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Claressa Shields (16-0; 3 KOs) became the undisputed women’s heavyweight champion after defeating Danielle Perkins (5-1; 0) by unanimous decision (100-89, 99-90, 97-92) in her hometown of Flint, Michigan. Although the size difference was evident, the experience of the two-time Olympic champion and the age difference (29 to 42) was more decisive.

In any case, Shields, who proclaimed herself the ‘GWOAT’ (Greatest Woman of All Time), made history by becoming the first female boxer to be crowned undisputed champion in a third weight category. Since there are four belts, in men there are three fighters who have been in two divisions: Oleksandr Usyk, Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford. Among the girls, Katie Taylor has ruled in two weights.

Claressa Shields Claims 'GWOAT' Status on a Big Night for Women's Boxing -  The New York Times

From the start, it was clear that Shields was going to take advantage of her speed. She is tough and was ready to get in and out quickly. The second round was really entertaining, as Perkins realized that her opponent was extremely effective, so in the final seconds she went all out despite the risks. In the third round there was again a lot of dynamite.

Claressa continued to dominate and even attack with the jab. In the seventh, adrenaline levels rose again. Although the result did not seem to be in danger if it went to the end, the contest remained interesting because Perkins threw punches with a lot of bad temper. However, Shields shone in the ninth and in the tenth she sent her opponent to the canvas just before the end. If there is one thing about women’s 10×2, it is that the fights are very intense.

Claressa Shields aims to be undisputed champion in two divisions, Boxing  News - farbodbilliard.com

According to the champion, she fought very depleted: “I think I’m going to have to have surgery on my left arm. I tore my labrum last week, so the fight almost didn’t happen. I didn’t want to disappoint my city, but I really couldn’t use my jab the way I wanted to,” she said.

His triumph comes just as a biographical film about his early years in boxing, entitled ‘The Fire Inside’ has been released

The Boxing Writers Association of America on Monday released the results of its annual awards naming the best fighter, fight, trainer and manager of 2024, as well as several supporting honors.

Lineal, unified and de facto undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Tyson Fury twice in 2024, was named the BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year.

Usyk was also involved in what may be the BWAA’s other most prestigious award, the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year, which went to his first meeting with Fury. Usyk battled and defeated Fury over 12 rounds on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Eddie Futch Trainer of the Year award went to Robert Garcia, who runs his eponymous boxing academy in Oxnard, California. In 2024, Garcia guided emerging pound-for-pound junior bantamweight star Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and new junior middleweight interim titleholder Vergil Ortiz Jnr, among others, while helping construct the perfect game plan for Jose Valenzuela to upset Isaac Cruz in August.

Egis Klimas was named the BWAA’s Cus D’Amato Manager of the Year. Klimas manages Usyk and Vasiliy Lomachenko, who bounced back from a 2023 defeat to Devin Haney with a win over George Kambosos Jnr to win a lightweight title last May in Kambosos’ native Australia.

Full list of BWAA awards winners and nominees are as follows

Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year: Oleksandr Usyk

Additional BWAA 2024 awards winners include Bruce Silverglade (Good Guy); Marv Albert (Broadcast); Brad Goodman (Meritorious Service); Prichard Colon (Courage in Overcoming Adversity).

Artur Beterbiev

Daniel Dubois

Zurdo Ramirez

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez

Oleksandr Usyk

Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier Fight of the Year: Oleksandr Usyk W 12 Tyson Fury I

Raymond Ford KO 12 Otabek Kholmatov

Derek Chisora W 10 Joe Joyce

Vergil Ortiz Jnr W 12 Serhii Bohachuk

Kenshiro Teraji W 12 Carlos Canizales

Oleksandr Usyk W 12 Tyson Fury I

Eddie Futch Trainer of the Year: Robert Garcia

Don Charles

Freddy Fundora

Robert Garcia

Rudy Hernandez

Yuri Tkachenko

Cus D’Amato Manager of the Year: Egis Klimas

Keith Connolly

Egis Klimas

Vadim Kornilov

Brian Peters

Marvin Kohn Good Guy: Bruce Silverglade

Russ Anber

Sam Jackson/Andrew Roberts

Steve Pratt

Bruce Silverglade

Don Turner

Sam Taub Broadcast: Marv Albert

Marv Albert

Jim Gray

Dave Harmon

Mauro Ranallo

James “Smitty” Smith

Barney Nagler Long and Meritorious Service: Brad Goodman

Brad Goodman

Randy Gordon

Henry Hascup

Don Majeski

John Sheppard

John McCain & Bill Crawford Courage in Overcoming Adversity: Prichard Colon and family

Prichard Colon and family

Billy Dib

Vanes Martirosyan

Christy Martin

Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KO) got his guy and likely secured a serious bag in the process.

