Still considered the world junior welterweight champion despite a draw and a welterweight loss in her last two bouts, Jessica McCaskill will defend the WBA and IBO belts against Olympic gold medal winner Lauren Price on Saturday, May 11th at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and Peacock in the USA. McCaskill won the world championship, including five major title belts, from Cecilia Braekhus in 2020. The majority of those belts have scattered, but McCaskill has not lost a bout at 140 pounds since becoming champion. 

 

As for Price, she is following a glittering amateur career that saw her claim Commonwealth, European and world glory on route to making history as the first Welsh boxer to win Olympic gold. Now 6-0 as a pro, Price can write her name in the record books again by becoming Wales’ first female world champion. The 29-year old from Ystrad Mynach is yet to lose a round in the professional ranks but will face by far her toughest career test when she attempts to dethrone current welterweight ruler McCaskill (12-3-1, 5 KOs). 

 

McCaskill, from Chicago, is a two-weight champion, who unified the WBA and WBC 140-pound titles before moving up in weight to end Brækhus’ decade long reign at the top of the welterweight division. Toppling Braekhus with back-to-back wins in 2021 and 2022, McCaskill became undisputed champion at 147 pounds. McCaskill has previously challenged Katie Taylor for the WBA lightweight Title in 2017 and Chantelle Cameron for the undisputed junior welterweight titles in 2022, losing both times. Most recently, McCaskill fought to a draw with Britain’s Sandy Ryan in a fiercely contested welterweight clash.