Natasha Jonas and Lauren Value are on a collision course for an enormous all-British world title struggle, however firstly they defend their belts in Liverpool on Saturday, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Why are the fights so necessary?
Rival world champions Jonas and Value are concentrating on a significant unification showdown in 2025.
For that to occur, each should maintain up their finish of the discount by defending their respective titles on the identical invoice on the Liverpool Exhibition Centre on Saturday December 14.
After defending her IBF welterweight belt earlier this 12 months in opposition to America’s Mikaela Mayer, Jonas is seeking to turn into a unified world champion in her second weight division in opposition to WBC champion Ivana Habazin.
Earlier this 12 months Value beat former undisputed champion Jessica McCaskill to win the WBA crown. The 30-year-old Olympic gold medallist is but to lose a spherical as knowledgeable and is setting her sights on this primary defence on the highway to welterweight supremacy as she takes on Bexcy Mateus.
What occurs subsequent?
If Value and Jonas each emerge victorious, they might set themselves on the right track for an all-British world championship unification conflict in 2025.
“One hundred per cent,” Value instructed Sky Sports activities Information. “I’ve received respect for Tasha but it surely’s a fantastic struggle, it is a fantastic British struggle, among the best fights on the market.
“I believe in myself. I believe I can become undisputed in that division. It’s a massive fight and I’m excited. I believe in myself, and I believe I get that win as well.”
Jonas replied: “The only thing I can say is we’ll see and that’s it. She’s got one of the belts I’ve never had which is the WBA, I want to take that home with me. So we’ll see.”
Who’re the opponents?
Jonas takes on Habazin, the recently-crowned WBC welterweight world champion after she outpointed Kinga Magyar to seize the vacant inexperienced and gold belt in April of this 12 months.
The 35-year-old from Zagreb, Croatia, who has shared the ring with a few of the best feminine fighters of the fashionable period together with Cecilia Braekhus and Claressa Shields, has beforehand held the IBF world welterweight title.
Value’s opponent Mateus is the WBA’s No 5-ranked contender at welterweight, and boasts an undefeated file within the skilled ranks too, having received all however one among her seven fights inside the gap.
The 29-year-old from Bogota is preventing exterior of her native Colombia for the primary time as she goals to upset Value.
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Watch the entire first spherical between Stephen McKenna and Joe Legal guidelines as each fighters suffered knockdowns within the opening three minutes
Who else is preventing on the invoice?
On the undercard, Eire’s undefeated Stephen McKenna will go toe-to-toe with English champion Lee Cutler in a super-welterweight bout.
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Watch new angles of the unimaginable struggle between Legal guidelines and McKenna in Barnsley, with 5 knockdowns inside simply three rounds
McKenna wowed followers with a three-round struggle in opposition to Joe Legal guidelines final outing at Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley in August.
Each males hit the canvas within the first spherical earlier than McKenna piled on the stress, dropping Legal guidelines three extra instances to keep up his unbeaten file by way of stoppage.
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Forward of their bout, Lee Cutler and McKenna shared some bitter phrases for one another whereas dwell on Sky Sports activities Information!
English cruiserweight champion Viddal Riley returns to motion having recovered from an damage that has stored him out of the ring since a career-best victory over Mikael Lawal in March.
Riley takes on Belgian Steve Ntere, aiming to shake off the ring rust as he targets big-name opponents within the new 12 months, with a attainable struggle with Isaac Chamberlain mooted.
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Cruiserweight contender Viddal Riley says Chris Billam-Smith is probably the most dominant cruiserweight the UK has ever had
How can I watch?
Watch Jonas vs Habazin and Value vs Mateus on Saturday December 14 dwell on Sky Sports activities+ from 7pm and dwell on Sky Sports activities Primary Occasion from 8.30pm, or observe updates by way of our devoted dwell weblog on the Sky Sports activities web site and app.
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