Natasha Jonas
Natasha Jonas is a British professional boxer. As an amateur, she won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2012 AIBA World Championships; bronze in the light welterweight division at the 2011 European Championships; and silver in the light welterweight division at the 2014 European Championships.
Amateur career
Jonas took up boxing in 2005 and by 2010 she had won five ABA Championships in the 64 kg Division for Liverpool club Rotunda ABC. In November 2009 she became the first female boxer to compete for GB Boxing. In the same year she claimed gold in the 64 kg division at the 2009 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, after she overcame Csilla Csejtei of Hungary in the final. Jonas another gold medal in the inaugural GB Amateur Boxing Championships in 2010, when she pipped rival Amanda Coulson by one point in an exciting bout in front of her home fans at Liverpool's Echo Arena.2012 AIBA Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
Jonas made history in Qinhuangdao, China in May 2012, when she reached the semi-finals of the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships to become the first ever female British boxer to qualify for an Olympic Games, she then went on to take the bronze medal and a place in the 2012 London Olympics back to Liverpool with her.2012 Olympic Games
Jonas became the first ever British female boxer to compete at an Olympic Games. Jonas faced Quanitta Underwood of the United States in the round of 16, Jonas emphatically beat Underwood, 21:13 winning three of the four rounds boxed. Her wins set up a quarter-final bout with four-time World Champion, and Ireland's flag-bearer at the Opening Ceremony, Katie Taylor. Jonas lost to Taylor 26:15.Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 11 |  Terri Harper | – | 7 Aug 2020 |  Brentwood, England.png" /> | For WBC and IBO female super-feather titles | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–1 |  Bianka Majlath | TKO | 2, 0:30 | 15 Nov 2019 |  Olympia, Liverpool, England.png" /> | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Bec Connolly | TKO | 4, 1:07 | 12 Jul 2019 |  | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 |  Feriche Mashauri | PTS | 6 | 30 Mar 2019 |  | |
| 7 | Loss | 6–1 |  Viviane Obenauf | TKO | 4, 1:42 | 4 Aug 2018 | Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, Wales.png" /> | Lost WBA International female super-featherweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 |  Taoussy L'Hadji | TKO | 7, 1:44 | 21 Apr 2018 | | Won vacant WBA International female super-featherweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 |  Karina Kopinska | 6 | 25 Feb 2018 |  Manchester, England.png" /> | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Katarina Vistica | TKO | 2, 1:21 | 16 Dec 2017 | Oldham Leisure Centre, Oldham, England.png" /> | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Marianna Gulyas | TKO | 3, 1:23 | 13 Oct 2017 | York Hall, London, England.png" /> | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Bojana Libiszewska | TKO | 4, 1:17 | 30 Sep 2017 | | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Monika Antonik | 1, 1:32 | 23 Jun 2017 |  Newcastle, England.png" /> |
Personal life
Initially intending to be a footballer, Jonas spent eighteen months at St. Peter's College in the United States on a football scholarship, before returning to the United Kingdom and studying media studies at Edge Hill University, Lancashire. She was employed for five years by Liverpool City Council and was a mentor for the Youth Sport Trust for four years, helping to promote sport and healthy lifestyles to school-age children.Jonas is an older sister of footballer Nikita Parris.