Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall: Details of rematch terms revealed
Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall could meet in a rematch after their undisputed duel later this year.
The The couple will fight for all the marbles in the women’s middleweight division on September 10 at the O2 Arena.
Shields will put her WBC, IBF, WBA and Ring titles in the magazine, while Marshall brings her WBO strap to the table.
The event was streamed exclusively on Sky Sports, as part of a pay-per-view broadcast that also featured a unified showdown between Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner in the featherweight division, with two defenders of their respective WBO & WBC and IBO Titles.
BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom admitted a multi-match deal was on the cards before the match was officially announced.
And Shields (12-0, 2 KOs) now goes one step further to tell about by Daily Mail The sports section has the option for a return clash, with both boxers being given the opportunity to trigger the clause, if they wish, after the first bout in London.
“There’s a rematch in the contract, it’s there.”
“We can both activate it after the battle.”
“I’m not worried about that; we had a rematch clause when I played Christina Hammer. She never activated it. That’s what it is.”
Shields is the only boxer in history, female or male, to hold all four major world titles in boxing – WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO – in two weight divisions simultaneously.
Shields, whose last game was a 10-round IBF, WBC and WBO title defense against Ema Kozin in Cardiff, Wales, back in February, went on to say:
“It will be her [Marshall] loser “.
“Because I won’t lose. You can note that, and people may ask if or when or how. I will win by any means necessary. Stage = Stage.”
Marshall (12-0, 10 KOs) was the only boxer to ever beat Shields in boxing when the matchup met as amateurs, and their long-standing rivalry grew from there.
Her final start came just weeks after Shields earned the aforementioned point against Kozin when she knocked out Femke Hermans with a left hook to the head in the third of 10 rounds scheduled at Utilita Arena in London. Newcastle in April.