Lauren Price looks to stay on course for a shot at undisputed welterweight glory when she defends her WBC, WBA and IBF titles against Stephanie Pineiro Aquino at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff on Saturday.
Ben Shalom’s BOXXER promote Price vs Pineiro Aquino and BBC Two televise live in the UK.
After claiming a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics, Price (9-0, 2 KOs) made history in just her fourth professional bout, becoming the inaugural British female welterweight champion.
The unbeaten 31-year-old won her first world title in her seventh fight against Jessica McCaskill and after one defence, she ripped away the WBC and IBF crowns from Natasha Jonas last May to become unified welterweight titlist.
Pineiro Aquino (10-0, 3 KOs) heads to Price’s hometown as the reigning WBA interim champion and mandatory challenger.
The undefeated 35-year-old will fight outside of her native Puerto Rico for the first time and became interim holder in September, making one defence.
Prediction: Pineiro Aquino is a relative unknown, unbeaten and with nothing to lose so presents her own dangers, but Price is a special talent and should claim a dominant decision.
Edwards-Powar clash for British title
Welsh hope Rhys Edwards vies for the vacant British featherweight title against Gully Powar.
Edwards (17-1, 4 KOs) suffered his first professional defeat in December 2024, outpointed by Peter McGrail on four days’ notice.
The 26-year-old ran McGrail close and got back to winning ways with a points win over Thomas Essomba last June.
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Powar (13-1, 1 KO) reached the last 16 of the WBC Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia, beaten by Brandon Mosqueda last June.
The 23-year-old bounced back with a low-key points victory over Paul Scaife last July.
Prediction: Edwards can become the new British champion by decision.
Remaining Undercard
In a battle of unbeaten super featherweights, Kane Shepherd (8-0, 3 KOs) should take the vacant Celtic crown on points against Teo Alin (6-0, 1 KO), while Lewys Parfitt (5-0, 1 KO) can secure the vacant Welsh welterweight title by the same method against Morgan McIntosh (5-1).
Kyran Jones (13-0, 1 KO) can see off Connor Goulding (5-9) on points in their middleweight battle and Yuvrag Karia (8-0, 4 KOs) can remain unbeaten by outpointing Jake Pollard (1-106).
At super featherweight, Jacob Robinson (11-1, 2 KOs) can outpoint Caine Singh (4-9-2) and Mikey O’Sullivan (0-0) should do the same on debut against Jose Manuel Perez (15-30-1, 10 KOs).
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