24 Facts About Lauren Price

Lauren Louise Price was born on 25 June 1994 and is a Welsh professional boxer, former amateur boxer and former kickboxer and footballer.

Lauren Price has held the unified WBA, WBC, IBF, IBO and Ring female welterweight since March 7,2025.

Lauren Price was the first-ever female British professional boxing champion having won the welterweight title on 6 May 2023 and holding it until vacating the belt when she became World champion.

Lauren Price played football for several years with Cardiff City, winning the inaugural season of the Welsh Premier Women's Football League in 2013.

Lauren Price gave up playing football in 2014 to focus on her boxing career.

Lauren Price was born in Newport, Wales but grew up in Bargoed, Caerphilly, where she was brought up by her grandparents.

Lauren Price showed a keen interest in several sports, taking up football, netball and kickboxing at the age of ten, the last after encouragement from her grandfather.

Lauren Price went on to become a four-time world champion and six-time European champion in the sport and later competed in Taekwondo.

Lauren Price was named the club's Player of the Year during their title winning season.

Lauren Price was named the Football Association of Wales Club Player of the Year.

In 2014, Lauren Price stepped away from football to concentrate on her boxing career ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Lauren Price initially took up boxing as a teenager but became further involved in the sport after watching British fighter Nicola Adams win gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Lauren Price met Ariane Fortin in the semi-final but suffered a split decision defeat.

Lauren Price claimed another bronze medal at the 2016 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships.

In May 2019, Lauren Price was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, winning the gold medal.

Lauren Price competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, beating Dutch boxer Nouchka Fontijn in the middleweight semi-final.

Lauren Price went on to win gold against Li Qian of China, making her the first Welsh boxer of any gender to win an Olympic gold medal.

On 6 May 2023 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England, Lauren Price won the first British women's title fight in professional boxing history, becoming the first female British welterweight champion and the first woman to receive a Lonsdale Belt.

Lauren Price won the contest by unanimous technical decision after an accidental clash of heads that took place in the fifth round caused an injury to McCaskill's eye and she was ruled unable to continue at the start of round nine.

Lauren Price made the first defense of her WBA, IBO and Ring welterweight titles against Bexcy Mateus in Liverpool, England on 14 December 2024.

Lauren Price defeated Natasha Jonas by unanimous decision at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on 7 March 2025 to retain her WBA welterweight title, and claim the WBC and IBF titles.

Lauren Price studied a Foundation Degree in Football Coaching and Development at the University of South Wales.

Lauren Price was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to boxing.

Lauren Price's partner was featherweight boxer and fellow southpaw Karriss Artingstall for some time, but in April 2025 Price announced her engagement to Carlie Jones.