(JAN 6) On March 30th, New Zealand Boxers Geovana Peres and Lani Daniels will face each other in Auckland, New Zealand for the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight title. Both boxers have also declared that they win, they will be dropping down in weight and targeting Claressa Shields next. 

Originally when an article was written stating,  "World Champion Contenders want Claressa Shields"  Shields was not available to comment.  WBAN contacted Mark Taffett, of Team Shields to get an "official response" in regards to this article.   [Original Article]

CLARESSA SHIELDS OFFICIAL RESPONSE:

“It’s exciting to see these two champions – Geovana Peres and Lani Daniels – want to fight each other to prove who is best. Women’s boxing needs the best to fight the best in order to begin to achieve the recognition with fans and ultimately achieve equality with men’s boxing. I love their spirit and their understanding that to BE the best you have to BEAT the best, and that’s me.

So I applaud their desire to fight me in the future. I love challenges, and I respect any woman who wants to challenge me to prove her talent. Now, they are fighting at light heavyweight and I’m currently at middleweight and want to fight Hammer for undisputed, then I want to win a title in a third weight division at 154.

But you never know what happens, and especially if these two women can come down in weight I encourage them to have a great fight between themselves and then let’s see what the landscape is. Most importantly, they deserve great credit for wanting to fight the best fighters in the world, and we need more of that in the women’s game! I wish them the both the best in their fight, and I hope they give a performance that will have all boxing fans talking!”