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.

Liverpool's Natasha Jonas failed to add the WBA welterweight belt to her world title collection when she faced Wales' Lauren Price on Friday in London. A