Claressa Shields, the self-proclaimed “GWOAT,” was expected to win last night, we all know that. But Shields’ brilliance in dominating a tough and game late-notice foe in Maricela Cornejo was still, well, brilliant to watch.
Undefeated undisputed women’s middleweight Claressa Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) put on a masterclass performance beating voluntary challenger Maricela Cornejo (16-6, 6 KOs) by a terribly one-sided ten-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
In a one-sided affair from start to finish, Claressa Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) successfully defended her undisputed women’s middleweight championship with a ten round unanimous decision over substitute Marcicela Cornejo (16-6, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the Little Ceasar Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
A crowd of 11,784 fans showed up at the first-ever boxing event at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, and many more tuned in on DAZN, to watch undisputed Middleweight World Champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.”
It’s a term we’ve heard quite a lot lately: The Face of Boxing. As in, who IS The Face of Boxing right now?
Claressa “GWOAT” Shields, the undisputed Middleweight World Champion and Michigan’s pride, will return to her home state to headline the historic first boxing event at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Saturday, June 3.
By Paul R. Jones! Each year, EAST SIDE BOXING hands out its “ESBY” awards to honor boxing’s best fighters, fights, knockouts, and moments.
Female boxing was big this year, very big. Though the sport is not for everyone, female boxing has grown and grown in popularity, this something that didn’t seem possible back when female boxing was struggling for acceptance, let alone looking to pull in big numbers as far as live gate and PPV numbers are concerned.
It could be argued that women’s boxing dominated, or at least came close to dominating, the sport of boxing this year.
Over 2m sports fans tuned in to the historic night of women’s boxing on Saturday making it the most watched women’s professional boxing event in history, and the biggest audience for a live women’s sport event ever on Sky.