Lauren Price MBE has confirmed her next fight. Olympic gold medalistfrom Wales, will be back in the middle of qualifying for the second time since turning pro next month.
Price, a player from the south, opened her account with a premium code in June when she beat Valgerdur Gudtensdottir at the OVO Arena in Wembley, London, exclusively live-streaming on Sky Sports.
Sky Sports confirmed Price will take on the role of Hungary’s Timea Belik (6-6, 2 KOs), as part of the supporting cast for the highly anticipated showdown between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall at London’s O2 Arena on September 10. .
Shields, WBC, WBA Super and IBF world middleweight champion, will face former amateur rival MarshallWBO champion from Hartlepool in England, in an undisputed fight for all marbles.
Mikaela MayerWBO and IBF super featherweight champion, will meet IBO and WBC queen Alycia Baumgardner in the main support competition, while taking action against Karriss Artingstall, the aforementioned Price partner.
Experienced French runner Marina Sakharov (5-16-2, 3 KOs) will be in the corner across from her as she looks for two wins out of two since her Skydome debut at Coventry six weeks ago.
Former Team GB star Caroline Dubois (3-0.2 KOs) will bid to show, again, exactly what she wants when she gets a spot.
Was brilliant at Bournemouth late last month, stopping Happy Daudi in the third round, as part of the supporting cast to Defended Chris Billam-Smith’s European and Commonwealth cruiser title against Isaac Chamberlain.
Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom revealed that Dubois will return with this card and she’s up against seasoned professional Bulgarian Milena Koleva (10-14-1, 4 KOs), a former opponent of the champion world undisputed Katie Taylor, in six innings of lightweight.
There are also slots for Portsmouth’s Ebonie Jones (2-0-1), while the exciting American flyweight Ginny Fuchs will appear and once beat April Hunter.
Hunter’s Northeastern compatriot Georgia O’Connor fights for the third time as a professional on cards and Shannon Ryan looks set to extend her undefeated record alongside German bantamweight superstar Sarah Leigmann ( 4-0, 1 KO), who took on Swindon’s Bec Connolly.
