5' 8" Claressa "T-Rex" Shields,
born on March 17, 1995, in Flint, Michigan, was introduced to
boxing by her father. WBAN's first introduction to Shields
was when she was one of 24 amateur boxers who were competing in Spokane, Washington, to makepave
a way to the
"History-First" 2012 Olympics. Only 36 female boxers
could be in that competition in London.
Shields went on to win a gold medal at that 2012 Olympics, and
again won a gold medal in 2016. [For
Claressa Shields amateur and background, go here]
On November 19, 2016, at the
T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada,
Shields, 167, won a four-round unanimous decision over Franchon
Crews, 168. Final judges scores were 40-36 on all cards.
On March 10, 2017, at the MGM Grand Detroit, in Detroit,
Michigan, Shields had the opportunity to fight closer to home,
when she fought Szilvia Szabados, 158, and winning that bout by
a fourth round TKO in a scheduled six round bout.
On June 16, 2017 - Masonic Temple, in Detroit, Michigan,
Shields, now 3-0-0, won a unanimous decision over Sydney
LeBlanc, now 4-2-1, The bout was scheduled for eight
rounds, and Shields won the vacant WBC Silver Super Middleweight title.
On August 4, 2017, at the MGM in Detroit, Michigan,
Shields, 165¼, of Michigan won by a fifth round TKO over Nikki
Adler, 166, of Germany. The two were fighting for the WBC and
vacant IBF Super Middleweight titles. The bout was scheduled for
ten rounds. The bout was featured on ShoBox. The Shields vs.
Adler fight was the main event.
On January 12, 2018, in Verona, New York,
USA, and televised on SHOWTIME, the
WBAN P4P World title Belt was on the line with Shields defending her WBC and
IBF Super Middleweight title
Two-time Olympic boxing champion Claressa "T-Rex"
Shields and Tori Nelson made women’s boxing proud when they fought
in the main event in ten rounds of boxing action. Shields
winning by unanimous decision,....Full
Story
On June 22, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan, and
televised on Showtime,
Shields became a two-division world champion, and Christina
Hammer retained her two world title belts as both scored
unanimous decision victories on Friday night on SHOWTIME BOXING:
SPECIAL EDITION from the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Mich.
And now they have their sights set on one another. The two-time Olympic Gold
Medalist Shields of nearby Flint, Mich., was knocked down for
the first time in her career 53 seconds into the first round,
but she was able to come back and win every round after that to
become a two-division world champion capturing the vacant IBF
and WBA Middleweight World Championships against Hanna Gabriels.
The judges’ scored the fight 98-91, 97-92 twice.
Full Story
On November 17, 2018, at the Kansas Star Arena, in Mulvane,
Kansas,
Shields, 159½, of Flint, Michigan, won a ten-round unanimous
decision over Hannah Rankin, 158½, of Glasgow, Scotland. The
final judges scores were 100-90 on all cards, with Shields
winning all the rounds. The two were fighting for the IBF
Middleweight title, and the vacant WBC Middleweight title.
Shields is now 7-0-0 (2KO), and Rankin is 5-3-0 (1KO).
On December 8, 2018, at the StubHub Center, in Carson,
California, Shields, 159¼, won a ten-round unanimous decision
over Femke Hermans, 157. Shields was defending her IBF, WBA, and
WBC Middleweight world titles; and lastly Louisa Hawton, 102.5,
won by a fifth round RTD over Lorraine Villalobos, 101.5, in a
scheduled ten round bout.
On April 13, 2019, at the
Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Shields, 159¼, won
a ten-round unanimous decision over Christina Hammer, 159. The
two were fighting for the unification titles of the WBC, WBA,
vacant WBC Diamond Middleweight belt, WBC Middleweight, and WBO
Middle.
On January 10, 2020, at the Ocean Resort Casino, in Atlantic City,
New Jersey,
In the mainliner Shields won easily over Ivana Habazin in a
ten-rounder for the Vacant Super Welterweight WBC/WBO belt. In a
second female bout, Elin Cederroos won a ten round decision over Alicia
Napoleon Espinosa for the WBA and IBF Super Middleweight titles.
(FOM alert)
On March 5, 2021, in Flint,
Michigan, four female bouts and one male bout on the card.
Shields, 153½, won a 10-round unanimous decision over
Marie Eve Dicaire, 152½. Final judges scores were 100-90 on all
card.
On October 14, 2022 at the 02 Arena,
Greenwich, in a sold out arena Shields defeated Savannah
Marshall by a 10-round unanimous decision successfully defending
her IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO Middleweight World titles.
February 5, 2022, in
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Shields, 159, won a
ten-round unanimous decision over Ema Kozin. The two were
fighting for the WBC, WBA, IBA, and WBF middleweight belts.
On December 15, 2022, Shields was named
WBAN's 2022 Fighter of the year in our yearly awards.
More on her Amateur Boxing Career/Wiki:
More on her Amateur career
In a decorated amateur career, Shields won gold medals in the
women's middleweight division at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics,
making her the first American boxer—female or male—to win
consecutive Olympic medals. Shields was the youngest boxer
at the February 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, winning the event in
the 165 lb (75 kg) middleweight division.
In May,
she qualified for the 2012 games, the first year in which
women's boxing was an Olympic event, and went on to become
the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.
Her only loss professional or amateur comes from British fighter
Savannah Marshall. In 2018, the Boxing Writers Association
of America named her the Female Fighter of the Year.
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