On June 3, Claressa Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) faces Maricela Cornejo (16-5, 6 KOs) on a card scheduled to happen on the Little Caesars Enviornment in Detroit, Michigan, USA. For Shields, the bout is a protection of her undisputed middleweight titles and her first combat of 2023. Large Battle Weekend takes a better have a look at who she is in preparation for this weekend’s title combat.
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Beginner Boxing Profession
Shields was born in Flint, Michigan on March 17, 1995. She started pursuing boxing on the age of 11 after her father instilled a ardour of the game in her. On the age of 17, she certified for the 2012 Olympics and received gold, defeating veteran Nadezda Torlopova within the last. By the point the 2016 Olympics started, she had additionally received two gold medals on the World Boxing Championships, first in 2014 and once more in 2016. On the age of 21, she received Olympic gold for a second time, defeating Nouchka Fontijn. This made Shields the primary American boxer to win consecutive Olympic titles. As an newbie, Shields had a report of 64-1 with 5 wins by means of knockout. Her solely loss was to Savannah Marshall, a loss she solely avenged after they each turned skilled.
Coming into the Skilled Ranks
On November 19, 2016, Shields made her skilled debut with a unanimous determination win in opposition to Franchon Crews-Dezurn, the present undisputed tremendous middleweight champion. In her fourth combat, Shields grew to become unified tremendous middleweight champion with a fifth spherical stoppage over 16-0 Nikki Adler. Shields moved right down to middleweight in 2018 and fought Hanna Gabriels, her authentic opponent for this weekend. Regardless of being knocked down within the first spherical, Shields dominated the rest of their combat to develop into unified middleweight champion. In 2019, she grew to become undisputed middleweight champion for the primary time with a unanimous determination win over Christina Hammer. She repeated the feat at tremendous welterweight by first defeating Ivana Habazin to develop into unified champion after which defeated Marie Eve Dicaire to develop into undisputed.
Marshall Rematch
In October final yr, Shields had her lengthy awaited rematch with Marshall. The bout occurred on the O2 Enviornment in London, England and each fighters got here into the combat undefeated within the skilled ranks. Shields avenged the one lack of her boxing profession by way of a unanimous determination. The win made Shields an undisputed champion for the third time in her profession and second time a middleweight. It capped a profitable two combat spell within the UK that started along with her defeating Ema Kozin in Cardiff, Wales. She now returns to Detroit for her first combat there since 2018.
