Natasha Jonas

Natasha Jonas is an incredibly talented professional boxer, who made headlines as the first British female boxer in history to qualify for the Olympics. A Two-Weight World Champion, Natasha has held the unified WBC and WBO female light-middleweight titles since 2022. Winner of the 2022 British Boxer of the Year Award from the British Boxing Board of Control, the first woman to win the award, Natasha is an inspirational sportswoman who is a role model to many budding female boxers. Today, amongst media appearances and fights, Natasha is sought after to share her story of success as a motivational sports speaker at a variety of corporate and public speaking engagements.

Before achieving great success as a boxer, Natasha initially pursued a career as a footballer – securing a Football Scholarship at St. Peter’s College, USA. Unfortunately, Natasha’s dreams of becoming a professional footballer were cut short by an injury. Despite setbacks, Natasha went on to find her love for boxing, taking up the sport in 2005. Enjoying an immensely successful amateur career, Natasha claimed titles such as Gold at the 2009 Women’s European Union Amateur Boxing Championships and Gold at the inaugural GB Amateur Boxing Championships. By 2010, Natasha had successfully claimed five ABA Championships wins, competing in the 64kg division for Rotunda ABC. 

In 2012, Natasha made one of her greatest achievements. After reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, Natasha incredibly became the first-ever female British boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games. Competing at the 2012 London Olympic Games, Natasha successfully fought off her opponents to reach the quarter-finals but was unfortunately beaten. When she is not fighting in elite boxing matches, Natasha is regularly featured in the media, having previously appeared on the Channel 4 documentary Knockout Scousers and regularly interviewed by Sky Sports Boxing. Natasha has also previously been a Mentor of the Youth Sport Trust, using her stature as a professional boxer to promote sports and healthy lifestyles to young people, and starred on Azam TV to motivate local female amateur boxers to overcome challenges on the route to professional boxing.

With an inspirational story to her name, Natasha Jonas is now a popular choice when looking to hire a boxing or motivational sports speaker for corporate and public events. With a host of successes under her belt, Natasha knows what it takes to achieve peak performance in elite sport – something that she discusses as a motivational speaker. If you are looking for a current and empowering female boxer to speak at your next event, don’t hesitate to hire Natasha Jonas.