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Claressa Shields made extra historical past on residence turf at Dort Monetary Centre in Flint, Michigan, as she grew to become undisputed world heavyweight champion with a lop-sided factors win towards Danielle Perkins.
Shields (16-0, 3 KOs) got here in to the competition towards Perkins because the WBC and WBF champion, and each the IBF and WBO put their vacant belts on the road right here. The WBA don’t but recognise heavyweight as a division within the feminine aspect of the game.
Shields reigned supreme from tremendous welterweight to middleweight, after which dabbled in MMA, however returned to boxing final July to win the WBC and WBF heavyweight titles, in addition to taking the vacant WBO gentle heavyweight crown with a uncommon stoppage win, a second spherical halting of Vanessa Lapage-Joanisse in Detroit.
An beginner world champion, Perkins (5-1, 2 KOs) had by no means beforehand been previous eight rounds or been close to Shields’ stage, and she or he was final out in July 2024 on the identical invoice as Shields, profitable a six rounder on factors towards Christianne Fahey.
It was one more struggle that Shields largely dominated, and though Perkins started the competition in aggressive vogue, Shields landed with an attention grabbing mixture. Shields’ quantity of punches have been profitable the day, and spherical three noticed her rock Perkins with an enormous proper hand. She then seemed for the end, however Perkins managed to outlive the spherical. Perkins was courageous and spirited, however all her work was being smothered by Shields, and she or he was continually getting overwhelmed to the punch.
Shields was a stage above Perkins (Picture Credit score: DAZN)
One other large proper hand discovered the mark for Shields within the seventh, and after a quieter eighth, Perkins was as soon as once more shocked in spherical 9, however she loved her finest spherical of the struggle as she let her fingers go. Shields would put the exclamation mark on one other dominant show within the remaining spherical, as Perkins went for broke, and it value her, one other large proper hand this time dumping her on the canvas. With simply seconds left, Perkins survived, and the struggle went to the scorecards.
Scores of 100-89, 99-90 and 97-92 confirmed that Shields left with the entire belts.
Undercard recap
On the undercard, Brandon Moore (17-1, 10 KOs) claimed the vacant IBF USBA heavyweight title with a disqualification win in spherical eight towards Skylar Lacy (8-1-2, KO6). Lacy was finally thrown out for pushing Moore by means of the ropes, and had earlier misplaced two factors for holding, with Moore additionally docked a degree in what was a scrappy affair.
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In eight spherical points of interest, welterweight hope Joseph Hicks (12-0, 8 KOs) impressed, scoring a seventh spherical stoppage win over fellow unbeaten Keon Papillion (10-1-1, 7 KOs), and at middleweight, Leon Lawson III (17-1, 10 KOs) was one other early winner, taking a fourth spherical stoppage success towards Christopher Thompson (9-3, 6 KOs).
At light-weight, Joshua James Pagan (12-0, 4 KOs) was a factors winner towards Ronal Ron (16-8, 13 KOs), profitable by two scores of 78-74, and a 3rd at 79-73, and Samantha Worthington (11-0, 7 KOs) took a aggressive factors win over Vaida Masiokaite (10-27-6, 1 KO) at tremendous light-weight.
Veyre outworked Vargas over eight (Salita Promotions X)
Caroline Veyre (9-1, 0 KOs) took all eight rounds in her featherweight showdown with Carmen Vargas (5-3-1, 0 KOs)
In six rounders, heavyweight novice Pryce Taylor (6-0, KO4) took a second spherical stoppage win towards Jerell Nettles (4-11, KO1), and debutant Ashleyann Lozada (1-0, 0 KOs got here by means of on factors towards Denise Moran (3-1, KO0) at tremendous bantamweight.
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