Lauren Value is coming to Liverpool on a mission. When she fights Bexcy Mateus on December 14 she intends to put down a marker for rival world champion Natasha Jonas.
Jonas headlines on the Exhibition Heart this Saturday in an IBF and WBC welterweight world championship unification in opposition to Ivana Habazin, stay on Sky Sports activities.
Additionally on the invoice Wales’ Value will likely be making the primary defence of her WBA welterweight title in opposition to Colombia’s unbeaten Mateus.
Victory, Value is satisfied, will lead her to a showdown with the Jonas-Habazin victor subsequent 12 months.
“Them big fights are coming in 2025, definitely,” Value advised Sky Sports activities. “I’m not looking past this girl. I’ve had a great camp. I’ve been in camp for a long time and all I do is look to put on a show, then move on to bigger and better.”
Value, an Olympic gold medallist, beat former undisputed champion Jessica McCaskill to win the WBA belt. That proves that regardless of solely being seven bouts into her professional profession, Value can combine with the most effective in her weight class.
“People doubted me on that. They said it was too soon for her. But I dealt with that and she was one of the best in the division,” Value mentioned of the McCaskill struggle.
“I always believed in myself. Even to the fact that people said: ‘I thought you would drop a few rounds.’ I didn’t see it like that.
“I can use my velocity, I can use my ability, I can use my ft. And when somebody’s shifting and feinting, it is arduous to be the aggressor. As a result of after they begin lacking early on, it will get tougher for them and it will get simpler so that you can choose your pictures because the rounds go on.
“I’m not big headed at all, I just want the big fights. I say I’ll fight anyone and I genuinely mean that,” she added. “If it was up to me, me and Jonas wouldn’t have other opponents, we’d be fighting each other in December. It is what it is. I get it. I get the pro game, it takes time.”
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Lauren Value obtained an unimaginable reception from followers after turning into Wales’ first feminine boxing world champion
Her time must be coming quickly, so long as she makes no slip ups in opposition to Mateus this Saturday.
“Game. Raw. Wild. Tough,” was how Value described her subsequent opponent.
“Unorthodox sometimes, but you’ve just got to be on your game. You’ve just got to stay disciplined. It’s a massive thing in this game, staying disciplined, staying composed, round by round winning and getting the job done.
“I’ve confronted larger ladies. I have been in there with each single model. I’ve simply bought to give attention to me and what I am good at and getting the job completed. Utilizing my ability, utilizing my velocity and I imagine I come out on prime.”
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Lauren Value claims her welterweight world title with a dominant win over Jessica McCaskill
She is having to bide her time as she waits for the potential struggle with Jonas, however believes her rival is making a mistake by leaving that conflict for subsequent 12 months. Value warns that she’s solely getting higher.
“I haven’t stopped learning. I’m adding stuff to my game all the time. You’ve got to be able to box, you’ve got to be able to fight. You’ve got to be able to do a bit of both. It’s coming together,” she mentioned.
“I’m not fully finished yet. I’m still learning. But at welterweight I believe I can beat them all. I believe who I am now as a fighter, I’ve got the skill, I’ve got the speed, I’ve got the strength to win those fights. I believe in myself, my team believe in me.
“If you happen to name your self a world champion, you are a world champion, then it is best to struggle anybody.”
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Lauren Value claimed the WBA world title after beating Jessica McCaskill on factors and says it’s the begin of many extra large nights in Cardiff
In 2025 she’ll be coming for all of them, together with new WBO welterweight champion, American star Mikaela Mayer.
“I like Mayer a lot and to be honest, out of the whole division, I think she’s the best [of them]. That’s a fight that can definitely happen as well,” Value mentioned. “Those are the big fights that I want.
“I’ve proven I could be up there and blend with the most effective with beating McCaskill the way in which I’ve completed. All through my professional profession I have never dropped a spherical. It is the correct time and that is what I would like.
“I’ve still got things I want to tick off. I want to create a legacy. I want to box in Wales again, I want to become undisputed champion, I want to be a multi-weight world champion. I suppose I’ve just got to be patient. In time those big fights will come.”
Watch Jonas vs Habazin and Value vs Mateus this Saturday stay on Sky Sports activities
