The self-proclaimed “GWOAT,” Claressa Shields (and you recognize what the initials stand for – Best Girl of All Time!), will attempt to show her credentials much more in her subsequent battle. As has been reported by a number of information shops, Shields, 14-0(2), will go as much as heavyweight on July twenty seventh, when she’s going to problem reigning WBC ladies’s heavyweight champ Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse.
The ringwalks for Shields vs. Lepage-Joanisse are scheduled for 12 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. UK with the occasion getting underway at 9 p.m. ET / 2 a.m. UK. The card will stream stay on DAZN in over 200 nations throughout the globe
The battle will happen in Detroit and can see Shields try to turn into a four-weight world ruler. Shields says that is an thrilling transfer for her, and he or she says the battle will serve so as to add to the thrill ladies’s boxing is presently having fun with; that and the battle will, with a win, add to her greatness.
That is an fascinating battle and likewise a considerably complicated one when it comes to the world titles that will probably be contested. Lepage-Joanisse of Canada is the WBC ladies’s heavyweight champion, however she weighed a little bit underneath 174 kilos in profitable the belt, and as such, the vacant WBO mild heavyweight title may even be on the road on July 27 (form of like when Sugar Ray Leonard fought defending 175-pound belt-holder Donny Lalonde again in 1988, with a vacant 168-pound strap additionally up for grabs). Shields has, in fact, received world titles at 154, 160, and 168 kilos.
Lepage-Joanisse would be the naturally larger fighter on the evening, however this battle will see right here take an enormous step up when it comes to class. The 28 12 months outdated walked away from the game after struggling her sole profession defeat, this a stoppage loss to Alejandra Jimenez in a earlier problem for the WBC heavyweight title, this again in August of 2017. Since returning in March of final 12 months, Lepage-Joanisse has received 4 on the spin, along with her profitable the vacant WBC heavyweight title with a break up resolution victory over Abril Argentina Vidal in March of this 12 months.
To make issues clear, the oldsters at BoxRec have the Shields-Lepage-Joanisse battle down as one that can contest the WBC heavyweight title, the vacant WBO mild heavyweight title, and the WBA interim mild heavyweight title.
Lepage-Joanisse, 7-1(2) says she may be very a lot up for the problem, as a lot as Shields is.
So, who is aware of what we’ll see on July 27. Will the soar as much as 175 be an excessive amount of for Shields? Will Lepage-Joanisse be outclassed by the pound-for-pound star? What occurs after the battle, win or lose – will Shields drop again down in weight, and in that case, who will she battle?
As particular as she is, Shields has by no means actually met a dance associate able to bringing out her biggest stuff. Perhaps this can change subsequent month. Or perhaps not.
Shields vs. Lepage-Joanisse battle date, begin time
- Date: Saturday, July 27
- Time: 9 p.m. ET / 2 a.m. UK (Sunday)
- The card will stream stay on DAZN in over 200 nations throughout the globe
Shields vs. Lepage-Joanisse battle card
- Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse; For Joanisse’s WBC ladies’s world heavyweight title
- Michel Rivera vs. La Vonte Early; Tremendous light-weight
- Shohjahon Ergashev vs. Julian Smith; Tremendous light-weight
- Cameran Pankey vs. Shaileik Paisley; Featherweight
- Gordie Russ II vs. Josiah Shackleford; Gentle middleweight
- Husam Al Mashhadi vs. Bruno Leonardo Romay; Gentle middleweight
- Ernesto Mercado vs. Hector Edgardo Sarmiento; Tremendous light-weight
- Jaquan McElroy vs. Travis Floyd; Welterweight
- Samantha Worthington vs. Edina Kiss; Tremendous light-weight
- Danielle Perkins vs. Christianne Fahey; Girls’s heavyweight
