Claressa Shields Becomes Undisputed in a Third Weight Class

Claressa Shields (16-0, 3 KOs) once again emerged victorious in dominant fashion, this time against Danielle Perkins (5-1, 2 KOs).

Scores for their fight were 100-89, 99-90 and 97-92. With the win, Shields is now the undisputed heavyweight world champion. She entered the contest as the reigning WBC heavyweight titlist. The vacant WBA, WBO, and IBF titles were also at stake, making this an undisputed contest.

The fight headlined a Salita Promotions card at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, MI. Boxing fans around the world could catch the action live on DAZN.

Claressa Shields Dominates Against Danielle Perkins

Claressa Shields vs. Danielle Perkins Fight Recap

Few punches were thrown in the opening round as both fighters remained at range of each other. However, the few punches that were thrown mainly came from Shields who was looking to time her opponent and land damaging blows. In the third, she unloaded on Perkins who somehow was able to make it to end of the round.

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Throughout the fight, Perkins struggled to land. This was despite being the taller fighter with the longer reach. Shields remained patient, waiting for her opponent to get within range before landing her power punches. This approach allowed her to dominate rounds and it was how the majority of the fight played out. In the final seconds of round 10, Shields landed a pull counter flush on the face of her opponent, knocking her down. Perkins was able to get up, but by then it was too late to make a comeback.

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Post-fight Interview

Claressa Shields

“It feel [sic] unbelievable to be honest,” said Shields after the fight. “I had a really hard training camp and just last Friday I [injured] my left shoulder so I wasn’t able to use my good jabs today. But I didn’t want to call the fight off because I had asked God to give me a big fight in my hometown. He did that so I decided to keep on going. I had the best medical team…I want to thank God. I just feel so overwhelmed, I feel so happy. Shout out to my opponent Danielle Perkins. Man that girl was strong as hell.”

Undercard Results

Brandon Moore (17-1, 10 KOs, 1 NC) won via eighth round disqualification against Skylar Lacy (8-1-2, 6 KOs). The 10-round heavyweight contest was stopped at 0:51 after Lacy pushed Moore through the ropes. Lacy was deducted a point in rounds four and five for holding. Moore also lost a point in the fourth for the same offence. A truly awful, bizarre fight that also saw a cameraman fall.

Joseph Hicks (12-0, 8 KOs) won via seventh round technical knockout against Keon Papillion (10-1-1, 7 KOs). The stoppage for this eight-round welterweight clash came after Papillion’s corner indicated that they had had enough.

Joshua Pagan (12-0, 4 KOs) won a unanimous decision over Ronal Ron (16-8, 13 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight bout. Scores were 79-73 and 78-74 (x2).

Caroline Veyre (9-1, 0 KOs) won a unanimous decision over Carmen Vargas (5-3-1, 0 KOs) in an eight-round featherweight fight. Scores were 80-72 across the board.

Ashleyann Lozada (1-0, 0 KOs) won a unanimous decision over Denise Moran (3-1, 0 KOs) in a six-round super bantamweight clash. Scores were 60-54 across the board.

Leon Lawson III (17-1, 10 KOs) won via fourth round technical knockout against Christopher Thompson (9-3, 6 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight contest.

Samantha Worthington (11-0, 7 KOs) won via unanimous decision against Vaida Masiokaite (10-27-6, 1 KO). Scores for the eight-round super lightweight bout were 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.

Pryce Taylor (6-0, 4 KOs) won via second round technical knockout over Jerell Nettles (4-11, 1 KO) in a six-round heavyweight fight.