Boxing Dec 07, 2025

Mikaela Mayer urges Lauren Price to take undisputed welterweight world championship fight next

👤
By Admin
Sports Journalist
Mikaela Mayer urges Lauren Price to take undisputed welterweight world championship fight next

Mikaela Mayer has urged Lauren Price to take the undisputed welterweight world championship fight with her next.

Wales' Price is the unified WBC, WBA and IBF 147lb champion, while Mayer is the WBO welterweight world titlist.

The American is targeting Price, but leapt up to super-welter to win the WBC, WBA and WBO championships in that weight class when she beat Mary Spencer last week.

Mayer, though, is willing to move back down to welterweight to pursue her rivalry with Price.

"I definitely want to finish what I started at welterweight. That Lauren Price fight is obviously a big fight. Everyone wants to see it. It's got to get done," Mayer told SportNews.

"I don't need a tune-up fight, I don't even need a lot of rest.

"I'll be ready to go."

Price has not boxed since March, when she unified world titles against Natasha Jones, and so would like a comeback bout first before taking on Mayer next.

However, Mayer cautioned Price against taking an alternative fight in the interim.

"If that's the case, in my brain, I'm thinking I guess I go for 154lb undisputed first, but it's against my good friend Oshae Jones [the IBF belt-holder in that division]," Mayer said.

"I don't want to wait too long, I want to get out early next year."

"We got to make it happen," she said of Price. "To me the timeline doesn't really matter, me fighting Oshae first or fighting Lauren Price first, I really can't be upset about either one, both would be for undisputed so I'm not too picky about that.

"I'm game for either one," she added. "I came this far, one fight away from undisputed at '47 and '54 now."

While there is no love lost between Price and Mayer, the American is friends with Jones. "I hate that we have to fight. I do," she said.

But she reflected: "We worked really hard to get to this position. We got to do what we got to do."

Mayer warned the Welsh star that her experience at 154lb will make her a more formidable welterweight.

"I felt really good at 154, even though it wasn't naturally my weight," Mayer said. "I really do look strong, I still kept my speed.

"I'm letting my combinations go. It all came together good.

"This generation of women we're making the fights happen. I think you might see that a little bit more in the men's division - these rivalries drag out and you don't really get the fights you want to see in a timely manner.

"But us women are getting it done."

Tags:

boxing news id:13463913

Share this article

Related Posts

Tiara Brown and Oshae Jones to make world title defences against Hannah Rapp and Elia Carranza on June 13 MVP bill

Tiara Brown and Oshae Jones to make world title defences against Hannah Rapp and Elia Carranza on June 13 MVP bill

Tiara Brown and Oshae Jones will put their world championships on the line against Hannah Rapp and Elia Carranza on June 13 at Caribe Royale Resort in...

Moses Itauma now looking to win heavyweight world championship 'as soon as possible'

Moses Itauma now looking to win heavyweight world championship 'as soon as possible'

Moses Itauma will look to win a world heavyweight title "as soon as possible," his trainer Ben Davison says.Itauma has already moved quickly for a pre...

Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller defeats Lenier Pero in slugfest win in WBA title eliminator with Deontay Wilder lined up next

Jarrell 'Big Baby' Miller defeats Lenier Pero in slugfest win in WBA title eliminator with Deontay Wilder lined up next

Jarrell Miller could face Deontay Wilder next after he defeated Lenier Pero in a unanimous points decision in a WBA title eliminator in Las Vegas.Mill...

Naoya Inoue defeats Junto Nakatani to defend his undisputed super-bantamweight crown in Tokyo

Naoya Inoue defeats Junto Nakatani to defend his undisputed super-bantamweight crown in Tokyo

Naoya Inoue defeated Junto Nakatani to defend his undisputed super-bantamweight crown in one of the biggest fights in Japanese boxing history.After 12...

David Benavidez calls out Canelo Alvarez after destroying Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez to capture the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles

David Benavidez calls out Canelo Alvarez after destroying Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez to capture the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles

David Benavidez put on a show with Canelo Alvarez sitting ringside on Saturday night, moving up 25 pounds in weight and dominating former sparring par...

Anthony Joshua right to take warm-up before Tyson Fury, says Ben Davison | 'Most people can’t even comprehend the pressure'

Anthony Joshua right to take warm-up before Tyson Fury, says Ben Davison | 'Most people can’t even comprehend the pressure'

Anthony Joshua is making the right decision to take a tune up fight before boxing Tyson Fury, says Ben Davison, who’s trained both men.Joshua is set t...