The No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxer in the world, and self-proclaimed GWOAT, Claressa Shields, was back in action last night (Sun., Feb, 22, 2026) against Franchon Crews-Dezurn in Detroit, Michigan in a rematch 10 years in the making.
From the jump, the two ladies wasted no times getting acquainted once again as they each channeled their inner-Max Holloway and started throwing bombs in the center of the ring. And that was the story throughout the fight, thought it was Shields who often got the better of the exchanges thanks to her speed and precision.
To her credit, Crews-Dezurn stood in the pocket despite getting pummeled repeatedly. In the end, Shields did enough to get the unanimous decision win an improve her record to 18-0, all while retaining her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and WBF Heavyweight titles.
Check out some of the highlights below:
Shields improves to 2-0 against Crews-Dezrun after initially defeating her via unanimous decision the “GWOAT’s” pro debut back in Nov 2016.
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