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Unified world champion Natasha Jonas speaks thorough to bet365 as she gets ready for her world title bout with Marie-Eve Dicaire on Saturday night.


Natasha Jonas (1/6) has actually exposed to bet365 that success over Marie Eve-Dicaire (7/2) in Manchester this weekend would top off a best 12 months as she bids to additional unify the females's 154lb division.


The 2012 Olympian has taken pleasure in an outstanding 2022, recording her very first world title with a spectacular 2nd round blockage victory over Chris Namus in February, in the past following that up with an even more captivating summer success against the formerly unbeaten WBC strap holder Patricia Berghult.


The 38-year-old has the opportunity to add Marie-Eve Dicaire's IBF title to her collection at Manchester's AO Arena on Saturday night - an accomplishment that would serve to improve her tradition in the sport and further cement her supremacy at junior middleweight/ super-welterweight level.


"There has been no much better 12 months in boxing for me," the happy Liverpudlian informed bet365 in a special interview ahead of BOXXER's latest night of fighting action.


"I can't even think about another boxer who has had a much better 12 months if I am honest with you.


"For me personally, rewind a year and I am weeping, fast-forward a year and I am the happiest I have actually ever been in my boxing profession, it's been an amazing year for me."


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There is no doubt that Jonas has had to show the patience of a saint in her quote for world championship gold.


The judges controversially stated her pulsating 2020 WBO and IBO super-featherweight scrap with Terri Harper as a draw, simply nine months before she was narrowly defeated in a fascinating undisputed showdown with Ireland's Katie Taylor.


But, Jonas' time has actually now come, and she insists, that for all of the distress and discomfort of those 2 contentious decisions, she would not change a thing ...


"Everything takes place for a reason, and everything I have gone through previously has actually helped build me into the person I remain in front of you today," she included.


"Now that I have actually got the world title, the stress and the pressure that going after that brings, has actually gone - I have the ability to actually enjoy my boxing once again, and not have to prove to anyone how great I am, due to the fact that I am currently a world champion.


"Now it is all about expressing myself, taking pleasure in the minute, and I believe in my last fight with (Particia) Berghult I had the ability to reveal that.


"The stress and the tension was gone and I was just able to stream and what lots of people have referred to as my best efficiency to date.


"I am still working so difficult to be faster, to be stronger and to be fitter - I always desire to include to my game, and clearly Dicaire will be a real test for me, and I have actually needed to do so many things in camp to ensure I am a better variation of myself to make sure I get that win."


The ladies's fight game has struck brand-new heights this year too, with Jonas, together with the likes of Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall and the previously mentioned Taylor, assisting move the sport to an even higher standing.


The renowned and historic BOXXER card at London's O2 Arena was a landmark event for female battle sports, and whilst Jonas is refusing to look beyond her date with destiny in Manchester this weekend, she already has her roadmap pathed out.


"3 battles I would like next, well Marie-Eve Dicaire exists, of course - she's on the hit list," 'Miss GB' smiled.


"I believe Jessica McCaskill too, and absolutely Claressa Shields, they are excellent battles. Even Katie Taylor - let's get it on once again at Croke Park in front of 80,000 people - that could take place next year, why not?