{"id":10658,"date":"2023-06-19T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/natasha-jonas-dropping-to-welterweight-for-two-weight-world-champion-bid\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:09:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:09:50","slug":"natasha-jonas-dropping-to-welterweight-for-two-weight-world-champion-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/natasha-jonas-dropping-to-welterweight-for-two-weight-world-champion-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Jonas dropping to welterweight for two-weight world champion bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Natasha Jonas&#8217; sister is England footballer Nikita Parris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">Three-belt light-middleweight champion Natasha Jonas is dropping down to welterweight in a bid to become a two-weight world champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0.0\">Britain&#8217;s Jonas, 39, will fight Canada&#8217;s Kandi Wyatt next month for the IBF world welterweight title.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">It marks another chapter in Jonas&#8217; career &#8211; she was the first woman to box for Great Britain at an Olympic Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">&#8220;Every time I think I&#8217;ve done enough in the sport, another opportunity presents itself to step things up,&#8221; Jonas said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;Every camp I am improving, I&#8217;m evolving, I&#8217;m learning new skills and reaching new levels, so to me it would be foolish to stop now.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">Jonas was named the 2022 Fighter Of The Year by the British Boxing Board of Control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">The award came after she won <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/63612179\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.0\">three world titles in nine months<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.3\"> to become the unified world light-middleweight champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".1gjw0mtxvn6.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">Jonas&#8217; fight will feature on the Savannah Marshall versus Franchon Crews-Dezurn undercard on 1 July at the AO Arena in Manchester.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/65950630?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natasha Jonas&#8217; sister is England footballer Nikita Parris Three-belt light-middleweight champion Natasha Jonas is dropping down to welterweight in a bid to become a two-weight world champion. Britain&#8217;s Jonas, 39, will fight Canada&#8217;s Kandi Wyatt next month for the IBF world welterweight title. 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