Lauren Price brutally knocks out Bexcy Mateus to retain title

Lauren Price scored a vicious knockout against Bexcy Mateus | Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images

Lauren Price scored a vicious knockout against Bexcy Mateus in Liverpool.

Lauren Price scored a devastating knockout win over Bexcy Mateus today in Liverpool, retaining her WBA welterweight title with what was officially ruled a third round TKO.

Price (8-0, 2 KO) dominated the fight as expected, and the 30-year-old Welsh southpaw will now hope to face Natasha Jonas in a unification next year.