According to Ring Magazine, Canelo Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KO) and Crawford have an agreement in place to fight on September 13 at a yet-to-be-determined venue in Las Vegas.

The fight will be contested at 168 pounds and will be for Canelo’s super middleweight titles. Since Crawford began working with Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh, the future Hall-of-Famer has made it clear that he wanted to set up a superfight with the Mexican legend.

Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford - Will it Happen? - YouTube

After making his preference known for more than a year, it appears Canelo is on board for what could produce the largest payday in boxing history. Canelo, 34, is expected to keep with his tradition of fighting in May ahead of his September fight.

he prime candidate for the fight in May is William Scull. Following a unanimous decision win over Vladimir Shishkin, Scull became the IBF super middleweight champion. If Canelo fights and defeats Scull, he will once again be the undisputed super middleweight champion.

Crawford is the reigning WBA junior middleweight champion at 154 pounds, so he will be moving up two weight classes to face a fellow all-time great in one of the biggest boxing matches in the past 10 years.

Terence Crawford's return delayed but new contact planned for Canelo  Alvarez fight | talkSPORT

The fight is expected to be the main event for an upcoming Riyadh Season event. It seems like the T-Mobile Arena, MGM Grand, or even Allegiant Stadium could be the landing place for the fight.

Also, based on the precedent Alalshikh and Riyadh Season have established over the past two years, it wouldn’t be a shock if the card was stacked with other intriguing fights to guarantee a mega event.

Papoose popped out for Claressa Shields ahead of her impressive boxing victory, performing her walkout music. Shield’s heavyweight bout went down on Sunday (Feb. 2) against Danielle Perkins at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan. But before fans were treated to a dominating performance from Claressa, they were rewarded with a glimpse into Pap’s love for his new boo.

During Shield’s walkout, the couple appeared side by side, as Pap performed his timeless verse from Busta Rhymes’ 2006 hit, “Touch It.” While the WBC athlete appeared locked in, she couldn’t help but smile and look on lovingly as Pap easily ripped through his memorable lines.

Papoose & Claressa Shields Pop Out Together For Her Weigh-In

“Five boroughs of death, you don’t understand, I got New York City in the palm of my hand/ Now I could make a tight fist and let it crumble ridiculous/ Or I could smack the world with a New York Nemesis/ I got Staten Island on my pinky, Queens on my thumb, dude, The Bronx on my middle finger screamin’ f**k you/ Rock ice in Manhattan so there’s the ring finger/ You know I had to keep Brooklyn on the trigger finger,” he rapped with the crowd and Shields fully engaged. But then, it was showtime.

Shields, who was battling an injured shoulder, and Perkins’ bout went 10 rounds before the “GWOAT” dropped Danielle with a vicious right hook. The unanimously decided win gave the 29-year-old the undisputed heavyweight title, making her the first boxer, regardless of gender, “in the four-belt era to become the undisputed champion in three different weight classes,” per ESPN.

Papoose And Claressa Shields Spotted Together Before Boxing Match

“I felt strong in there, but I know Danielle Perkins felt stronger. That girl was strong as hell,” Shields said, detailing how she had found a way to win. “She was strong, she was definitely a problem. My experience and my skills got me over it and also, I’ve been in plenty of street fights with bigger people and I had to use some of my skills in that today, too. So, when I dropped her in the last round, it’s because she got greedy.”

Claressa Shields became undisputed women’s heavyweight champion on Sunday, comprehensively outpointing Danielle Perkins for a hometown win in Flint, Michigan.

Shields, who dropped Perkins in the 10th and final round, secured a unanimous decision over her fellow American, winning 100-89, 99-90, 97-92. The result kept Shields, 29, unbeaten at 16-0, while 42-year-old Perkins fell to 5-1 as a professional.

Shields entered Dort Financial Center as WBC and WBF heavyweight champion, and the “GWOAT” claimed the vacant WBO and IBF belts with her victory.

Claressa Shields Decisions Danielle Perkins; Wins Undisputed Heavyweight  Title

Speaking after the fight, Shields said: “Danielle was strong, she was definitely a problem, but my experience and my skills got me over it.

“I’ve been in plenty of street fights with bigger people, and I had to use some of my skills in that [against Perkins], too. So, when I dropped her in the last round, it’s because she got greedy.

