After Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall filled the O2 Arena and drew in two million viewers, the next frontier for women’s boxing to cross is to have a stadium fight.
Katie Taylor has already said one of her dreams is to box at Croke Park in Ireland. It raises the question as to what will be the first fight in women’s boxing to headline at a UK stadium.
Olympic gold medallist Lauren Price is only two fights into her professional career. But her success as an amateur boxer suggests she has the gifts, eventually, to rival Shields.
Price won every major medal in the amateur ranks, taking gold at the Commonwealth Games, European Games and world championships as well as starring in Tokyo when she triumphed at the Olympic Games last year.
She was a major signing for BOXXER, who staged Shields-Marshall, and promoter Ben Shalom intends to build Price’s profile significantly within the next two years.