Mikaela Mayer
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Mayer on Loss To Jonas: I Want to Show Some Grace in The Hope That She Will Give That [Rematch] To Me
Mikaela Mayer is hoping what she feels was her gracious post-fight conduct will compel Natasha Jonas to give her a rematch. Last Saturday night at M&S Bank Arena in Jonas’s hometown of Liverpool, England, Jonas retained her IBF 147-pound title with a...
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Jonas And Mayer Produce First Great Women’s Fight Of 2024
By Corey Erdman - After spending the vast majority of her career at 130 pounds or below as both a professional and amateur, Mikaela Mayer aimed about as high as she possibly could in her debut as a full-blown 147-pound fighter in taking on Natasha Jo...
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Jonas: That Little Bit Of Fear Factor Brings Out The Best In Me, I Need Opponents Like [Mayer]
This is the level that Natasha Jonas always wanted to be at from the moment she was ready to contend for a title. It’s also the moment at which she plans to spend what’s left of her storied career. The aptly nicknamed “Miss GB” survived a gut check t...
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Photos: Natasha Jonas Fights Through Fire, Decisions Mikaela Mayer To Retain IBF Belt
Jonas, Mayer Fight Photos Gallery - Liverpool, Echo Arena - For the IBF welterweight title, Natasha Jonas (15-2-1, 9 KOs) had to go through fire to win a tough ten round split decision over former beltholder Mikaela Mayer (19-2, 5 KOs). (photos by La...
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Mikaela Mayer Hopes For Jonas Rematch: I Thought I Did Enough To Win
Two-division world champion Natasha Jonas (15-2-1, 9 KOs) defended her IBF welterweight world title with a razor-thin split decision over former unified junior lightweight world champion Mikaela Mayer (19-2, 5 KOs) Saturday evening at M&S Bank Arena...
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Natasha Jonas Edges Mikaela Mayer in Fire-Fight With Split Decision, Retains IBF Title
By John Evans - Both Natasha Jonas and Mikaela Mayer had questions to answer in tonight’s IBF welterweight title fight in Liverpool. Having competed as a super featherweight for so long, how would Mayer handle a physically strong welterweight? Since...
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Mayer: My 2024 - One Belt, Three Wins; 2025 I'm Coming For The Rest Of The [Welterweight] Belts
Mikaela Mayer can one day see herself as the undisputed welterweight champion. For now, she’s content to know that a win over Natasha Jonas on Saturday will give her the only belt—the IBF welterweight title—she plans to collect during this calendar y...
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Jonas: By This Time Next Year, You'll Be Talking To The Undisputed Welterweight Champion
Natasha Jonas has no doubt that she is at the fighting weight where she belongs. The two-division and reigning IBF welterweight titlist is equally confident that she will one day truly rule the roost at her current address.
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Mikaela Mayer: There Is No Problem With Me Being At Welterweight
Mikaela Mayer was always prepared to take on anyone with a belt. Her upcoming bid to become a two-division titlist comes with its advantages, given the matchup. The former unified junior lightweight titlist travels to jolly old England, where she wil...
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Natasha Jonas: Beating Mikaela Will Get Me On Those Pound-For-Pound Lists
Natasha Jonas wants to be known as among the best of her generation rather than a fighter merely along for the ride. That was a deciding factor—among other reasons—to enter a dangerous title defense versus Mikaela Mayer, whom Jonas welcomes to her ho...