A minor injury in training has forced undisputed middleweight world champion Claressa Shields to suspend training and postpone her bid to become the fastest fighter in boxing history, male or female, to become a three-division world champion. Shields injured her knee doing roadwork early this week, while preparing to take on former world champion Ivana Habazin for the vacant WBO super welterweight championship on August 17, at the Dort Federal Event Center in Shields’ hometown of Flint, Mich., and televised live nationally on Showtime. The bout is now expected to take place this fall.
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once a ducker always a ducker
Someone wiser than I said ” We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.” Seems to me if she was tryin ta prove she’s the best it would be against bigger, better, stronger oppenents than her previous. She’s chasin records, but lookin hella thirsty fighting smaller people.
Everybody knows the game, make the belt limit, EAT EAT EAT, beat up the smaller fighter.
@DeRon Wright,…Claressa “cookie monster” Shields. ; )
Have to wait to watch awful boxing
These acronym belts continue to perpetuate dishonesty with multi divisional ‘world’ championship ‘feats.’
True-these belts mean nothing more than a way to squeeze sanctioning fees out of fighters who don’t know enough to stop paying them. Still only eight real weight divisions-if these were recognized the best would have to fight the best instead of moving into a new “division” to avoid them.
*Alert* This really would not be a true championship fight if you are fighting a former champion for a vacated title, it’s not the same as fighting a reigning champion and beating that champion for their belt. Why have ranked contenders in a given weight class if a champion from another weight class can bypass them and fight for that championship belt?