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Claressa Shields became undisputed middleweight champion by beating long-time rival Savannah Marshall via unanimous determination successful London.
The American was sensational successful a career-best performance, avenging the lone decision connected her pro and amateur grounds and staking her assertion arsenic 1 of the champion fighters successful the world.
All 3 judges saw it successful Shields' favour - 96-94, 97-93, 97-93 - arsenic she claimed the WBA, IBF, WBO, WBC and Ring Magazine titles connected a historical nighttime for women's boxing.
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Comment posted by 2020rg, contiguous astatine 23:57
Booing the American anthem was a disgrace by the English crowd.
Shields won by much than the people suggestComment posted by Bread, contiguous astatine 23:55
Congrats Claressa, GG Savannah.
Did the athletics proud.
Comment posted by Chris , contiguous astatine 23:55
Maybe with a amended crippled program savannah could person won, should person jabbed much and stayed distant from the thoroughfare fight. Credit wherever credits due, the GWOAT was precise bully 👏
Comment posted by calmdowncalmdown, contiguous astatine 23:55
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Reply posted by Chris , contiguous astatine 23:57
Chris replied:
Awful prime of words
Comment posted by Mohammed Altaf, contiguous astatine 23:54
Loved Shields ringing entrance. Talk astir confidence!
Reply posted by calmdowncalmdown, contiguous astatine 23:56
calmdowncalmdown replied:
She’s trash
Comment posted by ACW, contiguous astatine 23:53
Better combatant connected the nighttime decidedly won.
Comment posted by Olly P, contiguous astatine 23:53
Not the astir likeable Shiells but large combatant and wholly deserved win. Fantastic fight. Women’s athletics is excelling and it’s large to see.
Comment posted by raler3, contiguous astatine 23:52
Sceptical astir watching it. Glad I did, fab combat and sex irrelevant. Best combatant won but hats disconnected to some women who some gave their all.
Comment posted by warwick_hunt_, contiguous astatine 23:52
Shields showed truthful overmuch class, shame the assemblage didn't
Comment posted by Mr Castles, contiguous astatine 23:48
Marshall was truthful gutsy but you person to accidental Shields was the faster and classier fighter. Total respect to some of them and a large nighttime for women’s boxing.
Comment posted by The Insider, contiguous astatine 23:48
Great fight, but lone having 2 minutes per circular spoilt it a spot for me. There is nary crushed that it couldn't person been 12 3 infinitesimal rounds. The Women's marathon isn't tally implicit 16.5 miles!
Reply posted by HowardRobinsonIsFutureAston, contiguous astatine 23:55
HowardRobinsonIsFutureAston replied:
Because arsenic acold arsenic women’s boxing has come, advertisers, sponsors and astir punters aren’t acceptable to spot women being sparked retired regularly
Comment posted by kloppo, contiguous astatine 23:45
Reply posted by COYW, contiguous astatine 23:55
COYW replied:
Weird. Why is it a competition, oregon adjacent request to beryllium compared?
Comment posted by Danny Doyle, contiguous astatine 23:45
One of life’s mysteries though is wherefore boxing commentators apologise for immoderate atrocious connection from the country erstwhile it’s gone 11 astatine nighttime and you’re watching 2 radical trying to sound each different out.
Reply posted by karetaker, contiguous astatine 23:58
karetaker replied:
Because didn’t you cognize cipher successful the satellite swears lmao
Comment posted by thru the upwind and pain, contiguous astatine 23:43
Great effort by Marshall, but Shields was a antithetic class! Not definite astir the 'fight fixing' successful the erstwhile each American combat though!!! Tarnished an fantabulous showing for Women's Boxing!
Comment posted by midnightrun, contiguous astatine 23:42
Sky Sports commentators made this combat dependable person than it was. Well done to Claressa Shields, she took the combat to Savannah aboriginal and amazed a batch of casuals by being capable to instrumentality immoderate she had to offer.
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Comment posted by Old Tosh, contiguous astatine 23:58Old Tosh
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Savannah took rounds and volition person her successful the rematch. Well done!