Mikaela Mayer Explains Why She Wanted To Box Natasha Jonas

Mikaela Mayer says she’s boxing Natasha Jonas because she wants to box the best and says Jonas is one of the best.

Mayer and Jonas will face one another on Jan. 20 in a highly-anticipated matchup. Heading into this matchup, Mayer has moved up in weight which she says has made her be a better boxer.

“I honestly didn’t realize the toll it was having on my body to cut so much weight,” Mayer said to SkySports. “I thought it was just being a tough fighter and hard camps but feeling how I felt in this last camp, this current camp and the camp before, I’m really enjoying boxing again. It’s so much more fun just feeling good and strong and healthy every day.

“I’m really excited about this weight. I know it’s going to take time to reverse what I’ve done in the past because I’ve held my body down at 130lbs for so long but I’m working on doing everything I can so that I’m a strong, competitive 147lber,” Mayer continued.

Although Mikaela Mayer says she doesn’t dislike Natasha Jonas or is her rival, she says this fight is one she wanted as she wants to prove just how good she is.

“I don’t think it’s our style to go at each other and disrespect each other in any way. We don’t have that type of rivalry really. I think that our rivalry is that we both have very extensive amateur careers and we’ve both done a lot in the sport as pros in this era of women’s boxing as pioneers  and we want to test ourselves against each other. I’m at 147 now, she has a belt and I believe I belong with a belt back round my waist so I wanna challenge the best in my division and right now that’s her. I think it’s gonna be a great fight,” Mayer said.

“It’s a fight that we made before the managers made it. We looked at each other and talked about it on social media and face to face and both said we wanted the fight. When you get two fighters who want to make a fight, this is what happens. No excuses, it gets done,” Mayer concluded.

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