‘We have to hustle harder than the men’: Mikaela Mayer and Natasha Jonas on the risks that are changing a sport
Natasha Jonas vs Mikaela Mayer feels like a Rubik’s Cube of a fight. Perhaps it will feel like that kind of frustrating, disorientating undertaking to the boxers on Saturday night; either way, it feels like that from the other side of the ropes, while attempting to break down the contest.
In one corner will be Liverpool’s own Jonas, greeted by a hometown crowd. In the other will be Mayer, having crossed the pond for the fourth time in as many fights. Every roar from the stands and the floor may prove crucial to Jonas if the bout reaches the final bell and the judges are needed. Her American opponent, meanwhile, will look to
