Lauren Price dethrones Jessica McCaskill to win Ring and WBA welterweight titles

CARDIFF — McCaskill pays the Price.

Lauren Price lived out her dream of becoming world champion in front of a lively and passionate crowd by scoring a dominant ninth-round technical decision over reigning Ring and WBA welterweight titleholder Jessica McCaskill at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday.

Price, who entered the fight as The Ring’s No. 4-rated welterweight, was too fast of hand and foot for the veteran champion and largely befuddled her before...