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Lauren Price focuses on world title bout ahead of wedding
Lauren Price celebrates victory against Natasha Jonas (not pictured) following the IBF, IBO and WBC World Welter weight bout at the Royal Albert Hall, London, March 7, 2025

LAUREN PRICE admits that her wedding plans have taken a back seat with multiple world titles on the line against Stephanie Pineiro Aquino.

Welsh fighter Price defends her WBA, WBC and IBF world welterweight belts on home soil in Cardiff on April 4, less than two months before walking down the aisle.

The 31-year-old Olympic gold medallist — who trains in Sheffield in the week before returning to Wales on weekends — is marrying partner Carlie Jones at a Monmouthshire country house on May 30.

“Carlie phones me up and says things like, ‘I don’t want to pester you, but what about getting this mirror?’,” Price told the Press Association.

“But I can’t get too involved with the wedding now. She knows I’ve got a job to do and I will be able to sort things out after April 4.

“It’s going to be a mad few weeks. I’ve got my home hen in Cardiff on April 11 and I’m turning up for that as world champion.

“But I don’t think about all the belts being on the line. I don’t put pressure on myself, I just see it as another fight that I’ve got to win.”

Price has an unblemished 9-0 professional record after ending a stellar amateur career with middleweight gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

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