Although they both insist that it is not personal between them, the accumulation between Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price was at least tactful.

With three lanes to get – the titles of Jonas WBC and IFB, as well as the WBA Price welterweight belt – actual prizes are obvious. But kick a little deeper below the surface and it becomes clear why this fight means much more than just titles.

Price (8-0, 2 KO) and Jonas (16-2-1, 9 KO) will direct the card on the eve of the International Women’s Day at the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London (Sky Sports, 18:00 GMT)

The winner will join such as Henry Cooper, Nameem Hamed, Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis to raise his hand on the spot. What’s more, they will be a one step closer to the undisputed fight with Mikael Mayer or Sandy Ryan, who are fighting for the second time on March 29.

The verbal there and back was tight. Price does not believe that Jonas wants to fight her, while Jonas does not think that this will be her most hard test. The price is undefeated as a professional, but Jonas quickly pointed out his lack of experience, and the fact that she was not in the trenches of a great fight.

The fight was also bothering as a potential “guardian change”. 40 -year -old Jonas considered his pension last year. But if the “Miss GB” can keep the future younger opponent, she could fight for all the lanes in a duel that would lead her heritage to a higher level.

But the price, 30, is more than its skills. “Too teenage, too rapid, too good” is her scream.

“I just think there are a lot of experiences I have gone through. But there are a few things about them in the ring [Price] He was not and experienced as a professional, “said Jonas ESPN.

“Do you think you’re faster than Katie Taylor or Caroline Dubois? These are the types of speed to which I am used to. It is rapid, but it is rapid at 75 [kilogram] Boxer against another. I know what a post is. I was with someone who has the fastest hands in the game. “

Commonwealth and Olympic Gold Medalist, Price also said that she could fight for the title of world champion in her first professional fight, which Jonas scoffs.

“When she says [I’m] Not as good as [Mikaela Mayer] … I just think that he probably says it only for cameras or an attempt to enter my skin, but she knows how good I am. This is nothing personal. It’s a great fight and I respect her, but I believe that I am better in all areas, ‘said Price ESPN.

“I was in every amateur tournament and I am the most decorated amateur who left GB. I faced Southpaws, orthodox, people on the front foot, rear foot, heavier girls.

“Yes, he has more experience at Pro Ring, but when I look at the caliber, which is in addition to Katie Taylor, except for Mayer and a girl who knocked her out [Viviane Obenauf] … I don’t judge anyone who she fought. “

Despite her excellent experience and the fact that she has two lanes, Jonas claims to raise the weaker tag.

Jonas’s coach, Joe Gallagher, aimed at those who “bought” to noise around Price and rejected their warrior.

“She was dropped as an amateur, she was dropped in sparrings, it is not so indestructible [force] That everyone is trying to create a narrative – said Gallagher on Tuesday’s media.

“This is not me out of emotion … I just think there are so many” world minds “, boxing people who stay in this buyer.

“Tasha has been beaten, but we do not do, we are unbelievable, [that] We didn’t lose a second of the round.

“Lauren will lose the round on Friday evening and she will lose the fight. Select my words, it will happen and I want to see how everyone will come out and give [Jonas] Her flowers and apologize for overlooking her for this fight. “

The heavyweight between Martin Bakole and Epe Ajagba pretenders was transferred to the base of the event Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull on May 3 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Bakole-Zagba was initially to fight at the event on May 2 Times Square in Up-to-date York. It makes sense to add a fight to the Canelo card. For obvious reasons, it should be strengthened to attract interest. Is

Lance Pugmire from Boxingscene broke the news that Bakole-Zagba was moved to May 3. Bakole (21-2, 16 KO) was eliminated in the second round Joseph Parker Last month, coming as a behind schedule substitute on February 22 at Riyadh.

Knockout threat

Ajagba 6’6 ″ (20-1, 14 KO) is a much larger blow than Parker, and there is a fear that it can get a similar knockout of the bacon. He is a hazardous guy for every warrior and they disappeared.

If there is any effects on Parker’s fight, Ajabaga can exploit it. Martin will not reject it. This is one of the Riyadh seasonal events. So he can’t afford to refuse it.

30-year-old Ajagba will set off from a 13-month dismissal from his 10-round decision on a divided decision on Guido Vianelllo last April 13. In 2016, the Olympian Ajagba won the last five fights since losing to Frank Sanchez 10-Rund with a unanimous decision on October 9, 2021. Ajagba was knocked down in the seventh round of this fight and hopelessly withdrawn by Cuban talent.

Problems with the conditioning of the bacol

Martin did not have a training camp to prepare for the fight, and came for 310 pounds. Parker took advantage of the conditioning of the bacon and tardy movements to knock him out. The blow, which Parker landed on the blow of the knockout, was the one whom the bakol could not see because he threw his right hand. It was a shot that would usually make, but surprised him.

This is a fight that Bakole could win if his weight was in the range of 270 to low 280, but not on 310 pounds. He wounded Parker with a huge right hand in the first round, but he couldn’t finish him because of his bad condition.

Bakole could be on his lap of victory after the victory in the fifth round on Jared Anderson in August last year, when he was contacted as the deputy opponent of Parker. He was unable to fight anyone, not to mention the five best pretender, such as Parker. This is a lesson for warriors: you must stay in the form between the fights.

Coach Natasha Jonas, Joe Gallagher, rejected all the view that Lauren Price is unstoppable or is “the character of Ivan Drago” before the clash on Friday.

Jonas (16-2-1, 9 KO) will defend its WBC and IBF belts in a welterweight in the Royal Albert Hall, while Price (8-0, 2 KO) places its WBO belt on the line throughout the British struggle of uniform.

The computer between the two former Olympians from the GB team was sometimes tight, and Price constantly claims that she is too juvenile and too speedy for Jonas, who has much more experience.

At Wednesday’s press conference, Gallagher said that you cannot buy experience and that the narrative around the inviolability of Price is simply not true.

“The program and narrative is that he is the unbelievable warrior, the figure of Ivan Drago, it is simply not that,” said Gallagher.

“Lauren still says he is younger and faster … David Haye thought he was until Carl Thompson at the age of 40 he had thrown him. You can’t overcome your experience in the ring.

“All the wording of the bite:” She did not lose the round, she did not lose it, “but she will lose the round [on Friday].

“If the judge performs his work, he will most likely get a point removable from his head or holding.”

Jonas repeated Gallagher’s belief that experience would prove the difference on Friday.

“I just think there are a lot of experiences I have gone through. But there are a few things about them in the ring [Price] He was not and experienced as a professional, “said Jonas ESPN.

“The main guards are turned off, the blows are more challenging. I am not someone who just comes to the stick when people still think I’m. I am here to fight and stop the lanes and do more things yourself. “

While two warriors remained cordial in their personal exchanges, both of them presented the highest confidence before the fight.

Despite the airy work of her previous eight opponents, Price also refused to suggest that she would feel pressure if everything did not go.

“I think that the biggest thing in this game is to keep nippy, placid, gathered, will remain composed. If this happens, we go again. I have a great team in me, we return to the corner, we accept instructions, “she said.

“I believe in myself, I know how good I am and I believe that win this fight. That’s all”.