Claressa Shields is a novel fighter. An undisputed champion, she is a multi-weight titlist who has additionally competed in MMA and who will go for a title in a fourth division later this month.
She is going to problem Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse for the WBC heavyweight championship in Detroit.
The Olympic middleweight gold medal has solely been gained by two girls, Shields in 2012 and 2016, and most lately Wales’ Lauren Value, who triumphed on the Tokyo Video games.
Value dropped all the way down to welterweight after the Olympics and is simply seven bouts into her skilled profession, however has gained the inaugural girls’s British title and the WBA world title already.
Lauren Value claimed the WBA world title after beating Jessica McCaskill on factors and stated it was the beginning of many extra huge nights in Cardiff
Shields doesn’t rule out Value turning into one in all her future rivals.
“It is arduous to place something previous Olympic champions. She gained the Olympics 2021,” Shields informed Sky Sports activities.
“I really feel like once you’ve been everywhere in the world and you’ve got boxed and you’ve got gained World championships, it is type of destined so that you can be nice within the professionals. I want her the perfect of luck.”
They aren’t on a collision course within the instant future. Value has loads of ambitions to grasp at welterweight and Shields is transferring up in weight for the Lepage-Joanisse battle.
Lauren Value displays on her victory over Jessica McCaskill to grow to be Wales’ first feminine boxing world champion and discusses what’s subsequent in her boxing profession
However heavyweight is what the WBC calls its 12st 7lbs division, i.e. light-heavyweight (the WBO light-heavyweight title may even be on the road of their battle).
Shields has operated throughout a number of weight courses, super-welter and super-middle included, however is a pure middleweight.
Value’s best beginner successes had been at middleweight, the place she gained World and European gold medals in addition to the Olympic Video games. Alongside the way in which, she additionally beat a light-heavyweight World champion at 75kgs.
Lauren Value obtained an unbelievable reception from followers after turning into Wales’ first feminine boxing world champion
Shields does not suppose their present weight courses will essentially preserve them aside.
“She gained the Olympics at 165lbs (75kgs) simply as I did – two instances – and if she ever desires to battle I’d like to battle in opposition to her too,” Shields stated.
“I consider something is feasible and I actually need to battle anyone that wishes to battle me. So if Lauren Value retains successful and involves 154lbs, 160, 168, we will battle and show who’s the perfect Olympic champion.”
Lauren Value claims the WBA welterweight world title with a dominant win over Jessica McCaskill
Shields’ nice rival is one other Briton, Savannah Marshall. The American beat Marshall of their 2022 grudge match. However Marshall is now additionally competing in MMA as she pursues one other conflict with Shields.
“I beat her within the UK with 20,000 of her followers. She wants to come back to America and battle me in entrance of 20,000 of my followers and let’s have a look at if she will deal with being booed and her nationwide anthem being booed and other people telling her she sucks!” Shields declared.
Savannah Marshall discusses the rematch with Claressa Shields and if we’ll see it within the boxing ring or the MMA cage
“I’d like to battle her once more and show that I am not only one time higher than you, I am two instances higher than you both contained in the cage and positively contained in the ring. It actually does not matter which one.”
However first Shields has a extra instant activity, successful one more accolade in opposition to Lepage-Joanisse.
“I am going for my fourth division,” she stated. “It will be huge and it is going to be history-making.”
