(APR 30) This month, in what was a tough test with one of her most challenging opponent, on April 21,  Liverpool's 2012 Olympian Natasha Jonas, 129½, now 6-0-0 (5KO), won by a seventh round TKO [1:44], in her first scheduled ten round bout over Taoussy L'Hadji, 128¼, now 5-7-1 (0KO), of Oise, France. The closely fought battle between these two were very close on the scorecards, until Jonas stopped her after she threw a barrage of combinations, which ultimately led to the referee stopping the fight. Jonas collected her first title when she won the vacant WBA International Super Featherweight title.

Matt Horan of Sky Sport wrote, " The 33-year-old was pushed all the way by a defiant L'Hadji but she produced an explosive finish in the seventh to become the first fighter to stop her French foe. Miss GB', who notched up her sixth win from as many fights, received a rapturous applause as she made her way to the ring and Jonas got straight down to action, forcing the fight with some swift and eye-catching combinations. "

Another observer of the bout, said on the eyeonthering.com, "What a fight changer from Natasha----- Jonas struggled, L'Hakji was awkward, in great shape, and there to win, the fight was very close, but Jonas took risks when she needed to kept her composure, used her defence, and found the finish, great! The stoppage may have been premature, but she was dazed, could have given her a chance, but you can't really complain."

33-year old Jonas has come a long way in the sport. She took up boxing in 2005, and had won five ABA Championships in the 64 kg Division for the Liverpool club Rotunda ABC. In 2009, she became the first female boxer to compete for GB Boxing, and in the same year she won the gold in the 64 kg division at the 2009 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in Bulgaria. Jonas won another Gold medal in the inaugural GB Amateur Boxing Championships in 2010. [credit-wiki]

In May of 2012, she made history in China, 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 the Olympic Games. In the quarter-finals she fought Katie Taylor, losing to Taylor.

On June 23, 2017, at the Walker Activity Dome, in Newcastle, Jonas made her pro debut, moving on from the amateurs. Jonas, 135, fought Monika Antonik, 136, stopping Antonik 1:32 seconds of the first round, with the bout being scheduled for four rounds.

Jonas then went on to fight Bojana Libiszewska, at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, stopping Libiszewska 1:17 in the fourth round.

Having two more fights in 2017, she defeated Marianna Gulyas by TKO in the third round of a six-round bout; and Katarina Vistica, where she stopped Vistica in the second round by TKO in another six-round bout.

After the tough battle with L'Hadji this month, there is talk about Jonas having a future fight with Katie Taylor. According to news sources, Jonas wants to win a world title at super featherweight first before taking on Taylor.