Three-weight world champion Clarissa Shields has called out Lauren Price for a blockbuster fight at middleweight.
Shields issued her challenge for a showdown at 165lbs in response to the Welsh fighter saying the American “would have to come down” in weight, but what a “great fight” it would make.
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“I’d love to do a two-fight, three-fight [deal], it’d be amazing,” Price told Betfred.
Shields – a five division champion and one of the greatest female boxers of all-time – responded to Price via X.
“We both won Olympic gold medals at 75kg aka 165 pounds. I’d gladly welcome a showdown with you at 165 pounds,” she said.
“And I’ll show you why I was able to win back to back golds and you weren’t.”
Despite Price’s Olympic gold medal at middleweight, she has only fought professionally at welterweight, becoming a world champion in the division.
The 31-year-old former Wales footballer will defend her unified welterweight world titles against Puerto Rican challenger Stephanie Pineiro Aquino on Saturday, 4 April at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena.
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Shields, 30, has never fought below middleweight in a career in which she has won world titles spanning five weight divisions.
Her most recent fight was a win over Lani Daniels in July when she retained her undisputed heavyweight crown and extended the unbeaten start to her career to 17 bouts.
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