Jade Jones Boxing Returns Tonight Against Federikita in Manchester
jade jones boxing is back tonight, with Jade Jones scheduled to face Federikita at the AO Arena in Manchester on a Misfits Boxing card. The fight puts a 2X taekwondo Olympic gold medallist into a boxing ring again, with Tommy Fury vs Eddie Hall topping the same show.
AO Arena in Manchester
Jones goes in with a clear target. She said, "I’ll be going to put in a massive performance, I’ve trained really hard, and I think I’ll get another stoppage." That line matters because it is the only direct read on how she sees the fight: not just to appear on the card, but to finish it inside the distance.
Federikita is the opponent standing in front of her tonight, and the matchup sits on a stacked Misfits Boxing event rather than a standalone bout. That puts Jones in a setting where the attention is split across the full card, but her return still carries the most unusual storyline on it: an Olympic gold medallist switching the canvas for gloves.
Jade Jones and the Jaguar
Jones’s path to this point has already produced a few scenes that sound more like a film script than a fight week. Jaguar started sponsoring her before her first Olympic Games in London in 2012, and after she won her first gold medal, the company offered her a free Jaguar. She was 19 when that call came, and she remembered asking, "Do you want a free Jaguar?" before replying, "Yeah, this is sick."
She described the gift as "amazing," but the car brought its own problems. Jones said, "I’d always get stopped by the police because they didn’t believe it was mine." She also called it "a big old man’s car" and said, "Sometimes, I used to drive around in my pajamas." Those details leave a sharper picture of her life before boxing: already famous, still young, and not especially interested in playing the part that came with the car.
Tommy Fury and Eddie Hall
The card itself is built around Tommy Fury and Eddie Hall, with Jones tucked into a show designed to pull a wide audience. For her, the immediate task is simpler than the broader spectacle. She is back in the ring, facing Federikita, and she has already set the expectation she wants to meet with a stoppage.
That leaves tonight with a clean measuring stick. If Jones delivers the performance she expects, the result will add another step to a boxing transition that has already moved from novelty to live assignment in Manchester.
