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Lauren Price is targeting a return to Wales against either Mikaela Mayer or Sandy Ryan after becoming&nbsp, unified world champion.

The 30-year-old outclassed Natasha Jonas at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night to capture the 40-year-old’s WBC and IBF belts in just her ninth professional fight.

The Olympic gold medallist – who also retained her WBA title – now hopes to fight the winner of the rematch between Mayer and Ryan in Las Vegas last this month.

“I’ve been told I could possibly be boxing in August”, Price told BBC Sport Wales.

“I want to come back to Wales, if it’s not the winner of Mayer or Sandy next, I want that by the end of the year.

WBO welterweight champion Mayer wrote on social media after the all-female card in London that she expects to fight Price this year.

Mayer congratulated both Price and Jonas” for the rumble”, adding:” All the fights on the card were highly entertaining and it was a total WIN for women’s boxing!

“I got a job to do March 29 but I fully expect to be sharing the ring with Price later this year”.

Double Olympic champion Claressa Shields also congratulated Price on her victory over Liverpool’s Jonas and hinted she could share the ring with the Welshwoman at the higher weight of 154lb.

That is a 7lb increase on the limit for Price’s bout with Jonas.

“I thought every judge should’ve had it 90-100! Price was super dominant! Congrats girl”, Shields wrote on X.

When asked if she would consider fighting Price, Shields added: “She’s too green, my skills are too much for her. But hey 154, I think we can see it”.

Price was mesmerising in her victory over Jonas, winning emphatically 98-93, 100-90 and 98-92 on the judges ‘ scorecards.

The 2020 Olympic champion feels her attributes will take her to the top of the professional ranks.

“I’ll remember this night for the rest of my life”, she said.

“Tasha’s a great fighter, but I knew my speed and my feet, that’s what won me the Olympic gold medal and I feel it’s going to get me to the top in the pros.

” It started with]Jessica] McCaskill in May and I just feel like I’m getting better and better.

“I’ll speak to]promoter] Ben]Shalom] and I want to go back to Wales, there’s nothing&nbsp, quite like boxing at home, but this was very special and I’ll remember it for the rest of my life”.

Her display against Jonas earned widespread praise, with former super featherweight world champion Barry Jones stating Price was “punch perfect”.

Lauren Price is targeting a return to Wales against either Mikaela Mayer or Sandy Ryan after becoming&nbsp, unified world champion.

The 30-year-old outclassed Natasha Jonas at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night to capture the 40-year-old’s WBC and IBF belts in just her ninth professional fight.

The Olympic gold medallist – who also retained her WBA title – now hopes to fight the winner of the rematch between Mayer and Ryan in Las Vegas last this month.

“I’ve been told I could possibly be boxing in August”, Price told BBC Sport Wales.

“I want to come back to Wales, if it’s not the winner of Mayer or Sandy next, I want that by the end of the year.

WBO welterweight champion Mayer wrote on social media after the all-female card in London that she expects to fight Price this year.

Mayer congratulated both Price and Jonas” for the rumble”, adding:” All the fights on the card were highly entertaining and it was a total WIN for women’s boxing!

“I got a job to do March 29 but I fully expect to be sharing the ring with Price later this year”.

Double Olympic champion Claressa Shields also congratulated Price on her victory over Liverpool’s Jonas and hinted she could share the ring with the Welshwoman at the higher weight of 154lb.

That is a 7lb increase on the limit for Price’s bout with Jonas.

“I thought every judge should’ve had it 90-100! Price was super dominant! Congrats girl”, Shields wrote on X.

When asked if she would consider fighting Price, Shields added: “She’s too green, my skills are too much for her. But hey 154, I think we can see it”.

Price was mesmerising in her victory over Jonas, winning emphatically 98-93, 100-90 and 98-92 on the judges ‘ scorecards.

The 2020 Olympic champion feels her attributes will take her to the top of the professional ranks.

“I’ll remember this night for the rest of my life”, she said.

“Tasha’s a great fighter, but I knew my speed and my feet, that’s what won me the Olympic gold medal and I feel it’s going to get me to the top in the pros.

” It started with]Jessica] McCaskill in May and I just feel like I’m getting better and better.

“I’ll speak to]promoter] Ben]Shalom] and I want to go back to Wales, there’s nothing&nbsp, quite like boxing at home, but this was very special and I’ll remember it for the rest of my life”.

Her display against Jonas earned widespread praise, with former super featherweight world champion Barry Jones stating Price was “punch perfect”.

Neil Robertson fought back from 5-3 down to beat Masters champion Shaun Murphy 6-5 and reach the World Grand Prix final in Hong Kong.

The Australian left-hander knocked in three centuries, including a 114 break in the deciding frame, to win his semi-final.

Robertson, 43, will play either world number one Judd Trump or 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham in Sunday’s best-of-19-frames final.

Robertson was 19th in the world rankings before the World Grand Prix, but his run to the final has boosted his hopes of returning to the top 16 and therefore securing an automatic spot at the World Championship in April.

The 2010 world champion was beaten in qualifying last year, ending a run of 19 consecutive appearances at the Crucible Theatre.

Murphy, who won the world title as a qualifier in 2005, is faced with potentially needing to go through that route again to reach the main draw in Sheffield this year.

There are two ranking events remaining before the cut-off point for World Championship seedings – the Players Championship and the Tour Championship.