Claressa Shields faced, by far, the biggest test of her incredible boxing career on Saturday. She went on the road to meet her biggest rival in front of 20,000 fans who were rooting hard for Savannah Marshall to not only win, but to knock her cold.
And Shields responded by boxing brilliantly and becoming the undisputed champion in a record third weight class. She won a unanimous decision over Marshall at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday with a brilliant display of boxing acumen, heart and conditioning.
“She’s a brilliant fighter and she has earned the title of ‘Greatest Woman of All-Time,’” Marshall said in the ring afterward. Marshall repeatedly pushed Shields to the ropes, but Shields seemed content to fight there and was able to fight her way off by going up and down and forcing Marshall to back up.
“I dug down every round,” Shields said. “Every round she hit me with big shots, and I’d hit her back with a big shot. If she hit me to the body, I punched her to the body. There were times when I was against the ropes and I landed my shots, and there were times when she went up against the ropes and [landed hers]. But I did the most work today and landed the combinations.”
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