Natasha Jonas: Katie Taylor is the combat that is private, however I’ve acquired to get previous Lauren Value | Boxing Information

Natasha Jonas is decided to beat Lauren Value after which combat for an undisputed world championship subsequent.

However Jonas would take that undisputed combat at welter or super-lightweight, and will have a longtime rival at both weight.

Liverpool’s Jonas, the unified WBC and IBF welterweight champion, fights WBA world titlist Value this Friday, stay on Sky Sports activities.

The fourth world title at welterweight, the WBO belt, is held by Mikaela Mayer, whom Jonas edged out on a decent determination final 12 months.

Mayer bins Britain’s Sandy Ryan later this month and the winner of that combat could be a pure opponent for the Jonas-Value victor.

However Katie Taylor, whom Jonas boxed within the 2012 Olympic Video games and later in an expert world title combat, is the undisputed world champion at super-lightweight.

Jonas would transfer down in weight for a Taylor combat. She instructed Sky Sports activities‘ Off Limits: “I believe the combat that is private is Katie. Beat Lauren and whoever comes subsequent – Mayer and Ryan are preventing, whoever wins that combat, that is for undisputed for us then.

“Or go and combat Katie for undisputed. The 2 choices are undisputed after that combat. Then that is just about me [done]. However I’ve acquired to get previous Lauren first.”

Joe Gallagher, who trains Jonas, is assured the Liverpudlian will certainly get previous Value, regardless that the Welsh world champion is a gifted Olympic gold medallist.

“Should you have a look at what Lauren brings to the desk, if you happen to have a look at her background and pedigree and the fighters she’s fought, and the instruments that she brings to the desk, her catalogue of punches,” Gallagher instructed Sky Sports activities.

“And you then have a look at Natasha Jonas and the those who she’s been in with and her catalogue of punches and shot choice – you [think] everybody’s getting caught up within the hype right here a bit of bit.”

He insists this combat is not going to be Jonas ‘passing the torch’ to Value. “That is not the case. We’re not going away quietly. We have been on this place earlier than, like with Terri Harper and we have come again,” Gallagher mentioned. “There is not any stress on Natasha, it is all on Lauren.

“Right here we’re 2025 and she or he’s placing herself on the frontline once more,” he continued. “Lauren’s going to carry the perfect out of Natasha once more. Lauren does issues that we really feel we will capitalise on.

“It will get actual,” he warned Value.

Despite the fact that Jonas has been a unified world champion at super-welterweight in addition to welterweight, Gallagher factors out that she will transfer down one other weight class. “Her actual true preventing weight is both 135 or 140lbs,” he mentioned of the Liverpool star.

“So what she’s accomplished and what she’s achieved is unbelievable.”

Watch Natasha Jonas combat Lauren Value on the Royal Albert Corridor stay on Sky Sports activities on Friday March 7.