IBF Champion Jonas and WBC Titlist Habazin Meet this Weekend at the Liverpool Exhibition Centre
Lauren Price MBE Faces Bexcy Mateus in a WBA, IBO, and Ring Magazine Welterweight World Championship Fight
STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 12, 2024 – Peacock exclusively streams live coverage of this Saturday’s BOXXER card beginning at 2 p.m. ET featuring a Welterweight world title unification bout as IBF Welterweight champion Natasha Jonas takes on WBC titlist Ivana Habazin from the Liverpool Exhibition Centre.
Jonas (15-2-1, 9 KOs), a Liverpool native fighting in her sixth consecutive title match, successfully defended her belt earlier this year against American Mikaela Mayer by a split decision. Habazin (23-5, 7 KOs) earned the vacant WBC world title by outpointing Kinga Magyar earlier this year.
In the chief support contest, Lauren Price MBE (7-0), the most successful UK amateur boxer of all-time, defends her WBA, IBO, and Ring Magazine Welterweight world titles against unbeaten contender out of Colombia, Bexcy Mateus (7-0, 6 KOs).
Victories by both Jonas and Price MBE could set up a major welterweight world title clash between the British champions next year.
Saturday’s undercard features a Super-Welterweight showdown between Stephen McKenna (15-0) and Lee Cutler (14-1), the return of rising cruiserweight star and reigning English Champion Viddal Riley, unbeaten super-middleweight Mark Jeffers, and more.
BOXXER, the fastest growing boxing promotional company in the UK, and NBC Sports recently announced a media rights partnership that brings the biggest events and brightest stars in boxing to U.S. audiences. The bouts will stream LIVE exclusively in the United States on NBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock with select events airing on NBC.
NBC Sports has brought boxing to millions of viewers across the country beginning with the first-ever live televised fight in 1939, when Lou Nova defeated Max Baer at Yankee Stadium. Over the decades to follow, NBC Sports’ coverage of the sport showcased stars including Joe Louis, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, and Larry Holmes.
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