Fight Week Preview

It's a very quiet week for sweet science, just one BOXXER card over in the UK but it's a pretty well-matched card. Inthe main event Natasha Jonas, of Liverpool, England, 14-2-1 (9), defends her IBF world title against former Super Featherweight unified champion, American Mikaela Mayer, 19-1 (5). Mayer held 130-pound world titles from 2020 to 2023. She lost her share of the straps to Alycia Baumgardner in a unification bout in late 2022. Mayer bounced back in 2023, picking up wins at 135 and 140 pounds. This will be her first fight at 147. Jonas held world titles at 154 and moved down to 147, which does seem more of a natural weight for the Brit, and outslugged Kandi Wyatt and scored an 8th-round TKO to take the vacant IBF welterweight title.

The card also features a rematch between Jack Cullen, 22-4-1 (10), of Lancashire, United Kingdom, and Zak Chelli of London, UK , 14-2-1 (7). The pair fought to a hotly disputed draw in 2020 at Eddie's Garden. Chelli has bounced back and gone 7-1 (4) since the draw and last fought in September and scored a 4th-round TKO of a fighter with well over 100 losses. Cullen has had mixed results since the draw with the Londoner going just 4-2 (1), but did score a third round TKO of Mark Heffron in his last outing back in September.

Also on the card are undefeated prospects Aaron McKenna, 17-0 (8), of Smithborough, Ireland and Super Middleweight Mark Jeffers, 16-0 (4). Each undefeated prospect takes a major step up. McKenna, a Junior Middleweight, battles Linue Udofia, and Jeffers takes on fringe contender Germaine Brown for the Engish Super Middleweight title.