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Unified world champ Natasha Jonas speaks extensive to bet365 as she prepares for her world title bout with Marie-Eve Dicaire on Saturday night.
Natasha Jonas (1/6) has exposed to bet365 that triumph over Marie Eve-Dicaire (7/2) in this weekend would cap off a best 12 months as she bids to more merge the women's 154lb division.
The 2012 Olympian has actually taken pleasure in a stellar 2022, recording her very first world title with a stunning 2nd round stoppage triumph over Chris Namus in February, before following that up with an even more attractive summer season success against the formerly unbeaten WBC strap holder Patricia Berghult.
The 38-year-old has the chance to include Marie-Eve Dicaire's IBF title to her collection at Manchester's AO Arena on Saturday night - an accomplishment that would serve to boost her legacy in the sport and more cement her supremacy at junior middleweight/ super-welterweight level.
"There has been no much better 12 months in boxing for me," the proud Liverpudlian informed bet365 in an unique interview ahead of BOXXER's most current night of combating action.
"I can't even think of another fighter who has had a better 12 months if I am truthful with you.
"For me personally, rewind a year and I am sobbing, fast-forward a year and I am the happiest I have ever remained in my boxing profession, it's been an incredible year for me."
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There is no doubt that Jonas has needed to display the patience of a saint in her quote for world champion gold.
The judges controversially stated her pulsating 2020 WBO and IBO super-featherweight scrap with Terri Harper as a draw, simply 9 months before she was narrowly defeated in a fascinating indisputable face-off with Ireland's Katie Taylor.
But, Jonas' time has actually now come, and she firmly insists, that for all of the distress and discomfort of those 2 controversial decisions, she would not change a thing ...
"Everything happens for a reason, and everything I have actually gone through previously has actually helped build me into the person I remain in front of you today," she included.
"Now that I have got the world title, the stress and the pressure that going after that brings, has gone - I am able to actually enjoy my boxing once again, and not have to show to anyone how great I am, because I am already a world champion.
"Now it is everything about expressing myself, taking pleasure in the minute, and I think in my last fight with (Particia) Berghult I had the ability to show that.
"The tension and the stress was gone and I was just able to flow and produce what many individuals have referred to as my best performance to date.
"I am still working so hard to be much faster, to be more powerful and to be fitter - I constantly wish to contribute to my game, and certainly Dicaire will be a genuine test for me, and I have needed to do so many things in camp to make certain I am a much better version of myself to make sure I get that win."
The ladies's fight video game has actually struck new heights this year too, with Jonas, together with the similarity Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall and the abovementioned Taylor, assisting move the sport to an even higher standing.
The renowned and historic BOXXER card at London's O2 Arena was a landmark event for female fight sports, and whilst Jonas is refusing to look beyond her date with fate in Manchester this weekend, she currently has her roadmap pathed out.
"3 battles I would like next, well Marie-Eve Dicaire is there, obviously - she's on the hit list," 'Miss GB' smiled.
"I believe Jessica McCaskill too, and absolutely Claressa Shields, they are excellent battles. Even Katie Taylor - let's get it on again at Croke Park in front of 80,000 people - that could happen next year, why not?