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Shield Vs. Marshall & Mayer Vs. Baumgardner – Preview for Saturday Night


Via Sam Volz: IBF, WBA & WBC women’s middleweight champion Claressa Shields weighed 159.3 lbs on Friday for his undisputed clash with WBO champion Savannah Marshall in Saturday’s showdown at the House competing O2 in London, England. Marshall (12-0, 10 KOs) weighs 159.3 lbs.

The card will be shown on ESPN+ at 2:30 p.m. ET and 11:30 a.m. PT.

Shields, 27, has the speed and mass punching ability to beat Marshall the bigger puncher. If Marshall can land one of her big shots, she might be able to stop Shields, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Marshall, 31, is too slow and will be beaten all night.

In equal weight, IBF & WBO world super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer (17-0.5 KOs) weighed 129.1 lbs after a 10-round clash with IBO & WBC champion Alycia Baumgardner ( 12-1, 7 KOs). Baumgardner, 27 years old, weighs 129.1 lbs.

Other weights on the card:

  • Lauren Price 145.5 lbs vs. Timea Belik 145 lbs
  • Caroline Dubois 137 lbs vs. Milena Koleva 136.5 lbs
  • Karriss Artingstall 125.5 lbs vs Marina Sakharov 124.5 lbs

“Yes, and she has been here before, to be fair to her. This is her third time fighting for an undisputed title. So the experience of the occasion was on her side a lot,” Gareth A. Davies told talkSPORT Boxing about Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields on her fight against Savannah Marshall this Saturday night.

“She had it all week. She answered cat calls from all of Savannah Marshall’s fans around the event all week. Apparently, it was delayed by five weeks because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II from September 10.

“It feels really big this week. There are 11 women’s matches on this card. Made headlines by Shields and Marshall, of course. I make Shields a favorite.

“She will probably get hit by Savannah more than she’s ever been hit, but I think Savannah will get hit more than she’s ever been hit in a dozen fights in her career.

“Both were undefeated in dozens of battles. It was an extraordinary prospect; It’s a great advertisement for women’s boxing. I know that O2 Arena is sold out.

“We had Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner for three super light belts on the belt. It will be a great night.

Davies said: “I think it was in a way when asked if Shields vs. Marshall is older than Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano or not. “I think that was a lot of heat, and they got a lot of help from DAZN and Matchroom and Eddie Hearn in the United States.

“They put it on. I was there, and I was live. It was a great night in a great 20 minute battle with ten, two minutes. Looks like it’s been 12 innings.

“Yeah, I think it’s big too. This rivalry goes back ten years. Claressa was only beaten by Savannah in an amateur and professional match in 2012 at the world amateur championships in China, where Savannah took world No. Games at the end of the year.

“Claressa won and obviously, as you say, a two-time Olympic gold medalist. There is so much information out there about these two women and the truth is that it has been delayed by 5 weeks. They must have been itching to go into the ring, and we’ve felt it about them all week

“They did a great job on their own in those five extra weeks. They had a bit of a break. Both of them returned in the match. I think it’s Shield’s fight because she’s elusive, Marshall is a big power puncher, but it’s a choice they make. It was a veritable pick-and-match, and these two women belong to Serrano and Taylor at the top of the sport.

“Alycia Baumgardner is a real puncher. We saw that when she knocked Terri Harper off Doncaster in a terrifying battle last year. Baumgardner is a super athlete.

“Mayer has a great amateur pedigree. It’s all about whether Mayer can control Baumgarder with the advantage of her range and height as well as her boxing skills and not get drawn into a dogfight.

“I will tell you that Baumgardner was beaten by Mayer this week, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they went leather shopping in the early rounds here and really got into a dogfight. If so, I make Baumgardner a favorite.

“Oh, I really don’t know,” Davies said when asked about the money Mayer & Baumgardner will receive for their fight. “I know that Claressa Shields has signed a multi-fight deal with BOXXER and Sky for a certain amount of seven figures.

“I imagine they would make hundreds of thousands for this. Obviously they deserve to be equal, but they should also be moved to the 12th, two minutes, not the 10th, two minutes, because these games go by.

“They’re going to make a lot of money out of this,” says Davies.

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