Liverpool, stay on Sky Sports activities within the UK and Eire.

Jonas (14-2-1, 9 KOs) might be making a primary protection of the IBF crown she claimed with a stoppage win over Canadian Kandi Wyatt earlier this 12 months, having beforehand unified the IBF, WBC, and IBF junior middleweight belts and incomes the inaugural Ring championship in that division.

Standing within the reverse nook might be U.S. star Mayer (19-1, 5 KOs), a fellow Olympian and former IBF and WBO titlist at 130 kilos. The Los Angeles native is shifting up in weight as soon as once more after a brief stint at 140 kilos.

Natasha Jonas stated: “I’m so excited to be preventing again in Liverpool in my first headline present and within the greatest battle of my profession up to now. It’s my fifth world title battle with Boxxer, in my yard and I’m prepared for it. It’s Mikaela Mayer, she stretches above and past the UK shores. ‘Miss GB’ versus ‘Miss USA’ and should the perfect lady win!”

Mikaela Mayer stated, “These are the sorts of matchups boxing wants. I’m feeling higher than ever at my new weight and assured that 2024 is once I take all of it again.”

Boxxer Founder and CEO, Ben Shalom, stated: “2024 guarantees to be a monumental 12 months for Boxxer and Sky Sports activities, and we’re thrilled to kick issues off with one other large night time for girls’s boxing as Natasha Jonas defends her World Title in opposition to Mikaela Mayer in a matchup set to showcase the head of the game. Natasha and Mikaela are two unbelievable athletes – each former Olympians and world champions – from both facet of the Atlantic, able to put all of it on the road to safe their legacy.”

“Mikaela Mayer is beloved within the UK, and we’re thrilled that she’s going to get a chance to turn into a two-weight champion in opposition to a sensational fighter in Natasha Jonas,” stated High Rank Chairman Bob Arum. “These are two of the perfect pound-for-pound females in boxing and an amazing battle to kick off the 2024 schedule.”

Within the undercard, newly topped British and Commonwealth Champion Jack Cullen additionally returns to motion in Liverpool defending his belts in opposition to former foe Zak Chelli. Cullen (22-4-1, 10 KOs) scored a memorable third-round TKO win over Mark Heffron in September to say the British and Commonwealth titles. ‘Little Leaver’s Meat Cleaver’ will now sq. off in opposition to former English Champion Chelli (14-2-1, 7 KOs) in a repeat of their all-action 2020 contest that resulted in a draw.

A press launch by Boxxer was used on this article.