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Unified champion Natasha Jonas could change weights for next world championship fight, says Ben Shalom

Unified champion Natasha Jonas could change weights for next world championship fight, says Ben ShalomDAZN

Promoter Ben Shalom is open to setting up a rematch between Natasha Jonas and Katie Taylor.

Jonas fought at super welterweight in Manchester on Saturday night, adding Marie Dicaire’s IBF belt to her WBC and WBO straps in a successful bid for unification at 154lbs.

Jonas secured a unanimous 100-90, 98-92, 97-93 decision over ten rounds, and after the fight the champion praised her Canadian opponent for pushing her ‘beyond her best’.

For Jonas, names like Taylor, Jessica McCaskill and Claressa Shields would be high-profile events for next.

Shalom told Sky Sports after the fight that Jonas would consider all these options.

"She wants the Katie Taylor rematch. She wants Jessica McCaskill for all the [welterweight] belts. She wants Claressa Shields [at super-welter]. She feels she's completed everything," he said.

"[A Jonas-Taylor rematch] is the fight that makes the most sense if we're all thinking about where we could go. We saw what Shields vs. Marshall did. If we take a step back and say 'how do we make something really special', I think Jonas is the biggest name now I would say from England in women's boxing, and Katie Taylor is a huge star of the sport, between her and Claressa Shields for the biggest star.

"That for me is the fight that's going to get the most attention from the casual fans, from the biggest audiences. I think it's the fight that will get the biggest audience at this time with the support Natasha's had on Sky and obviously where Katie Taylor's at. So hopefully they may be sensible on the other side and we can make that fight.

"It has to appeal to Katie. We respect Katie Taylor massively. She will have seen Tasha Jonas' ascendancy over the past year and I think if she wants a legacy fight, if she wants the biggest fight possible and she wants something to take home that fans can really buy into then I think Tasha Jonas is the fight. I think I would not be averse to Natasha Jonas going to fight Katie Taylor at Croke Park."

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