Claressa Shields grew to become an undisputed champion once more, albeit in a division that doesn’t actually exist, as she defeated Danielle Perkins to turn out to be the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Shields (16-0, 3 KO) dropped Perkins (5-1, 2 KO) within the tenth and last spherical, and principally dominated the bout in any other case, a reasonably routine efficiency for her stellar profession thus far.
Perkins does deserve credit score for making an attempt to win till the top — which can be why she received dropped, as a result of she continued in search of a method to land a miracle knockout shot, opening herself up for arduous photographs from the pound-for-pound queen.
Shields, 29, as soon as once more finds herself in a spot together with her boxing profession the place she’s executed nearly all the things there may be to do, although a Savannah Marshall rematch — significantly with “heavyweight” advertising and marketing — would nonetheless make good cash, whether or not held in the UK (the place it will make extra) or Michigan.
