Natasha Jonas defends her IBF welterweight title against Mikaela Mayer on Saturday, January 20 at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. The pair battles it out in the main event live on ESPN+. A day before the fight show the athletes step on the scales to make it official.
Liverpool’s two-division world champion Natasha Jonas (14-2-1, 9 KOs) makes the first defense of her belt. Former unified super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer (19-1, 5 KOs) of Woodland Hills, California looks to conquer a new division.
Both fighters made the required 147-pound championship limit and are eligible for the belt. Natasha Jonas weighed-in at 146 lbs. Mikaela Mayer showed 146.3 lbs. The contest is scheduled for 10 rounds.
The co-main event is an all-British super middleweight rematch between Jack Cullen (22-4-1, 10 KOs) of Bolton and Zak Chelli (14-2-1, 7 KOs) of London. The fighters tipped the scales at 167.3 lbs and 166.3 lbs, respectively.
Also on the card, British Karriss Artingstall (5-0, 1 KOs) came in at 124.3 lbs for her featherweight bout against Braizilian Lila dos Santos Furtado (9-1, 1 KOs), who was 124 lbs. In addition, Aaron McKenna (17-0, 8 KOs) of Ireland showed 168 lbs for his super middleweight bout against Linus Udofia (19-2, 9 KOs) of Nigeria, who was 171 lbs.
Get Jonas vs Mayer full fight card and weights below.
Jonas vs Mayer fight card
- Natasha Jonas (146) vs. Mikaela Mayer (146.3), 10 rounds, welterweight – Jonas’ IBF welterweight title
- Jack Cullen (167.3) vs. Zak Chelli (166.3), 12 rounds, super middleweight – Cullen’s British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles
- Karriss Artingstall (124.3) vs. Lila dos Santos Furtado (124), 6 rounds, featherweight
- Aaron McKenna (168) vs. Linus Udofia (171), 10 rounds, super middleweight
- Mark Jeffers (167) vs. Germaine Brown (167), 10 rounds, super middleweight – Jeffers’ English and Commonwealth Silver super middleweight title
- Jack Massey (204) vs. Steve Eloundou Ntere (201), 6 rounds, cruiserweight
- Mikie Tallon (111) vs. Adam Yahaya (113), 4 rounds, flyweight
- Stephen Clarke (160) vs. Vasif Mamedov (166.3), 4 rounds, middleweight