Savannah Marshall: Shields Says There is Rematch Clause - But There is None!

WBO middleweight champion Savannah Marshall is ready for the biggest fight of her pro career.

This coming Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, she will collide with her amateur rival - IBF, WBA, WBC champion Claressa Shields.

The fight was due to happen several weeks ago, but it postponed due to the unexpected passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

"I had a feeling it was going to get pulled but I couldn't let myself think like that," Marshall said to Sky Sports. "It couldn't be helped. A lot of people have lost a lot of money and that was the hardest part of the whole thing for me.

"I went to Buckingham Palace with my sister and my friend, we went to go and pay respects. It was just totally out of everybody's hands. I had a week off, and I needed it. More mentally. All the emotion of fight week, the fight actually getting cancelled, so I felt emotionally drained and I didn't get out of bed for a couple of days after, so I really needed that week to just kind of forget about boxing. I was disappointed. I was trying to be positive but I was disappointed, I was upset. The 'it always happens to me' kind of vibe."

The fight has been 10 years in the making - with Marshall handing Shields her only loss in a boxing ring when the two were still amateurs.

Marshall denied the longstanding claim of a rematch clause existing in their fight.

"I can't allow myself to overlook this fight, to overlook Claressa," Marshall said. "Even if there's a rematch, I'll never get a fight as big as this, ever. Ever.

"There is no rematch clause. She says there is but there is no rematch clause. There'll be a rematch if there's demand for a rematch. For me, I get one roll of the dice. And it's all or nothing."