{"id":515160,"date":"2026-04-06T02:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515160\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:19:14","slug":"lauren-price-looking-ahead-to-wedding-after-victory-over-stephanie-pineiro-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/515160\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Price looking ahead to wedding after victory over Stephanie Pineiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Lauren Price suffered a mouth injury during her victory (Nick Potts\/PA) (PA Wire)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7299d02de8d6e1c3807ec4240f5440e3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Price suffered a mouth injury during her victory (Nick Potts\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Price secured a hard-fought victory in Cardiff, retaining her world welterweight titles, but the bloody encounter has left her hoping her wedding plans for next month remain on track.<\/p>\n<p>Price decisively defeated Stephanie Pineiro over 10 pulsating rounds, with judges scoring the contest 98-92 and 99-91, ensuring the WBA, WBC, and IBF belts stayed in Wales.<\/p>\n<p>However, Price sustained a significant cut to her mouth from the fifth round, leaving her visibly bloodied and prompting nervous glances among her fans.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the injury, she hopes partner Carlie Jones will still marry her on May 30. Price attended a brief post-fight press conference before heading to a nearby hospital for a check-up.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Lauren Price kept hold of her three world title belts after a unanimous points victory over Stephanie Pineiro (Nick Potts\/PA)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"814\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8c4656d999451543c8d44c8c1ab5510b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Price kept hold of her three world title belts after a unanimous points victory over Stephanie Pineiro (Nick Potts\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it looks a lot worse than it is if I\u2019m honest,\u201d said Price, 31, after taking her unblemished professional record to double figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a little cut in my mouth, but (trainer) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/rob-mccracken\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rob McCracken;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Rob McCracken<\/a> kept me calm and collected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully my partner\u2019s still going to marry me in May.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the cuts and bruises might not have disappeared before her hen night next Saturday, Price will venture out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/cardiff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cardiff;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Cardiff<\/a> still on top of the world after producing another measured display in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Pineiro was emboldened by Price\u2019s blood-splattered face and vest, but the Puerto Rican was unable to bridge the gap in class as her own unbeaten record fell.<\/p>\n<p>Price said: \u201cI knew it was going to be tough, I\u2019ve been out of the ring for a year and it was a mandatory defence as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s probably second best in the division well and a tough girl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I showed another level in there in toughness in front of the home fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother level of maturity. Stay calm, stick to my boxing, and get through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Lauren Price (left) goes on the attack against Stephanie Pineiro (Nick Potts\/PA)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"775\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8aa88a3284d20137d61017e4e512493b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Price (left) goes on the attack against Stephanie Pineiro (Nick Potts\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Four-weight world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/claressa-shields\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Claressa Shields;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Claressa Shields<\/a> was ringside in Cardiff, and Price is targeting a two-fight deal with the American with talks already under way between the respective camps.<\/p>\n<p>The pair faced off in the ring after and a match could be made at middleweight \u2013 the division at which Price won Olympic gold in Tokyo five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Price said: \u201cI fully respect Shields. I think she\u2019s the best in the game and to be the best you have to beat the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFull credit to her for what she\u2019s done her in her career, but I honestly believe in myself. I\u2019m just getting better and better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in this game for the biggest fights and I want to be a multi-weight world champion.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Lauren Price (right) poses with American Claressa Shields and hopes to arrange a two-fight deal with the four-weight world champion (Nick Potts\/PA)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"786\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fd7d55d142ed819da4693b1eec1a0f7a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Price (right) poses with American Claressa Shields and hopes to arrange a two-fight deal with the four-weight world champion (Nick Potts\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a great honour it would be to share the ring with Shields, and not just for one fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said to her \u2018I\u2019ll go to America and you come to Wales\u2019 and she shook on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price\u2019s Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom said: \u201cLauren\u2019s that good a fighter that a lot of fighters don\u2019t fancy it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShields is the biggest name in the sport. She recognises that Lauren is coming into her prime at 31 and wants legacy fights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully one in the stadium here in Cardiff because she\u2019s probably too big for this arena now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lauren Price suffered a mouth injury during her victory (Nick Potts\/PA) (PA Wire) Lauren Price secured a hard-fought&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2188,8025,49,9562,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-515160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cardiff","9":"tag-claressa-shields","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-lauren-price","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}