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

Unbeaten Lauren Price was too fast for the veteran Natasha Jonas as she won their unification world welterweight title fight comfortably at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday. Price, of Wales, was the paper-thin favorite but impressively overwhelmed Jonas and won by unanimous decision,

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.