Lauren Worth dismissed Natasha Jonas’ jibe at her Olympic medal successful effort.
Rival world champions Jonas and Worth battle for the IBF, WBC and WBA welterweight world titles on the Royal Albert Corridor on Friday, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Worth was an Olympic gold medallist on the Tokyo Video games in 2021, however Jonas was not intimidated by that accolade.
“When all the good people had left,” Jonas stated of Worth’s Olympic win.
“You might have the credentials on paper, but when it comes to the professional ring, I don’t think she’s had that.”
Whereas Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall had turned skilled by the point Worth received her middleweight gold medal, the Welsh star nonetheless needed to overcome a roster of elite opponents to achieve the highest of the rostrum in Japan.
On the Tokyo Video games, Worth needed to beat boxers like Atheyna Bylon (a World champion and Olympic silver medallist), Nouchka Fontijn (an Olympic silver medallist) and Qian Li (gold medallist at Paris 2024).
Responding to Jonas’ barb, Worth informed Sky Sports activities: “She doesn’t know what she’s talking about.”
Worth, who additionally received World, European and Commonwealth Video games gold medals as an newbie, stated: “At the end of the day she’s only saying that to try and get under my skin. It’s not going to work. It’s all she’s got really.
“To get to the Olympics and to face on high of the rostrum, there isn’t any simple means, there isn’t any simple route. Even to qualification, even to get there. So she’s chatting a little bit of garbage there.
“I respect her. She’s an Olympian,” Worth added of Jonas. “I respect anyone who gets in the ring. but you look at my amateur background, most decorated amateur to come out of GB, I am going to have people who envy me a little bit.
“I do not take any discover of that. I concentrate on what I am good at, at what I can obtain. And she will assume what she needs.”
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Natasha Jonas and Lauren Worth shared a frosty face-off on the press convention for his or her world title unification at Royal Albert Corridor on Friday March 7
Worth is satisfied that she is going to rise to the event in opposition to Jonas.
“I enjoy being under the lights. Some people don’t like it. I love it. Don’t get me wrong, the training’s hard but night’s like that, under the lights, when you win and you get your hand raised, it’s special,” she stated.
“I feel like I haven’t really been tested tested yet. I feel like Tasha brings another level out of me, if I’m honest.
“However I consider there’s a lot extra to return from me.”
She is anticipating Friday’s battle to be a milestone in her skilled development.
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Lauren Worth confirmed she was a category above Bexcy Mateus and detonated an enormous left hand to finish the battle
“We talk about the night – it’s going to be historic. But the opponent Jonas is, the name that she is, I believe it makes me bigger in and outside of the ring,” Worth stated.
“So I’m excited for that. I feel like it’s a turning point in my career as well. But it’s a fight that I know I’m going to win well. I’m just too good.
“I speak about my legacy, greatness, and it is a stepping stone to getting there with this battle. It is a huge battle. A large British battle and it begins March 7.”
Watch Natasha Jonas battle Lauren Worth on the Royal Albert Corridor dwell on Sky Sports activities on Friday March 7.
