Katie Taylor vs. Natasha Jonas fight odds, picks and prediction
We get a 10-round WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA women's lightweight title bout Saturday when Katie Taylor and Natasha Jonas meet at AO Arena in Manchester, U.K. The undercard is set to begin at 2 p.m. ET, with the Taylor-Jonas fight set for approximately 4 p.m. ET. Below, we break down the Taylor vs. Jonas odds, with boxing picks and predictions. The fight card is televised on DAZN.
Taylor vs. Jonas: Fight odds
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports' betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:50 a.m. ET.
Katie Taylor -500 (bet $500 to win $100) | Natasha Jonas +400 (bet $100 to win $400) | Draw +1400
Taylor has an implied win probability of 83.33% with the -500 money line odds. Those odds can be expressed as a fraction of 1/5 or a decimal of 1.2.
Taylor vs. Jonas: Tale of the tape
Katie Taylor
Taylor (17-0, 6 KOs) fought Jonas (9-1-1, 7 KOs) at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the Irish fighter won that bout in the quarterfinals en route to a gold medal. Now, she has different hardware on the line in the form of the WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA straps.
The 34-year-old Taylor will look to use her 65-inch reach to her advantage. She has done a very good job in recent fights, using her form to wow the judges, but she hasn't had a knockout since dropping Rose Volante in Philadelphia March 15, 2019. Her past four fights have each gone the distance, including twice against Delfine Persoon, including one majority decision. This will be her first fight back in Manchester since topping Christina Linardatou on Nov. 2, 2019.
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Natasha Jonas
Jonas is still smarting after that Olympics loss, and she sees this as a chance at redemption on the global stage. Women's boxing has really taken off in the past nine years, and this fight is dubbed as the largest women's fight in England's history.
Jonas is coming off a split-decision draw against Terri Harper last time out at the Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood Aug. 7, 2020. Before that, four of her previous five fights resulted in KO/TKOs, including a technical knockout loss to Viviane Obenauf in Cardiff, Wales Aug. 4, 2018.
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Taylor vs. Jonas: Odds, predictions and picks
Taylor (-500) is a two-weight champion and one of the most decorated fighters in women's boxing history. If Jonas (+400) is to have any chance in this fight, she'll need to constantly apply pressure and be a bulldog, similar to what we have seen Persoon do to Taylor to come ever so close to springing an upset.
You cannot take Taylor straight up on the 3-way line, as risking five times your potential return is just too much. But she will get this one done, and I like TAYLOR ON POINTS (-175) in a hard-fought battle between these rivals.
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