Claressa Shields retained her undisputed heavyweight title in opposition to Lani Daniels on Saturday, July 26 at Little Caesars Enviornment in Detroit. Battling it out in the primary occasion, the Flint, MI native got here out on high, defeating her opponent from New Zealand by unanimous determination. The ten-round bout ended with scores of 99-91, 99-91, and 100-90.
With the victory, three-division undisputed champion Shields made her first profitable championship protection at heavyweight. The 30-year-old improved to 17-0, 3 KOs, and remained undefeated.
Two-division champion Daniels, who held the IBF titles at gentle heavyweight and heavyweight, didn’t reach her try to say all main belts at heavyweight. The 37-year-old dropped to 11-3-2, 1 KO, which snapped her seven-fight successful streak.
“I simply wish to thank God. I used to be praying for a sold-out Little Caesars Enviornment because the first time I fought right here,” Claressa Shields stated post-fight. “Many individuals from around the globe got here out, and I’m really grateful for that.”
“I’ve been everywhere in the world to a number of the greatest boxing exhibits, and there may be nothing like a Detroit crowd. They have been chanting ‘Whoop that Trick.’ That is positively my home, and we blew the roof off. It was loopy. All through the rounds, I simply heard how loud the gang was. There was not a quiet second the complete time I used to be on the market.”
“Lani Daniels was a troublesome opponent. I broke her all the way down to the physique and the top. I combined it up on the market. She is simply very, very powerful. I knew she could be powerful by simply watching her combat. I might inform she labored on her pace. Her head was shifting an entire lot, however she headbutted me twice, and that was one thing I needed to look out for. I do know she simply needed to outlive the rounds.”
“I really feel like I beat her with my again in opposition to the ropes. I don’t thoughts combating with my again to the ropes. I can throw from wherever.”
On Shields vs Daniels undercard
Within the co-feature, Detroit’s former tremendous welterweight champion Tony Harrison (30-4-1, 21 KOs) returned to the ring, incomes a unanimous determination over Edward Ulloa Diaz (15-7, 12 KOs) of the Dominican Republic. After 10 rounds, the judges scored the bout 96-93, 98-91, and 97-92.
On his option to victory, Harrison suffered a knockdown after Diaz landed a proper hand on the finish of the ninth spherical.
Amongst different Shields vs Daniels outcomes, Pryce Taylor (9-0, 6 KOs) of Brooklyn, NY defeated Robert Simms (12-5-1, 3 KOs) of Saginaw, MI by unanimous determination at heavyweight. After eight rounds, all three scores have been 80-72.
Samantha Worthington (24-8, 13 KOs) of Lexington, KY defeated Victoire Piteau (14-3, 2 KOs) of France by majority determination at tremendous light-weight. After 10 rounds, the judges scored it 99-91, 95-95, and 96-94. With the win, Worthington claimed the interim WBA belt.
Kicking off the telecast, French-born Canadian Olympian Caroline Veyre (10-1) defeated France’s Licia Boudersa (23-4-2, 4 KOs) by unanimous determination to win the WBC featherweight title eliminator. The judges scored the 10-round combat 99-91, 98-92, and 99-91.
Among the many prelims, Flint’s Sardius Simmons (2-0, 1 KO) defeated Demetrius Banks (13-17-2, 6 KOs) of Detroit by unanimous determination in a four-rounder at heavyweight, with scores 40-36 throughout the board. Da’Velle Smith (13-0, 8 KOs) of Dearborn, MI secured a unanimous determination over Martez McGregor (9-9, 7 KOs) of Maywood, IL with scores of 80-71, 80-71, and 79-72.
In a swing bout contested after the primary occasion, Leon Lawson (18-1, 11 KOs) of Flint TKO’d Ryan Wilczak (11-2, 6 KOs) of Scranton, PA within the fourth spherical at middleweight. The time of the stoppage was 1:46 into the spherical.
