Summary
Olympic champion Lauren Price will fight Jessica McCaskill for the IBO, WBA and Ring Magazine welterweight world titles on Saturday night. The 26-year-old was once a part-time cabbie and a kickboxing world champion before becoming a professional boxer. She also represented both Cardiff City and Wales on the football pitch.
Lauren Price is relishing the prospect of fighting in front of a home crowd as she challenges Jessica McCaskill for her WBA, WBC and IBO welterweight titles. Price admits there had been some lingering uncertainty over how she might be received by fans when it was announced she would face McCaskil.
Jessica McCaskill takes on Lauren Price in a huge world title fight on Sunday. Former undisputed world champion Jessica McCaskil is in Wales for a homecoming fight. McCaskills has been as enthused as any fan or fighter about a week in the Welsh sunshine.
"She gets too nervous. She gets too excited. She wants to go home to her family. She doesn't want to go to work. She just wants to be with her family," says the former England captain. "She wants to spend time with her friends and family. That's what she wants to do"
