Lauren Price has her next fight date scheduled for Sunday, December 10 at BIC in Bournemouth, England, where she faces Silvia Bortot. The contest pits 2020 Olympic Gold medallist of the UK against former European champion of Italy. The welterweight contest is featured on the card, topped by Chris Billam-Smith’s WBO cruiserweight title defense against Mateusz Masternak.
Price (5-0, 1 KOs) last fought in September in Manchester, when she defeated Lolita Muzeya via sixth-round technical decision. In May in Birmingham, the 29-year-old southpaw scored a unanimous decision against Kirstie Bavington to land the vacant British welterweight title. In March, the native of Newport, Wales made her international debut as a pro with UD against Naomi Mannes in Paris.
Bortot (11-3-1, 3 KOs) lost two of her previous bout. In September at the same event in Manchester, the native of Motta di Livenza, Italy dropped a points decision against Mikaela Mayer. In May, the 38-year-old suffered the defeat by split decision against Flora Pili in her bid to reclaim the EBU European super lightweight title in Padua, Italy.
“I’m looking forward to December 10th and continuing my progression by finishing the year with a good win to take me into 2024,” Lauren Price said. “Bortot is a good opponent, she’s game and tough like them all but I believe I’m the bigger, stronger and better boxer. She boxed Mayer in her last fight and gave her a good ten rounds, so she will be a good step up. There are some great female fights coming up and I believe next year I will be involved in the big fights.”
In the main event, WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith (18-1, 12 KOs) defends his title against Mateusz Masternak (47-5, 31 KOs). Among other undercard bouts, Lee Cutler (13-1, 7 KO’s) and Kingsley Egbunike (8-2-1, 1 KO) battle it out for the vacant English super welterweight belt. Plus, former Team GB member Ben Whittaker (4-0, 3 KOs) is back in the ring against opponent to be named.
In Australia, Billam-Smith vs Masternak airs live on Monday, December 11.
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