AMERICAN BOXER CLARESSA Shields made history last night in her hometown of Flint in Michigan as she became the first fighter – male or female – to be undisputed champion in two divisions in the four-belt era.
Shiels defeated Marie-Eve Dicaire in their light-middleweight title fight with all three judges scoring it 100-90 in favour of Shields.
The 25-year-old retained her WBC and WBO light-middleweight titles in the process.
Advertisement
She also took Canadian Dicaire’s IBF crown and picked up the vacant WBA belt.
The two-time Olympic gold medal winner had already won all four belts at middleweight.
History Made! 🏆🏆 @ClaressaShields becomes the first boxer (male or female) to become undisputed champion in two divisions in the four-belt era. pic.twitter.com/KdhUA4Ba9c
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Close
Comments
This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic.
Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy
here
before taking part.
Shields makes boxing history in title fight against Dicaire
AMERICAN BOXER CLARESSA Shields made history last night in her hometown of Flint in Michigan as she became the first fighter – male or female – to be undisputed champion in two divisions in the four-belt era.
Shiels defeated Marie-Eve Dicaire in their light-middleweight title fight with all three judges scoring it 100-90 in favour of Shields.
The 25-year-old retained her WBC and WBO light-middleweight titles in the process.
She also took Canadian Dicaire’s IBF crown and picked up the vacant WBA belt.
The two-time Olympic gold medal winner had already won all four belts at middleweight.
The42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Boxing Champion claressa shields light middleweight