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Boxing: Lauren Price set for two-fight deal with Claressa Shields


Lauren Price is expected to return to action this summer before signing a two-fight deal to face fellow Olympic champion Claressa Shields, according to promoter Ben Shalom.

Price, 31, maintained her unbeaten professional record with a unanimous points victory over Stephanie Pineiro in Cardiff on Saturday night.

The Welsh star is set to face an as yet unnamed opponent in August, potentially in the Welsh capital, before a blockbuster double-header with Shields – who was in attendance for Price’s bout with Pineiro at Utilita Arena.

Asked when the duo could face off, Shalom told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast: “Once in the US, and then hopefully once where we can come to either Cardiff City Stadium or the castle (Cardiff Castle) and do that in June next year because I think she’s selling out that arena (Utilita Arena) too fast at the moment.

“She needs somewhere bigger.”



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