WBO female middleweight champion Savannah “The Silent Assassin” Marshall (12-0, 10 KOs) brutally knocked out Femke Hermans (12-4, 5 KOs) in round three on Saturday night in Newcastle, England, to set up a grudge showdown with WBA, WBC, IBF champion Claressa “GWOAT” Shields later this year. Marshall laid out Hermans with a left hook. Time was 1:59.
“There’s no one else in the way between me and Claressa, so it’s me and her in the summer now,” said Marshall. “I know Claressa can’t handle my power. I believe I can beat her. It’s got to happen here in the Northeast.”
Shields, who was at ringside, stated, “I said she’d do that to Femke Hermans but I’m not Femke Hermans, I’m not Hannah Rankin, I’m not any of those girls she’s fought. If that’s what I’ve got to look forward to, it’s going to be a wipeout…I’m 10 times faster than Femke!”
Unbeaten welterweight Florian Marku (11-0-1, 7 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Chris Jenkins (23-5-3, 8 KOs). A barrage of punches prompted a referee’s stoppage. Time was 1;41.
Super middleweight Zak Chelli (11-1-1, 6 KOs) knocked out previously unbeaten late sub Jack Kilgannon (11-1, 3 KOs) in round six.
Unbeaten middleweight Brad Rea (13-0, 5 KOs) outpointed Lukasz Ndafoluma (20-5, 10 KOs) over eight rounds by a score of 78-73.
Impressive KO for a gal. The fight with Shields is very compelling. More so than the Taylor Serrano fight.
Agreed. I think Marshall will find Shields a difficult target to hit though. Shields is clearly the faster of the two. If her chin holds up, it’s not difficult to imagine Shields winning that one on points…
why would she find Shields be hard to find its not like she has a good defense and with no pop to keep Marshall at bay its only a matter of time soebody please let these fights go 12×3 rounds
i cant wait for marshall to KO toothless Trex but this is still the 2nd biggest womens fight under the Serrano vs taylor fight i mean come on sir those two are P4P 1 and 2
Sav is going to beat Clarissa.
Geeez if she could knock the big mouth Schield that way it would be great !
None that female fighter have the amanda title records
Give me a hot round card girl over these henhouse squabbles any day.
Well, yeah, that’s obvious, but this is about boxing.
I really hope Marshall knocks out that classless savage Shields. All I ever hear out of her potty mouth is how she’s going to KTFO of her opponent then proceeded to bore the crap out of me with pity pat decision win after decision win.
She talks like she’s got Mike Tyson power. I’m gonna laugh my ass off is Marshall scores a KO. If they fight here in the USA then I suspect a decision win that goes Shields way that she may not have deserved. We’ll see
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Marshall is not particularly fast, but has long arms, is powerfully built, and hits extremely hard. That was a one-punch knockout over Hermans. I liked the way Marshall started the fight by throwing jabs to the body. That will be a good strategy to use against Shields to set up the head shots.
Clarissa has faster hands and throws better combinations, but lacks power. She has hit her previous opponents with clean shots repeatedly with little or no effect. It looks like a great matchup and she may be able to outbox Marshall for 12 rounds. Conversely, Marshall could hurt Shields and stop her at any point the fight. That’s why they should make the fight happen. The fight is an intriguing one and I hope they do pull it off. Can’t wait to see it.
Once she hurts shields, fights over.
Shields has zero power, I reckon she loses this.
Some people on here acting like Shields has lost a fight. The woman has barely lost a round. Give her some respect. She’s a boxer. Not a punching bag. Marshall knocked out someone who lost 3 fights.
Better luck to Hermans next time.
Shields is the self-proclaimed GOAT who has yet to have a significant victory!! The arrogance is stunning. Marshall seems to have legit power.
Shields is another big mouth yank like Wilder. Hope Marshall takes her out like she did with Hermans.
I will definitely no debate be at the Shields vs Marshall fight cheering on the GWOAT! Can’t wait!
Women’s boxing is as important as men’s netball
In a fight between Shields and Marshall, may the best woman win. The biggest problem I see is for the fight to actually materialize. Key, intriguing matchups between top fighters take forever to happen these days, if they happen at all. Hopefully we don’t have to wait till 2023 for this matchup.
You’d think it would be a lot easier in women’s boxing to make big fights. It’s not like either of these gals have other profitable options to choose from. This one could be sellable, based largely on the fact Shields is soooooo unlikeable. It’s a bit different than Serrano and Taylor, who both seem generally likeable.