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Lauren Price MBE will be competing in her fourth professional fight when she takes on former European champion Kirstie Bavington in Birmingham on May 6.
The winner will be crowned the first-ever British women’s welterweight champion and will win a coveted Lonsdale belt.
What is a Lonsdale belt?
Introduced in 1909 and named in honour of Lord Lonsdale, the great patron of British boxing, the British championship belt was created as a prize to be awarded to the domestic champions across the various weight classes.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Price, from Ystrad Mynach, has won all three of her fights since turning professional a year ago.
A former Wales international footballer, Price’s most recent win came against Germany’s Naomi Mannes in Paris last month.
Her first professional fight came in June, where she beat Iceland’s Valgerdur Gudstensdottir with a unanimous points decision at the Wembley Arena.
In October, Price defeated Hungary’s Timea Belik at the O2 Arena in London, earning her first stoppage victory.
Ahead of her fight with Bavington, Price said: “It’s a complete honour. It’s another thing to add to my list to go and make history.
“I can’t believe it really. It’s a very proud moment for me.
“I was looking forward to boxing on May 6 anyway. But this is the icing on the cake. To fight in my fourth professional fight for such a prestigious title is the direction I want to go in. It’s absolute honour.”
Robert Smith, General Secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control, said: “Women’s boxing has come on tremendously and now we have a British Championship. The winner will indeed be a worthy champion of this historic bout.”
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