Shields Outpoints Perkins to win 1. Undoubted heavyweight fight in women’s boxing

Flint, Mich. (AP) – Claressa Shields Unanimously appointed Danielle Perkins on Sunday night in the first undisputed tongue weight in women’s boxing to remain undefeated.

Shields, a Two-time Olympic gold Medalist with titles in five departments were in control of the match from the start. She knocked down Perkins, Landing of a right hand On the chin with 15 seconds left in the 10th and final round.

The 29-year-old shields improved to 16-0 with three knockouts.

“I want one Rematch with Hanna Gabriels“She said.

The 42-year-old Perkins who led St. John’s basketball team in blocked shots two decades ago, won her first five games before losing to Shields.

Perkins, which weighs 177 plus pounds and stood on 6 feet, was a few centimeters higher and a few centimeters heavier than shields.

She took some of Shields’ best shots early in the match and hit the canvas only as the referee pushed her as she separates fighters in the third round. After both boxers faded in the middle rounds, Shields closed the seventh with a flurry of blows.

Shields won gold medals at 165 pounds at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, which made her to First boxer from the US To win consecutive Olympic medals.

The powerful puncher looks at home in the 200 pound division, but also did at 175, 168, 160 and 154 pounds.

Shields knocked out WBC tungweight master Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse Last summer in front of approx. 12,000 people at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, where the red wings play.

Shields took the last next match home to the Ontario Hockey League’s Flint Firebirds at an arena with about 6,000 seats and a floor filled with fans in folding chairs.

She said the match could have been New York, adding that there was almost an agreement with the Barclays Center, Las Vegas in Motor City.

It was important for Shieldshowever, to bring the first undisputed heavyweight struggle in women’s boxing history to her Resilient hometown there was shown in the movie ” The fire inside, ” Based on her life.

In the Co-Main event, Brandon Moore (17-1) won the vacant USBA tungweight title after Skylar Lacy (8-1) was disqualified in the eighth round to unsportsmanlike behavior. Lacy used his left shoulder to drive Moore back and out of the ring and on a table commentator used for streaming service dizn.

Shields, a spokesman for women in boxing, was proud to press that women should be shown in four of the 10 matches in Flint.

Ashleyann Lozada Motta that became First Olympic Women’s Boxes From Puerto Rico At Paris Games in 2024, debuted and won a unanimous decision in a feisty, four round match against Denise Moran (3-1).

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