Natasha Jonas is open to continuing her boxing career after admitting she had a big decision to make following her defeat to Lauren Price. Jonas was outpointed after 10 rounds of boxing by the former Team GB star earlier this month, who became the unified welterweight champion as a result of the victory.
And while Jonas, speaking on the Pitch to Pod podcast, admits that she knows her opportunities now are very limited after the defeat at the Royal Albert Hall, the 40-year-old refused to call time on her career. She said: "I don't know, the opportunities now are very limited.
"I think Katie Taylor's got a fight with [Amanda] Serrano. There's potentially going to be a fourth fight if maybe Serrano wins that.
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"They [Mikaela Mayer and Sandy Ryan] fight soon, but then I know Lauren will get the winner of them, which means potentially wait until the end of the year again and another 11 months out, which is just far too long. It's just far too long.
"So we'll see. I'll never, I'll never say never because I've been retiring for the last 10 years. So we'll see. We'll see."
Joe Gallagher, Jonas' trainer and manager, hinted that he would like to see his fighter retire following the defeat to Price. He said: "Natasha has got to have time away with her family and her daughter, go on holiday, and she'll make her decision when she comes back.
"Whatever she chooses to do I'll back her. A year ago I was asking her to retire after she beat Mikaela Mayer so everybody knows how I feel about it. She (Price) was just a little bit too quick and too sharp on the night."
Before he added: "Lauren Price was quick out the blocks, I thought I had it 2-1 at one point, I thought Natasha was pick-pocketing really well with the backhand over the lead hand, but after that she found her groove and started pulling away and Tasha was beginning to get Lauren into situations where she's about to pull the trigger, Lauren could see it coming and upped the pace.
"Somebody said to me 'it was like (Anthony) Crolla', he was brilliant in camp for his last fight and then when he got in it was a split second off with his timing and that's what it was for Natasha.
"But take nothing away from Lauren, it was her night, a fantastic performance for her and she'll go back to Wales and we wish her good luck for the future in her career.
"I thought down the stretch, we did manage to land some decent backhands over the top, but Tasha couldn't get the second or third off whereas Lauren was firing off. Full credit."
