Savannah Marshall: record, next fight and profile →
Unified middleweight and junior middleweight champion Claressa Shields is willing to fight amateur rival Savannah Marshall - but she wants to be properly paid for the contest. Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, lost a decision in the amateurs to Marshall, who is now the WBO middleweight champion.
There is only one fight, according to Eddie Hearn, that makes any sense for Claressa Shields to take next. Hearn hopes Shields’ handlers agree to the two-fight deal he has suggested for the unbeaten three-division champion to face Savannah Marshall, the only opponent to defeat Shields as an amateur or professional. The 25-year-old Shields (11-0, 2 KOs) has not lost since Marshall out-pointed her, 14-8, at the AIBA World Boxing Championships in May 2012, three months before Shields won the first of her two Olympic gold medals.
Now that she has fully unified the 154-pound titles, Claressa Shields would gladly move back up to the middleweight division to settle an old score. Shields called out amateur nemesis Savannah Marshall following her dominant performance against Marie-Eve Dicaire in their 10-round junior middleweight title unification fight Friday night in Flint, Michigan, Shields’ hometown. England’s Marshall (9-0, 7 KOs) is the only amateur or pro opponent
WBO light heavyweight world champion Geovana Peres' trainer, Terry Reid Batchelor, has officially announced the retirement of Geovana's career, as she decides to end her career as a world champion.
WBC, WBA junior middleweight champion Claressa Shields is getting irritated by the statements coming from amateur rival Savannah Marshall. Shields is back on March 5th, when she faces undefeated IBF champion Marie-Eve Dicaire in a unification. The WBO title will also be at stake, making the contest a full division unification.
The Alexander Povetkin vs. Dillian Whyte rematch on March 6, for the interim-WBC heavyweight title, will headline a Sky Box Office show. It will be supported by Ted Cheeseman bidding to regain the British super welterweight title as he faces JJ Metcalf for the vacant belt.
Unified junior middleweight/middleweight world champion Claressa Shields is lashing out at her amateur rival, Savannah Marshall. Shields generated plenty of headlines earlier this week, when it was revealed that she signed an agreement with MMA promotional company PFL [Professional Fighters League].
SSE Arena, London - Savannah Marshall became Britain's latest world champion by stopping Hannah Rankin in seven rounds to win the vacant WBO middleweight world title.
Marshall, Rankin Fight Photos Gallery - Savannah Marshall became Britain's latest World Champion by stopping Hannah Rankin in seven rounds to win the vacant WBO Middleweight World Title. The former amateur World Champion was a class above her Scottish rival from the opening bell and kept herself on course for a potential showdown with American star and former amateur foe Claressa Shields.
Savannah Marshall finally became a big name on the world stage as she won the vacant WBO middleweight title as she stopped Hannah Rankin in the seventh round at the SSE Arena, Wembley.