Natasha Jonas added the WBC super-welterweight title to the WBO belt she won seven months ago as she claimed a wide unanimous decision over Sweden’s Patricia Berghult at the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool.

It was a fabulous night for 2012 Olympian Jonas, who had the chance to box on next weekend’s historic all-female show in London but wanted to defend a world title in her home city instead.

Both had won their world titles in their last fights. Berghult, 28, claimed the vacant WBC belt by beating Olivia Belkacem last November, while Jonas, 38, won the WBO title by stopping Chris Namus in February on the Kell Brook-Amir Khan bill in Manchester. It was Jonas’s third world title attempt at a third weight.

Berghult had some success early on from range, walking Jonas into long, straight shots, but Jonas started to dominate in the third round as she switched the attack to the body and landed a series of short hooks.

In the fourth, the Swede was having trouble keeping Jonas off her, as Jonas walked through Berghult’s punches to trade.

Jonas kept on the pressure in the fifth, as Berghult was forced to work hard just to stick with the Liverpudlian. In the sixth, Jonas was cutting off the ring and landing a series of hard left hooks, while Berghult tried to create some room.

Berghult did better in the eighth round, as she landed a good right hook, followed by a left, but Jonas fired back to the body then landed a big left of her own, as she finished strong, rocking Berghult with a right hook.

Both looked tired in the last two rounds, but Jonas was the one picking the shots better.

The scorecards were overwhelming. Steve Gray scored it 99-91, while Grzegorz Molenda and Hakan Sindemark had it a shutout, 100-90, all for Jonas.

“I honestly didn’t think it could get any better than Manchester, but tonight just blew me away,” Jonas said. “I am so humbled by all the support.

“I thought I had lost a couple of rounds, if I am honest, but I can never really judge it. And you can hear Joe [Gallagher, her trainer] giving me hell all the way through. I keep asking Ben [Shalom, the promoter] and he keeps delivering and all I have to do is play my part and up until now I have.

“There’s two more belts to get and maybe the opportunity to be a two-weight or three-weight champion, because it is no secret I will never be a super-featherweight again.”

Ron Lewis is a senior writer for BoxingScene. He was Boxing Correspondent for The Times, where he worked from 2001-2019 - covering four Olympic Games and numerous world title fights across the globe. He has written about boxing for a wide variety of publications worldwide since the 1980s.