A crowd of 11,784 followers confirmed up on the first-ever boxing occasion at Little Caesars Area in Detroit, and lots of extra tuned in on DAZN, to look at undisputed Middleweight World Champion Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields proceed her domination of ladies’s boxing with a clear-cut 10-round unanimous resolution over No. 1 rated contender Maricela Cornejo of Los Angeles.
With the screams of her devoted followers ringing all through the world, Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) confirmed her brilliance in besting the formidable Cornejo (16-6, 6 KOs) in each attainable class, whereas nonetheless making the combat an entertaining affair.
True to her phrase, Shields tried for the elusive knockout, swinging a number of tried homerun pictures, a lot of which landed. However Cornejo’s toughness allowed her to make it by the parts of the combat the place Shields’ pace and skill surpassed her protection.
The scores had been 100-90, 100-90 and 100-89. With the victory, Shields retains her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and WBF Girls’s World Middleweight Championships.
“I really feel nice,” stated Shields post-victory. “I used to be touchdown my pictures. I gained each spherical like I knew I may. I went for the knockout what number of instances this combat? Maricela is hard. She did an excellent job. Top doesn’t matter and energy doesn’t matter both. It’s all concerning the expertise and can and coronary heart, and I at all times have greater than the opposite women.”
Shields stated her sport plan labored to perfection, however nonetheless added room for enchancment.
“Keep good and never get hit along with her large proper hand,” she stated of her technique. “Hit larger to the physique and verify her to the pinnacle. I knew I may win. Straight proper for the cash. After I would hit her more durable, she would take off. I led off with the precise too many instances, so I’ll work on that once we get again to the fitness center. Maricela is tremendous powerful. She was in form and capable of take the pictures and capable of get away from them. It was an excellent combat. I can’t wait to go residence and watch it and see what I can work on.”
Dmitriy Salita, President of Salita Promotions, stated, “Claressa confirmed why she’s the GWOAT tonight. Her followers confirmed as much as assist her and he or she placed on a tremendous present towards a really powerful opponent in Cornejo. And Little Caesars Area was the right place for us to placed on this occasion, which included a stacked undercard of proficient native fighters that received to take pleasure in their evening in entrance of their hometown followers as nicely. This was an excellent evening for girls’s boxing and Detroit boxing.”
A dejected Cornejo, who hoped to drag off the upset, stated she’s wanting ahead to persevering with her enhancements and preventing one other day.
“I am good. I felt effective,” Cornejo stated. “Clearly there may be a lot extra I may work on. I wish to see the combat once more and see the errors that I’ve accomplished simply to enhance on. I feel I held my floor and I do know I caught her with some good pictures and I simply must work on way more to have the ability to proceed these rights I do know I landed on her.
“I’m not pleased with the loss, I’m simply upset,” she continued. “I want to only watch it. It’s intense the way in which she comes ahead. I’d have accomplished higher being extra assertive going ahead and never going straight again. That’s one thing I’ve labored on so much.”
