(DEC 30) Salita Promotions
wishes to congratulate their female superstar Claressa Shields
for her inclusion in the 2022 instalment of the Guinness World
Records for becoming the first boxer in the four-belt era to
hold all titles across two weight divisions simultaneously.
On March 5, 2021, Shields (11-0, 2 KOs) scored a unanimous
decision over Canada’s Marie-Eve Dicaire to add the IBF and WBA
Super Welterweight Championships to the WBC and WBO belts she
already held. 'The GWOAT' was previously crowned the Undisputed
Women’s Middleweight Champion with a unanimous decision victory
over Germany’s Christina Hammer in April 2019.
No man or woman in boxing history has achieved this incredible
feat.
26-year-old Shields also went an
amazing 77-1 as an amateur, winning two world championships and
then winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals at the 2012 and
2016 Summer Games. Again, no man or woman in boxing history has
achieved this incredible feat.
“Inclusion in Guinness World Records for 2022 is another
historical landmark for the greatest female fighter to ever put
on gloves,” said her promoter, Dmitriy Salita. “The fact that
Claressa has reached this incredible milestone in just 11 fights
shows what a truly great fighter she is. I am proud to be her
promoter for her historic career, unfolding before our eyes.”
Shields, from Flint, Michigan, recently signed a seven figure,
multi-fight deal with BOXXER and Sky Sports. She is scheduled to
face undefeated Slovenian Ema Kozin (22-0-1, 11 KOs) in the
co-main event of the Chris Eubank Jr. vs Liam Williams fight,
scheduled for January 2022 at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff,
Wales, with the eventual goal to attempt to avenge her only
amateur loss to now fellow professional Savannah Marshall from
the UK later this year.
Shields recently revealed her “bucket list” for boxing online,
which included YouTuber Jake Paul, and undisputed lightweight
champion Katie Taylor as future victims.
“Claressa has achieved all this so soon,” continued Salita. “Her
career is just getting started with several more interesting
super fights on the horizon. Congratulations once again to
Claressa Shields for all her groundbreaking work to bring
women’s boxing to the forefront.”
“I’m thrilled for Claressa and so proud of her for being
recognized by Guinness World Records in their 2022 book as the
first man or woman to become undisputed world champion in two
different weight divisions in the four-belt era,” said Mark
Taffet, President of Mark Taffet Media and Manager of Claressa
Shields. “Being the only American in history to win back-to-back
Olympic gold medals in boxing, having won professional world
championships in three weight divisions faster than any man or
woman in boxing history, and now adding this honor just
amplifies Claressa’s status as the GWOAT – the greatest female
boxer in history – and puts her in rarified air after just
eleven professional fights. I can’t wait to see what other
game-changing accomplishments await her in the future!”
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