Women’s boxing is hot right now and it’s about to get even hotter. According to Michael Rothstein of ESPN.com, two women’s unification fights will take place at The O2 in London on September 10th.
This Saturday night’s female super fight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall has been a long time coming. How long ago was it that Marshall defeated Shields in the Olympics, thus putting the sole blemish (an MMA fight defeat aside) on Shields’ record?
2022 really could turn out to be the biggest year ever in the history of women’s boxing. We had the genuine classic that was Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano, it has been announced that Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner will fight in late summer/early autumn, and now the grudge-match between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall has been announced as agreed.
Years of rivalry and a river of bad blood carried Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Williams into this grudge match in Cardiff, but in the event, but favor flowed almost entirely one way once the fight got started.
Claressa Shields won every round on all three scorecards as she traveled to Wales and defended her WBC, WBA and IBF world titles against Ema Kozin.
Claressa Shields sometimes spars male fighters in the gym. Sometimes she knocks them out. The self-proclaimed greatest woman fighter of all time – who makes her UK debut this Saturday night in Cardiff, Wales – now says she can be placed on the men’s pound-for-pound list.
2022 could turn out to be the biggest year ever in the history of women’s boxing. We have the potential classic that is Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano, potentially set for April in New York, and this year should also see the grudge-match between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshal take place.
For the first time as a pro fighter, Claressa Shields knows the pain of defeat. Shields is still unbeaten, perhaps unbeatable, in women’s boxing, but she was out-fought in her second MMA bout last night, as Mexico’s Abigail Montes picked up a three-round split decision at the Hard Rock in Florida.
Savannah Marshall got the job done in impressive fashion last night as she took out a game Lolita Muzeya in two rounds to retain her WBO middleweight title, and Claressa Shields sent a video message of congratulations – sarcastic as her words might have been.
Claressa Shields has responded to her fierce rival Savannah Marshall, who called her out after her win over the weekend, ahead of a possible fight.