Savannah Marshall: record, next fight and profile →
Savannah “The Silent Assassin” Marshall’s defense of her WBO middleweight title against former WBO champion Femke Hermans has moved to Saturday 2nd April and will headline an all-action event airing live and exclusively in the UK on Sky Sports.
IBF, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Claressa Shields has hit back at her career rival, WBO champ Savannah Marshall. Last Saturday night in Cardiff, Marshall was ringside to watch Shields retain her titles with a one-sided decision win over mandatory challenger Ema Kozin.
WBO middleweight champion Savannah Marshall is oozing with confidence after sitting ringside and watching Claressa Shields' most recent defense.
Claressa Shields is brushing aside the recent taunts that came from her division rival, Savannah Marshall. The two champions exchanged very heated words this past Saturday night in Cardiff, following Shields' dominant decision win in retaining the WBC, IBF, WBA middleweight titles against Ema Kozin.
By Corey Erdman - Claressa Shields fights tend to follow a familiar pattern. There is about a thirty second period at the beginning of the fight in which her opponents look like they may be able to bother her in some capacity, until it becomes clear what Shields is doing.
Making her UK debut as a pro, Claressa Shields retained her collection of world titles - and her claims to ‘GWOAT’ status - when she outclassed challenger Ema Kozin over ten rounds, coming close to stopping the fight at times.
Claressa Shields senses Savannah Marshall’s self-belief was what led the women’s WBO middleweight champion to finally feel she is ready to box Shields later this year.
Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Williams are set for their middleweight grudge match, while Claressa Shields nears one of her own. All fighters made weight for Saturday’s Boxxer event live on Sky Sports (United Kingdom) and Fite TV (North America) from Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. Eubank and Williams collide in a scheduled 12-round middleweight contest, while Shields defends her WBC/WBA/IBF titles versus unbeaten challenger Ema Kozin (21-0-1, 11KOs) in the co-main event.
Claressa Shields scoffed at Savannah Marshall’s prediction. Shields’ rival has stated that she’ll quickly knock out the three-division champion once they finally fight as professionals. The undefeated Shields promised that Marshall will have difficulty laying a glove on her, forget knocking her out.
Five months on from her stoppage win in front of a sold-out crowd in Newcastle, WBO middleweight champion Savannah “The Silent Assassin” Marshall (11-0, 9 KO’s) makes a triumphant return to the North East in March for a third defense of her championship.