LAUREN PRICE believes victory over Natasha Jonas will get her back out on the pitch in Wales for the first time in over a decade.

The two British world champions meet at the top of an historic all-women card at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, with the IBF, WBC and WBA welterweight titles on the line.

Price, who currently holds the latter of those, is 8-0 (2) and is yet to even lose a round since turning professional after claiming the gold medal for Team GB at Tokyo 2020.

But the evergreen southpaw Jonas, now 40, represents by far the toughest test of Price’s career and she comes into the fight off the back of a successful unification against former WBC champion Ivana Habazin in December,

Price remains a big betting favourite and the former footballer, who made 52 international appearances for Wales, knows that an impressive victory over Jonas could help secure her dream return to the pitch.

“My big dream is to box outdoors at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff,” Price tells The Ring. “That would probably be in a couple of years.

“But when I beat Jonas I want to come back to Cardiff and box at the Cardiff City Stadium.

“I played football there so for me to box on there too would be pretty special as well. And before I finish my career it would be a dream come true to fight in the Principality.

“My last game there was a Welsh international game in around 2015, I think it was against Belgium, when I was in my early 20s. My life has changed a bit since then though. That would be a proud full circle moment to go back there and box as world champion.

“I always said that if boxing didn’t work out I’d go back to football but luckily enough I stuck with boxing. For me it was always the dream to go to the Olympics, I didn’t know what sport would get me there but it was boxing that had my heart and it has done ever since.”

After her gold medal in Japan, Price was tipped to become a star in the pro ranks too and on Friday she could become a three-belt champion in only her ninth fight.

“I wanted to move quickly,” she added. "I would have liked more fights last year but I always knew, having won the British title in my fourth fight, and I haven’t lost a round yet as a professional, when you win an Olympic gold medal you put yourself on a pedestal when you do turn pro you will be facing people with more fights than you.

“I knew I would move fast and it has been great. But for me, this one is business as usual. Obviously it’s a massive fight but I always give 100 per cent in whatever I do so nothing really changes. I’m not going to put any added pressure on myself.

“Jonas has had a great career but I believe that when she has stepped up - against Katie Taylor and other better people - she has lost. That’s it really.”