ESPN’s No. 1 women’s pound-for-pound fighter<\/a>, has won titles in five weight classes and claimed gold at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n![]()
Lauren Price (R) is in talks to fight Claressa Shields at middleweight.\u00a0Nick Potts\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Price, who is No. 8 on ESPN’s pound-for-pound list, is also an Olympic gold medallist and has had a fast rise since turning professional in 2022.<\/p>\n
Shalom told ESPN a deal for Price to face Shields over two fights at the 160-pounds middleweight limit is in the works.<\/p>\n
“Very close. [It’s the] biggest fight in women’s boxing,” Shalom said.<\/p>\n
“A two-fight deal, one in the U.S., one in the U.K. The broadcasters haven’t been decided, it’s a major fight and there will be a lot of different broadcasters involved I imagine. But first and foremost the fight looks on.”<\/p>\n
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Shalom’s Boxxer have a broadcast deal with the BBC in the U.K. while Shields is signed with Salita Promotions and Wynn Records.<\/p>\n
Price has never fought at middleweight as a professional, but did so as an amateur, while Shields has had several fights and won world titles in the division.<\/p>\n
Price is expected to fight in August at 154lbs before facing Shields at 160lbs at the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Shields’ promoter, Dmitriy Salita, agreed with Shalom that the fight would be huge and have a big impact on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n
“Claressa vs. Price is the biggest fight in women’s boxing, a true legacy-defining event between two Olympic gold medalists and current world champions representing the U.S. and the U.K., two countries with the deepest traditions in the sport,” Salita told ESPN.<\/p>\n
“When the best from both sides meet, it creates something special, not just in the ring, but globally. This is a fight that can elevate boxing and women’s boxing as a whole.<\/p>\n
“For Claressa, it’s also part of a bigger purpose. She has consistently used boxing as a platform to push for equality — in pay, exposure, recognition, and respect. That’s why, from the very beginning of her career, she has sought out the best challengers from around the world.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lauren Price is close to securing a two-fight deal to face undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields, promoter Ben…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-524551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524551","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=524551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}