Claressa Shields to return against Maricela Cornejo

FIGHT WEEK

Claressa Shields, the undisputed queen of girls’s boxing, returns to the ring towards Maricela Cornejo on Saturday evening in Detroit.

CLARESSA SHIELDS (13-0, 2 KOS)VS. MARICELA CORNEJO (16-5, 6 KOS)

Date: Saturday, June 3
Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (important occasion later in present)
The place: Little Caesars Enviornment, Detroit
TV/Stream: DAZN
Division: Middleweight (160 kilos)
At stake: Shields’ undisputed championship
Odds: Shields 34-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Additionally on the cardboard: Ardreal Holmes vs. Wendy Toussaint, junior middleweights
Prediction: Shields UD
Background: The queen of girls’s boxing returns to the ring after arguably her most vital victory, a unanimous resolution over the one girl to defeat her – Savannah Marshall – final October. She had been scheduled to battle Hanna Gabriels on Saturday however Gabriels was pulled from the cardboard after she examined constructive for a banned substance. Cornejo agreed to step in on Thursday, though she had been on Shields’ checklist of desired opponents for a while. Shields is taken into account by many to be one of the best feminine fighter pound-for-pound, significantly after rival Katie Taylor’s loss to Chantelle Cameron on Could 20. The one flaw in her report is a scarcity of knockouts, which is one thing the 28-year-old Michigander stated she has labored on within the gymnasium. Cornejo is a 36-year-old who lives and trains in Los Angeles. The WBO’s No. 1 contender has misplaced selections in three title challenges, as soon as towards 160-pounder Kali Reis and twice to 168-pound champ Franchon Crews Dezurn. Cornejo has received three consecutive fights since dropping a call to Alma Ibarra in March 2021. She has by no means been stopped.

ERIK BAZINYAN (29-0, 21 KOS)VS. JOSE DE JESUS MACIAS (28-11-4, 14 KOS)

Date: Thursday, June 1
Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (important occasion later in present)
The place: On line casino de Montreal, Montreal
TV/Stream: ESPN+
Division: Middleweight (160 kilos)
At stake: No main titles
Pound–for-pound: None
Odds: NA
Additionally on the cardboard: Steve Claggett vs. Alberto Machado, junior welterweights
Prediction: Bazinyan UD
Background: Bazinyan is a 28-year-old former novice star – he claims to have misplaced solely as soon as within the unpaid ranks – from Armenia who now lives and trains in Montreal. He’s ranked by all 4 main sanctioning our bodies (No. 2 by three of them) however has but to battle for a serious title, though he has overwhelmed some strong opponents. That features selections over rugged Marcelo Coceres final June and skillful Alantez Fox in February. The unranked Macias isn’t a step up in opposition. The 31-year-old journeyman from Mexico is hard however he has been outclassed when he has confronted next-level opposition, together with resolution losses towards Erickson Lubin and Giovani Santillan. He’s coming off a one-sided setback towards 168-pound prospect Pavel Silyagin final July.