Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall II set for September 10
The greatest female boxer to ever grace the squared circle, Claressa Shields has her next bout lined up, as she’s scheduled to face fellow undefeated champion Savannah Marshall for a second time.
This bout is to go down on September 10, 2022, live from the o2 Arena in London, England.
Savannah Marshall will get her home crowd support going into this bout, as Shields walks into enemy territory to defend her titles, whilst challenging for Marshall’s.
Claressa Shields is one of the most decorated boxers of all-time, as an amateur, and as a professional.
Following a 77-1 amateur career, which saw her capturing two Olympic gold medals, Shields made her professional debut in November of 2016.
She also laid claim to two World Championship gold medals, as well as one Pan American Championships gold medal prior to turning professional.
Shields has since gone 12-0 as a pro, 11 of them being title fights, as she won her first world title in just her fourth outing. She comes into this bout aiming to defend her WBA, WBC, IBF, and Ring Magazine middleweight championships, and she’ll be challenging for Marshall’s WBO middleweight title as well.
Marshall, like Shields, comes into this bout with a perfect professional record of 12-0, following a successful amateur career. This tenure saw her place in the World Championships three times, capturing silver, gold, and bronze in that order, and she’s also a Commonwealth Games gold medalist.
What’s more, Shields’ lone amateur defeat came to Marshall, and that’s to date the only woman to ever defeat her in boxing.
One interesting fact about each woman being 12-0; Shields has finished just two of her opponents, with 10 wins coming via decision, while Marshall has finished 10 of her opponents with just two decisions.
Shields had the following to say in regard to their scheduled rematch:
“What annoys me is that Savannah lives off this (beating me). What are her accomplishments besides this? Nothing.
“She went to the Olympics, she didn’t medal. She went to the world championships and stood on the podium below me. In the amateurs, I was 77 wins and one loss. I won two world championships and two Olympics. Savannah was at every tournament that I won. Every girl that beat her, I smoked them. Savannah never won a medal.
“I was 17. I have footage and it looks like I won the fight. I got her in the corner, but the referee broke us up and put us back in the center which was to her advantage because she was taller and longer.
“She beat me on ‘score points’ 14-8. Big whoop. She landed six more punches than me, supposedly. She had a welt on her eye. It was a loss; I won’t say I was robbed.
“Savannah isn’t a better fighter than me, and that’s been proven. Listen stupid, I fought the best fighters and won the belts. I beat Christina Hammer, could Savannah beat her? I beat Hanna Gabriels, can Savannah beat her?”
“It is so sad for her that she wanted to wait for my belt to become vacant, rather than fight me for it. That’s so soft. She could have fought for all the belts at 160lbs to show how tough she really is.”
Who comes out on top in this epic championship rematch going down on September 10?
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