“I actually think I’m going to have to have surgery on my left arm. I tore my labrum last week, so the fight almost didn’t happen. I didn’t want to let Flint down, but I really couldn’t use my jab the way that I wanted to.

“I iced it, I did therapy, and now I think I’m going to have a shoulder surgery.”

Shields’s victory comes just days before the UK release of The Fire Inside, a biopic about the early years of her boxing career – including her Olympic gold-medal triumph in 2012, which was followed by another in 2016.

The film, directed by Rachel Morrison and starring Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry, was released in the US in December. Its UK release date is 7 February.

Uncrowned has Claressa Shields vs. Danielle Perkins live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Shields vs. Perkins fight card on Sunday night at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan. WBC heavyweight champion Shields defends her belt against Perkins with the vacant WBA, IBF and WBO belts also on the line.

Shields (15-0, 3 KOs), Uncrowned’s No. 1 pound-for-pound women’s boxer in the world, is a five-division champion and former two-division undisputed champion, having held the undisputed super welterweight crown in 2021 and the undisputed middleweight title twice between 2019 and 2024. Shields won the WBC heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse this past July.

Perkins (5-0, 2 KOs) has never been scheduled for more than eight rounds and comes into the bout as far less experienced than her championship opponent. Perkins boxed on the undercard of Shields’ fight with Lepage-Joanisse, winning a wide unanimous decision over Christianne Fahey.

Heavyweight prospects Brandon Moore (16-1, 10 KOs) and Skylar Lacy (8-0-2, 6 KOs) clash on the undercard in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds. Moore recently teamed up with Dmitry Salita’s Salita Promotions, which is promoting Sunday’s card and has a long-standing relationship with Shields.

Shields vs. Perkins begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on DAZN, with main event ring walks expected at around 11:00 p.m. ET.

We Have a Championship Fight! Adler and Shields Make Weight for Friday  Showtime

Follow all of the action with Uncrowned’s live results and highlights, as well as play-by-play of the main card below.

Undisputed heavyweight title: Claressa Shields vs. Danielle Perkins

Heavyweight: Brandon Moore vs. Skylar Lacy

Super welterweight: Joseph Hicks Jr. vs. Keon Papillion

Super lightweight: Joshua Pagan def. Ronal Ron via unanimous decision (79-73, 78-74, 78-74)

Super featherweight: Caroline Veyre def. Carmen Vargas via unanimous decision (80-72, 80-72, 80-72)

Super bantamweight: Ashleyann Lozada def. Denise Moran via unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 40-36)

Claressa Shields, one of the most decorated boxers ever, takes on top-ranked contender Danielle Perkins Sunday night for a chance to win another undisputed world title.

Shields fights Perkins at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, her hometown, on Sunday night for the undisputed women’s heavyweight championship. Shields (15-0, 3 KOs), already a champion of five different weight classes, is looking to become the first boxer to win undisputed titles at three different weight classes. Perkins (5-0, 2 KOs) will have to take down Shields on her home turf to win her first championship.

Shields-Perkins headlines a night of 10 fights in the “Vehicle City” featuring four women’s fights. The co-main event is a men’s heavyweight duel between Brandon Moore and Skylar Lacy for the vacant USBA heavyweight title. Five other boxers from Michigan — Jaquan McElroy, Joseph Jerome Starks, Leon Lawson III, Joseph Hicks and Joshua James Pagan — will also fight on the card.

Fights started at 5:30 p.m. and the main event streaming begins at 7:30 p.m. exclusively on DAZN.

Super Fight Sunday fight updates

Joshua James Pagan beats Ronal Ron by unanimous decision

Ron and Pagan were not interested in protecting themselves. Both willingly took on shots from the other to open up windows to wind up, resulting in each landing and absorbing big shots. Ron opened Pagan in the second round above his left eye, but kept working to get as close to Ron as possible to try and land tight hooks and uppercuts. His attack was unrelenting over eight rounds, and eventually, he turned it from a back-and-forth affair to one he dictated in the later rounds to win by unanimous decision (79-73, 78-74, 78-74) to remain undefeated. The two kept swinging until the end and spent the last 20 seconds wildly trading hooks to the delight of the relatively full Dort Financial Center crowd.

Caroline Veyre wins WBA intercontinental featherweight title

Veyre started on the front foot and peppered Vargas with pressure. Veyre left Vargas with a visibly swollen left eye and then opened her up and made her bleed with a jab to the nose in the third round. Despite taking control, Veyre couldn’t get a finish, instead comfortably avoiding damage to walk away with a unanimous 80-72 decision in the eight-round fight.

