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Michael RothsteinESPN Staff Writer
- Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com
- Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Claressa Shields is erstwhile again the undisputed middleweight champion of the world.
Shields defeated Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision, 96-94, 97-93, 97-93 astatine the O2 Arena successful London connected Saturday nighttime to clasp the WBC, IBF and WBA belts and triumph the WBO loop successful a high-action, adjacent fight.
For Shields, it avenges her lone nonaccomplishment successful a boxing ringing -- a decennary agone arsenic an amateur. Shields outlanded Marshall, 174-132, and landed a higher percent of punches, 37 to 34.
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