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<\/p>\nLauren Price faces off against Stephanie Pineiro in Cardiff tonight<\/p>\n
16:12, 04 Apr 2026Updated 16:24, 04 Apr 2026<\/p>\n
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Welsh boxer Lauren Price (Image: Michael Steele\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Lauren Price faces off against Stephanie Pineiro in Cardiff tonight with belts and pride on the line.<\/p>\n
The two fighters meet at the Utilita Arena, with Price’s WBA, IBF and WBC belts up for grabs.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old Bargoed native has won all 10 of her professional fights after winning Olympic gold at the 2020 Olympics.<\/p>\n
She faces Puerto Rican Pineiro tonight, with a vocal home crowd set to cheer Price on in the Welsh capital.<\/p>\n
It has been a frustrating wait for Price to get back in the ring after so comprehensively beating Natasha Jonas nearly 13 months ago. But tonight promises to be a spectacle in a venue which holds 7,000 spectators – and live in front of the BBC<\/a> cameras, too.<\/p>\n In and out of the ring, Price is handling momentous occasions. She is due to marry her girlfriend, Carlie Jones, in Abergavenny on May 30<\/a>, following the couple’s engagement in April last year.<\/p>\n She told the Guardian<\/a>: \u201cShe\u2019s been in my life a really long time because I\u2019ve known her since we were in the same school<\/a>. She\u2019s two years younger but she\u2019s a good girl. Carlie\u2019s got her own business, caring for old people in terms of going to their homes, and she\u2019s very driven.<\/p>\n “She\u2019s thriving and it\u2019s nice to be with someone who is not part of boxing \u2013 so when I come home it\u2019s not just boxing, boxing, boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n Price’s backstory is made all the remarkable considering what she has had to go through in her life. She hasn’t had it easy.<\/p>\n Given up by her parents at three days old, she was brought up by her grandparents.<\/p>\n Her grandmother, Linda, is still alive and Price visits her in Wales whenever she is not training up in Sheffield.<\/p>\n “Nan is doing OK but of course she\u2019ll be nervous all week,” she added to the Guardian. “She won\u2019t watch the fight on TV, because she finds it too hard, so she\u2019ll wait for a call from my auntie and then she\u2019ll be able to have her cup of tea and a KitKat to celebrate.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s nothing really to say about my biological parents. I don\u2019t think about them. My father\u2019s not here and when he passed away I was fine. I lived with my nan and grandad since I was three days old.\u201d<\/p>\n Her mother hasn’t tried to contact her, she added. \u201cNo, she\u2019s not very well.<\/p>\n “She\u2019s in a mental [institution]. I prefer to think about my amazing grandparents who took me in, loved me, and told me that no dream I have is silly. I\u2019m grateful to have been brought up with love. My nan is such a soft soul and I\u2019m also so grateful she\u2019s still in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Chisora vs Wilder live on DAZN<\/p>\n This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a> \u00a324.99 or \u00a30<\/p>\n DAZN<\/p>\n![\"Content](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Untitled-6jpeg.jpg\"\/)
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