Dmitriy Salita, the promoter for undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields, has revealed that a proposal has been introduced to Natasha Jonas, who at present holds the unified crown at junior middleweight.
Final October, Shields made one other assertion when she traveled to the UK to win a dominant ten spherical unanimous choice over profession rival Savannah Marshall on the O2 Enviornment in London. There was the potential of a right away rematch, however the second contest seems to be extra more likely to occur down the road.
Jonas noticed motion final November, when she boxed previous beat Marie-Eve Dicaire to safe a unanimous choice of their 154-pound unification conflict.
Neither fighter is at present scheduled to see motion and each Shields and Jonas have expressed curiosity in a 2023 showdown.
Salita is trying to make it occur, however he is but to listen to again from Jonas’ workforce.
“We love the combat,” Salita informed Sky Sports activities. “The ball is in Natasha’s courtroom I do know she talked about desirous to combat Claressa however has not stepped as much as the plate to simply accept it after receiving a proposal.”
And there’s no difficulty with Shields making one other journey to the UK to make that combat occur.
“Sure we love the UK boxing tradition, it is followers and media,” mentioned Salita. “To return to UK for boxing is all the time a vacation.
“Claressa travelled hundreds of miles away from her dwelling to avenge her solely loss in one other occasion that broke viewership information for not simply boxing, however ladies’s sports activities.
“Claressa grew up in one of the vital difficult locations Flint, Michigan USA. She understands her position, offers again her money and time in her neighborhood and understands what she represents world wide.”
