Jonas, a former Olympic boxer, will today announce her decision to come out of retirement and turn professional James Glossop for The TimesTwo years after retiring from the ring and 16 months after giving birth to daughter Mela, former GB Olympic boxer, Natasha Jonas will today announce she is making a comeback — this time as a professional under the guidance of 2015 Ring Magazine Trainer of the Year, Joe Gallagher. The Liverpool-born 32-year-old was a five-times national champion as an amateur and in 2012 became Team GB’s first female Olympic boxer when she beat the American, Quanitta Underwood in the first bout of the women’s competition at the London Olympics. Jonas fell short of the medal podium then, losing to eventual gold medallist, Katie Taylor, in a lightweight quarter-final bout that many remember as one of the tournament’s highlights. Now big promoters like Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren are signing females and putting them on big showsIt was seeing Taylor turn professional at…

Source: The Times April 11, 2017 07:58 UTC