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Claressa Shields reeled off another world championship victory, her 13th in the paid ranks and made more history to finish a busy weekend of boxing Stateside with a UD10 win over previously unbeaten challenger Danielle Perkins. Yet there was no jeopardy – not for the first time – leading to many critics floating a fantasy matchup between her and former Olympic teammate Mikaela Mayer.
Continue reading “After another one-sided world title win, Mannix and Mora call for Shields-Mayer”
Claressa Shields made more history this past weekend, scoring three knockdowns en route to a R2 TKO win over Canada’s Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in becoming a four-weight world champion. While the 29-year-old insisted she’d be open to staying at 175lbs going forward, she’s also open to floating between weight divisions as multiple names – including Natasha Jonas – call her name. Continue reading “How do you like that? Shields stops Lepage-Joanisse in R2, open to all comers”
Claressa Shields is a three-weight boxing world champion, two-time Olympic gold medallist and juggling two combat sports as she hopes to conquer MMA as she has done boxing over the past decade. Yet the 29-year-old knows lapping the field isn’t an exciting prospect for fans to watch, so new and unknown challenges like Canada’s Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse are her next port of call. Continue reading “Claressa Shields accepts she must find new challenges, with fresh heavyweight move”
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