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Boxing

Natasha Jonas wants Hannah Rankin unification fight: "I'd do it anywhere"

Alexander Netherton
Natasha Jonas wants Hannah Rankin unification fight: "I'd do it anywhere"DAZN
The WBO super-welterweight champion wants two more belts.

Natasha Jonas is aiming for a unification fight against Hannah Rankin in her home city of Liverpool.

The Merseyside fighter won the WBO super-welterweight championship when she defeated Christan Namus in February for the vacant belt, and is aiming to add more titles.

Scottish boxer Rankin became the WBA and IBO champion in November last year and is due to fight Alejandra Ayala in her own homecoming, fighting at the Glasgow Hydro Arena on May 13. If she beats her Mexican challenger then Jones hopes a unification clash can be agreed.

"We're waiting to see the outcome of her fight," Jonas told Sky Sports. "The ranking fight is a fight we both want, and we both believe we can win, so it's exciting times.

"The whole point of moving up the weight divisions was to give myself options and I do believe that I've got that now.

"I'd do it anywhere. The idea is to do it, maybe like a homecoming for me in Liverpool. She's having her homecoming for this fight in the Hydro Arena.

"But, I'm not really bothered where I have it to be honest. A fight is a fight, it doesn't make any difference.

"I've gone to people's backyards before, and it doesn't make any difference to me."

After two defeats when fighting for a title, Jonas finally won the WBO belt as she moved up the weight classes. The veteran is relieved to have got past that block.

"I don't think I'll ever tire of hearing that I'm a world champion; it's something I'd set my heart on," Jonas explained.

"I kept on promising myself I was good enough, telling myself I was good enough and telling the world I was good enough. I was just being beaten to the post and not making it.

"It's hard to keep doing that, picking yourself up and going for the next one when it's not happening. Luckily enough, I showed a bit of resilience, and I got the just rewards in the end."