It took until the fifth round for Jonas to unleash her backhand, and when she did, Price barely seemed to notice.

In the end, on a historic night for British boxing, it was Lauren Price who was proven right. All the talk in the build-up to her unification showdown with Natasha Jonas centred around predictions made by both fighters.

The Welsh superstar dominated from start-to-finish as the 30-year-old made history at the Royal Albert Hall in London against the British boxing veteran