I'm a British boxing trailblazer - but to be considered a legend I need to beat Mikaela Mayer

Natasha Jonas is in a league of her own when it comes to being a true pioneer of women's boxing.

She is someone who has continually set records and raised the bar for what can be achieved in the sport, but standing in the place where it all started, Jonas can’t help but pinch herself at what has happened over the past two years.

Initially intending to be a footballer, she spent 18 months at a college in the United States on a football scholarship. But her dreams of being the next big superstar in women's football came to an abrupt end after she tore her ligament.

But Jonas’ love for sport was reignited when she tried her hand at boxing. In the space of 12 months, she went from lacing up her first set of gloves to fighting for England. From there, she went from being one of the first females to box at the 2012 Olympics in London to becoming Liverpool’s first two-weight world champion.

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Jonas has been instrumental in shattering stereotypes and bringing women to the forefront of the sport. But even now, as she prepares to face Mikaela Mayer at the M&S Bank Arena this weekend, she continues to just take everything in her stride.

“I take it as it comes,” she tells the ECHO. “Even when I first walked through the door, I didn’t have any expectation of doing anything.

“It was just like, do you want to box? I then had a few fights and next thing I went to the championship, won them and next thing I am fighting for England.

“Then the Olympic decision came and the chance to go to the assessments, which I wanted to, and then next thing I was on the team.

“There was always