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Unified world champion Natasha Jonas speaks thorough 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 success over Marie Eve-Dicaire (7/2) in Manchester this weekend would top off a perfect 12 months as she bids to further merge the women's 154lb division.
The 2012 Olympian has actually enjoyed an outstanding 2022, capturing her very first world title with a spectacular second round blockage triumph over Chris Namus in February, before following that up with a much more eye-catching summer success against the previously 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 enhance her tradition in the sport and further cement her supremacy at junior middleweight/ super-welterweight level.
"There has been no better 12 months in boxing for me," the happy Liverpudlian informed bet365 in an unique interview ahead of BOXXER's newest night of combating action.
"I can't even think about another fighter who has had a much better 12 months if I am sincere with you.
"For me personally, rewind a year and I am crying, fast-forward a year and I am the happiest I have actually ever been in my boxing profession, it's been an extraordinary year for me."
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There is no doubt that Jonas has had to display the patience of a saint in her bid for world champion gold.
The judges controversially declared her pulsating 2020 WBO and IBO super-featherweight scrap with Terri Harper as a draw, simply nine months before she was narrowly defeated in a fascinating indisputable showdown with Ireland's Katie Taylor.
But, Jonas' time has actually now come, and she insists, that for all of the heartache and discomfort of those two contentious decisions, she wouldn't alter a thing ...
"Everything occurs for a factor, and everything I have actually gone through formerly has assisted build me into the person I am in front of you today," she added.
"Now that I have actually got the world title, the tension and the pressure that going after that brings, has actually gone - I have the ability to truly enjoy my boxing again, and not need to prove to anyone how good I am, since I am already a world champion.
"Now it is everything about expressing myself, taking pleasure in the minute, and I believe in my last fight with (Particia) Berghult I had the ability to show that.
"The stress and the tension was gone and I was simply able to stream and produce what lots of people have actually referred to as my best performance to date.
"I am still working so difficult to be quicker, to be more powerful and to be fitter - I always desire to contribute to my game, and clearly Dicaire will be a genuine test for me, and I have needed to do so lots of things in camp to ensure I am a better variation of myself to ensure I get that win."
The females's fight video game has hit brand-new heights this year too, with Jonas, together with the likes of Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall and the previously mentioned Taylor, assisting move the sport to an even higher standing.
The renowned and historical BOXXER card at London's O2 Arena was a for female combat sports, and whilst Jonas is refusing to look beyond her date with destiny in Manchester this weekend, she currently has her roadmap pathed out.
"3 battles I would like next, well Marie-Eve Dicaire is there, of course - she's on the hit list," 'Miss GB' smiled.
"I believe Jessica McCaskill too, and definitely Claressa Shields, they are fantastic battles. Even Katie Taylor - let's get it on again at Croke Park in front of 80,000 individuals - that could occur next year, why not?