00:00 Lauren Price became Wales' first female world champion boxer.
00:05 She won via a wide points decision after an accidental clash of heads meant champion Jessica
00:10 McCaskill was unable to continue.
00:13 Price, who becomes Wales' 14th world champion, achieved the feat in just her seventh professional
00:19 fight in front of a passionate Cardiff crowd at the Utilita Arena.
00:24 The new WBA, IBO and Ring magazine welterweight champion, Price could be set for some huge
00:29 nights ahead in a stacked division with the likes of Natasha Jones, Sandy Ryan and Michaela
00:35 Meyer all now potential future opponents.
00:39 Price, a 2020 Olympic champion, won every round on the judges' cards after the ringside
00:44 medics decided 39-year-old American McCaskill could not safely continue.
00:49 "This has got to be up there with winning a gold medal," Price said.
00:53 "But I enjoyed myself and I'm going to keep getting better on these stages."
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