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Natasha Jonas
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Rated at
Height 5 ft 8 in
Born (1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 (age 39)
Liverpool, England
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 17
Wins 14
Wins by KO 9
Losses 2
Draws 1
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze 2012 Qinhuangdao Lightweight
European Championships
Silver 2014 Bucharest Light-welterweight
Bronze 2011 Rotterdam Light-welterweight

Natasha Jonas (born 18 June 1984) is a British professional boxer is a two weight world champion who has held the unified WBC,and WBO female light-middleweight titles since 2022. As an amateur, she won a bronze medal in the light-welterweight division at the 2011 European Championships; bronze in the lightweight division at the 2012 AIBA World Championships; and silver in the light-welterweight division at the 2014 European Championships.

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. In 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. Her wins set up a quarter-final bout with four-time World Champion, and Ireland's flag-bearer at the Opening Ceremony, Katie Taylor. Jonas lost heavily to Taylor 26:15.

Professional boxing record and awards

Professional record summary
17 fights 14 wins 2 losses
By knockout 9 1
By decision 5 1
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
17 Win 14-2–1 Canada Kandi Wyatt TKO 8 (10) 1 July 2023 United Kingdom AO Arena, Manchester, England Won vacant IBF female welterweight title
16 Win 13-2–1 Canada Marie-Eve Dicaire UD 10 12 Nov 2022 United Kingdom AO Arena, Manchester, England Retained WBC and WBO female light middleweight titles
Won IBF female light middleweight title
15 Win 12–2–1 Sweden Patricia Berghult UD 10 3 Sep 2022 United Kingdom Echo Arena, Liverpool, England Retained WBO female junior-middleweight title;
Won WBC female super-welterweight title
14 Win 11–2–1 Uruguay Chris Namús TKO 2 (10), 0:28 19 Feb 2022 United Kingdom AO Arena, Manchester, England Won vacant WBO female junior-middleweight title
13 Win 10–2–1 Lithuania Vaida Masiokaite UD 6 20 Nov 2021 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley, England
12 Loss 9–2–1 Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor UD 10 1 May 2021 United Kingdom AO Arena, Manchester, England For WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring female lightweight titles
11 Draw 9–1–1 United Kingdom Terri Harper SD 10 7 Aug 2020 United Kingdom Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England For WBC and IBO female super-featherweight titles
10 Win 9–1 Hungary Bianka Majlath TKO 2 (6), 0:30 15 Nov 2019 United Kingdom Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
9 Win 8–1 United Kingdom Bec Connolly TKO 4 (6), 1:07 12 Jul 2019 United Kingdom Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool, England
8 Win 7–1 Tanzania Feriche Mashauri PTS 6 30 Mar 2019 United Kingdom Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
7 Loss 6–1 Brazil Viviane Obenauf TKO 4 (10), 1:42 4 Aug 2018 United Kingdom Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales Lost WBA International female super-featherweight title
6 Win 6–0 France Taoussy L'Hadji TKO 7 (10), 1:44 21 Apr 2018 United Kingdom Echo Arena, Liverpool, England Won vacant WBA International female super-featherweight title
5 Win 5–0 Poland Karina Kopinska PTS 6 25 Feb 2018 United Kingdom Victoria Warehouse Hotel, Manchester, England
4 Win 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Katarina Vistica TKO 2 (6), 1:21 16 Dec 2017 United Kingdom Leisure Centre, Oldham, England
3 Win 3–0 Hungary Marianna Gulyas TKO 3 (6), 1:23 13 Oct 2017 United Kingdom York Hall, London, England
2 Win 2–0 Poland Bojana Libiszewska TKO 4 (4), 1:17 30 Sep 2017 United Kingdom Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
1 Win 1–0 Poland Monika Antonik TKO 1 (4), 1:32 23 Jun 2017 United Kingdom Walker Activity Dome, Newcastle, England

Natasha Jonas won the British Boxing Board of Control’s 2022 British Boxer of the Year award, which made her the first woman to win the British Boxing Board of Control's British Boxer of the Year Award.

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. After suffering an injury that ended her football career, she returned to the United Kingdom and studied 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.

Jonas is an older sister of footballer Nikita Parris.

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. In August 2023, Jonas during her tour in Tanzania she appeared in Azam TV, where she shared her experience and motivated female local amateur boxers to encounter challenges they face in their careers towards substantial achievements in the sport.

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