Claressa Shields successfully defended her championships with a victory over Franchon Crews-Dezurn in Detroit on Sunday, Feb. 22.
Shields won by unanimous decision in a fight that attracted 18,000 to Little Caesar’s Arena.
Crews-Dezurn put together a strong start in the opening round of the fight, but it was Shields who managed to pull away with the fight in the rounds that followed. Both fighters were aggressive early on, but Shields found her stride later in the fight by landing multiple combinations against an exhausted Crews-Dezurn. Crews-Dezurn tried to fight back in the later rounds but there wasn’t much more she could do to get back into the fight.
It’s Shields’ second victory over Crews-Dezurn. The first came back in the champions’ debut in 2016.
Shields is now 18-0 in her professional career. Crews-Dezurn falls to 10-3