Ashleyann Lozada wins in pro debut

Lozada, “La Maquina”, dominated across the four-round fight against Moran for the first win of her professional career. Lozada danced around Moran and dared her with her guard down, but the Puerto Rican was too fast for Moran and buried her with flurries of counters.

Taylor, Worthington, Lawson III win first three fights

In the first fight, Pryce Taylor knocked out Jerrell Nettles for a second-round finish at heavyweight with a right cross. Samantha Worthington outlasted Vaida Masiokaite in an eight-round unanimous decision at super lightweight (77-75, 78-64, 79-73). Flint’s Leon Lawson III drew the biggest cheer of the early fights with a fourth-round finish against Christopher Thompson for a technical knockout. The referee stopped the fight after Lawson wobbled Thompson early in the fourth round for his second stoppage. The fight between Flint’s Jaquan McElroy and Macomb’s Joseph Jerome Starks, the original first fight, did not happen.

What’s at stake for Claressa Shields-Danielle Perkins

This fight is for the first-ever undisputed women’s heavyweight title in boxing history, and a chance for an American, male or female, to become the undisputed champion at the top weight class since 1992.

Shields is looking to become the first boxer regardless of gender to win undisputed titles in three weight classes — 154, 160 and 175. She became the first boxer to win two undisputed titles after her last fight in Flint at the Dort Financial Center in 2021.

Both fighters have undefeated records. Shields is looking to cement her status as the greatest women’s boxer of all time, while Perkins is looking for her first title as a professional.

How to watch Claressa Shields vs Danielle Perkins fight

The Claressa Shields vs. Danielle Perkins fight card will stream live on DAZN pay-per-view, with a DAZN subscription needed to purchase the bout.

  • How to watch: On DAZN pay-per-view.
  • Fight start time: 5:30 p.m.
  • Main card start time: 8 p.m.
  • Date: Sunday, Feb. 2.
  • Location: Dort Financial Center, Flint.

What apps have DAZN?

According to DAZN, you will be able to watch the fight on all of the apps below:

Apple TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Stick, Amazon Fire Tablet, Android Phone & Tablet, iPhone & iPad, Android TV, LG, Smart TV, Panasonic Smart TV, Samsung Smart TV, Sony Smart TV, SmartCast, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Roku.

Undefeated Claressa Shields will return to the ring this weekend to face Danielle Perkins in a women’s undisputed heavyweight title fight, which will be broadcast via Salita Promotions PPV.

As a professional, Shields has an unbeaten record in 15 fights, to establish herself as one of the best female boxers in the United States, so she already has $500,000 purses for her fights against Maricela Cornejo and Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, according to NY Fight and SportsPayouts. This same purse will be her pay for this fight against Perkins

Before that fight, her maximum earnings were estimated at $350,000 for her fights against opponents such as Savannah Marshall and Ema Kozin. However, on this occasion her purse will not include an additional bonus from PPV sales, although she will receive income from sponsorships and television revenue.

Claressa Shields vs. Danielle Perkins Round-by-Round Updates: Claressa Shields vs. Danielle Perkins: Live round-by-round updates

According to SportsKeeda, Shields’ net worth is close to $4 million, thanks to her deal with Sky Sports and her partnership with the Professional Fighters League. She also has other income such as sponsorships in boxing, martial arts and advertising

Shields has sponsorships such as: Nike, Puma and Under Armour and has been sponsored by Monster Energy, Swimsuits For All, Audi and Powerade, which helped her to shore up her professional career

Danielle Perkins net worth

Danielle Perkins has a perfect mark in five fights and will currently get the best payday of her career. Prior to her fight against Shields, she already has victories over recognized boxers in her division such as Monika Harrison, Timea Nagy and Christianne Fahey.

GWOAT IS BACK!! Claressa Shields vs Danielle Perkins • FACEOFF • DAZN Boxing

For the fight against Shields, Danielle Perkins will receive $175,000. She will also earn extra income from bonuses and sponsorships, considering that she was originally an actress and influencer. She began her career in the Nickelodeon series ‘Knight Squad’. With all this background, her net worth as of December 2023 is estimated to be $1.5 million

His earnings also include his sporadic appearances on television shows and other additional income from his videos on social networks, especially on YouTube, where he has more than 800,000 subscribers on his channel. This month he generated between $6,000 and $96,000 and this year he will generate close to $72,000 in advertising revenue. The channel has more than 5.4 million views to date.