Ebonie Jones has opened up on the “bittersweet” decision to retire from boxing having not achieved all she wanted to in the sport.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old announced on social media, external<\/a> at the start of November that she would be hanging up her gloves after failing to make weight for a fight against Tysie Gallagher six months prior.<\/a><\/p>\n Jones was scheduled to step into what she called “the biggest fight of her career” for British and Commonwealth titles at Doncaster Rovers’ Eco-Power Stadium. <\/p>\n Since the cancelation, the Portsmouth fighter had not posted anything further on the matter before announcing her shock retirement at the start of the month. <\/p>\n In a post on Instagram, Jones teased that “maybe one day” she might return to the sport but for now she wants to live “a normal life”. <\/p>\n “It’s intense training, extreme dieting from a young age and over time obviously that can take its toll not just physically but mentally,” Jones told BBC South Today.<\/p>\n “I’m very hard on myself so it’s like a bittersweet thing for me hanging up with gloves because I feel like I didn’t really sort of go and achieve all that I wanted to.<\/p>\n “Boxing’s only ever done good for me and I’ve got a lot to give back to it, the sport’s given me a lot but I think now it’ll be nice to spend time with loved ones.”<\/p>\n Jones retires with an unbeaten record, winning six times in seven professional bouts and one draw. <\/p>\n As an amateur the featherweight experienced plenty of success, winning 60 of her 65 bouts and claiming multiple national and British titles as well as European under-22 success along the way.<\/p>\n