Lauren Value may grow to be the Oleksandr Usyk of girls’s boxing, suggests coach Rob McCracken.
Value, like Usyk, is an Olympic gold medallist. As a global novice, like Usyk, she received European and World gold medals too.
One other southpaw transferring up from welterweight to win the Olympic Video games and a number of different accolades at middleweight reveals that Value has the flexibility to maneuver up by the divisions.
World champion Usyk is the consummate instance of that after going undisputed at each cruiserweight and heavyweight as an expert fighter.
Value is simply within the early phases of her personal skilled profession, however she already the WBA welterweight world titlist and her aim is to grow to be the undisputed champion at 147lbs earlier than the top of this 12 months.
The primary very important step in the direction of that aim comes on Friday when Value fights Natasha Jonas in a unification for the WBA, IBF and WBC titles on the Royal Albert Corridor, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Might she grow to be the Oleksandr Usyk of girls’s boxing? “Doubtlessly, doubtlessly sure,” coach Rob McCracken instructed Sky Sports activities.
McCracken is a vastly skilled coach. He guided Carl Froch and Anthony Joshua to the highest of the skilled sport and has had unprecedented Olympic success because the efficiency director of GB Boxing.
After their world title unification combat on the Royal Albert Corridor was introduced, Natasha Jonas says her extremely anticipated combat towards Lauren Value is a stepping stone for the place she desires to be
He stated of Value: “So doubtlessly [the Usyk of women’s boxing]. A bit of labor to do but! However an extended profession forward of her to realize that.
“She’s an excellent expertise. She proved that in profitable every thing as an novice boxer all through the world, not simply within the UK.
“She received each match, Worlds, Europeans, Olympics, every thing. She’s an actual expertise. A number of work to do transferring ahead. A extremely good boxer.
“Assured, she’s naturally gifted as effectively. She’s acquired some actual ability, actual potential and she or he’s bodily as effectively.”
After their world title unification combat on the Royal Albert Corridor was introduced, Lauren Value says she’s ‘over the moon’ that she’ll lastly have the ability to tackle Natasha Jonas within the ring
Watch Natasha Jonas combat Lauren Value on the Royal Albert Corridor dwell on Sky Sports activities on Friday March 7.
