Tasha Jonas January Diary

30.01.12

By @TashaJonas

I boxed in Sweden last weekend but lost my bout to Helena Falk. I’ve boxed her four times now and I’ve won two and she’s won two. It was just one of those things. It was scored 24-21 and really close. I hate saying that because it just sounds like you’re whinging. Lets just say I may have thought I’d won on a different day.

It’s only 6 months until the Olympics now but we only have a plan until March. We have a yearly diary but things change that often throughout the year that they just give it us every three months. We go to Brazil for two weeks on Sunday and when we get back there’s a tournament in Bulgaria. A week after that there’s a tournament in Russia and the week after that there’s a tournament in Poland!


Because there are three of us competing for the 60kg spot (myself, Chantelle Cameron and Amanda Coulson) I don’t think I’ll get to go to all of the tournaments but if I had a choice - and I probably won't! - I’d prefer to go to Bulgaria or Russia. The Bulgarian one is quite a big tournament because a lot of countries compete. The Russian one probably isn’t as big but would be good because one of my main rivals is from there and I haven’t boxed her yet. I’d like to get those first time jitters out of the way.


The Brazil trip was supposed to be just a training camp but because so many countries are going to be there at the same time - Argentina, Peru, maybe Venezuela and a few other countries– I think we are gonna get some bouts now. I haven’t come cross many of the South American boxers before but the Brazilian girl (Adriana Araujo) did well in the world championships and only got beaten by Katie Taylor or Dong Cheng I think. She stopped a couple of her opponents in the worlds and is supposed to be quite strong so it’ll be good to find out what she’s like.

We’re going to Sao Paulo and it’s supposed to be quite a poor area. There are rough parts everywhere though so as long as you’re sensible about where you go it’ll be fine. Some people say Liverpool’s rough and it could be if you don’t know where you’re going!



I’ll let you know how it went next month.



Until then,



Tasha