Lauren Value may turn out to be the Oleksandr Usyk of girls’s boxing, suggests coach Rob McCracken.
Value, like Usyk, is an Olympic gold medallist. As a world newbie, like Usyk, she gained European and World gold medals too.
One other southpaw transferring up from welterweight to win the Olympic Video games and a bunch of different accolades at middleweight reveals that Value has the flexibility to maneuver up via the divisions.
World champion Usyk is the consummate instance of that after going undisputed at each cruiserweight and heavyweight as knowledgeable fighter.
Value is just within the early levels of her personal skilled profession, however she already the WBA welterweight world titlist and her aim is to turn out to be the undisputed champion at 147lbs earlier than the top of this yr.
The primary important step in direction of that aim comes on Friday when Value fights Natasha Jonas in a unification for the WBA, IBF and WBC titles on the Royal Albert Corridor, reside on Sky Sports activities.
May she turn out to be the Oleksandr Usyk of girls’s boxing? “Potentially, potentially yes,” coach Rob McCracken instructed Sky Sports activities.
McCracken is a vastly skilled coach. He guided Carl Froch and Anthony Joshua to the highest of the skilled sport and has had unprecedented Olympic success because the efficiency director of GB Boxing.
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After their world title unification struggle on the Royal Albert Corridor was introduced, Natasha Jonas says her extremely anticipated struggle towards Lauren Value is a stepping stone for the place she desires to be
He mentioned of Value: “So potentially [the Usyk of women’s boxing]. A bit of work to do yet! But a long career ahead of her to achieve that.
“She’s a brilliant expertise. She proved that in profitable the whole lot as an newbie boxer all through the world, not simply within the UK.
“She won every tournament, Worlds, Europeans, Olympics, everything. She’s a real talent. A lot of work to do moving forward. A really good boxer.
“Assured, she’s naturally gifted as nicely. She’s bought some actual ability, actual capability and he or she’s bodily as nicely.”
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After their world title unification struggle on the Royal Albert Corridor was introduced, Lauren Value says she’s ‘over the moon’ that she’ll lastly have the ability to tackle Natasha Jonas within the ring
Watch Natasha Jonas struggle Lauren Value on the Royal Albert Corridor reside on Sky Sports activities on Friday March 7.
