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Claressa Shields vs Franchon Crews-Dezurn 2 – gigantic fight preview and predictions
Undisputed champion Claressa Shields returns to action this weekend in her debut fight against Franchon Crews-Dezurn at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
Crews-Dezurn (10-2, 2 KO) will be looking for revenge when they meet again live on DAZN on Sunday, while Shields (17-0, 3 KO) was victorious when they first fought 10 years ago.
“GWOAT” remains undefeated since her professional debut in November 2016 and faced the best in the sport in various weight categories.
Fighting in Michigan, she won her first world title in her fourth fight.
A year after her first world title win, Shields moved up to middleweight and defeated Hanna Gabriels for the vacant IBF title, and just five months later she unified with the WBC.
The 30-year-old has held titles in four weight classes but has fought in the heavyweight division for the past 19 months, earning three victories, including a second-round knockout of Venessa Lepage-Joanisse in her heavyweight debut.
She last appeared in action seven months ago, beating Lani Daniels over 10 rounds to defend her undisputed crown.
Her opponent, Crews-Dezurn, isn’t overrated, even though she already has a loss to Shields.
Their first fight was at super middleweight and lasted four rounds, so they didn’t have much opportunity to draw conclusions before the weekend’s main event.
“The Massive Hitting Diva” is no stranger to causing upsets. This was evident in her victory over Shadasia Green of Most Valuable Promotions, whom she defeated over 10 rounds.
The last time in action was eight months ago, Crews-Dezurn defeated Citlalli Ortiz at a distance.
Atif Oberlton vs. Joseph George
The co-main event will be the fight between Atif Oberlton and Joseph George (13-1, 8 KO) in the delicate heavyweight division for 10 rounds.
Oberlton (14-0, 12 KO) enters the fight undefeated, and both fighters have fought 14 professional fights so far.
Undercard remaining
Samantha Worthington (12-0, 7 KO) will fight her 13th professional fight against Edith Soledad Matthysse (20-16-1, 3 KO).
Despite Matthysse’s greater experience, Worthington should have enough to secure a points win.
Danielle Perkins (5-1, 2 KO) returns for the first time since her unanimous decision loss to Shields.
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He will face Che Kenneally (5-0, 5 KO) and Perkins could find himself on the wrong side of making a different decision within 10 rounds.
Shannel Butler (6-0, 3 KO) should be enough to fight Danila Ramos (14-4, 1 KO).
Undefeated heavyweight Pryce Taylor (10-0, 6 KO) returns to action just two months after his last appearance.
In just over three years of his career, Taylor has 10 wins and may record his seventh stoppage in the fight against James Evans (9-2-1, 7 KO) in Detroit.
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Savannah Tini (6-0, 2 KO) enters her fight on the back of four consecutive unanimous decision victories and can secure a fifth place finish against the experienced Vaida Masiokaite (11-29-6, 1 KO) in the first eight-round fight of her career.
Lance Smith (5-0, 4 KO) boasts a knockout rate of 80% and can extend it next weekend when he faces Jorge Omar Vizcarrondo Pacheco (2-1-2, 2 KO) in his second six-round fight.
Jasmine Hampton (1-0, 1 KO) looks to build on her impressive debut last year, in which she won in 33 seconds.
Perhaps she will be able to stop the fight against Agustina Solange Vazquez (6-6-2, 1 KO) prematurely again.
In the heavyweight division, Sardius Simmons (6-0, 3 KO) should routinely win against Dylan Potter (2-2-1, 0 KO).
Jaquan McElroy (4-0, 2 KO) can stop Andre Johnson (2-4-1, 2 KO) in a four-round fight.
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Dillian Whyte is eager to fight Joseph Parker again.
In 2018, Whyte and Parker played 12 invigorating rounds, with both hitting the canvas.
Whyte won his dramatic heavyweight fight by unanimous decision at the O2 Arena.
‘The Body Snatcher’ is now planning a rematch with the Recent Zealander, who is looking to clear his name after testing positive for cocaine following his October defeat to Fabio Wardley.
“There are a lot of good fights and Joseph Parker is one of them,” the 38-year-old said Ring Magazine.
“I would love to fight Joseph Parker, I think it’s a really good fight.
“He has to come back, he has to be cleared or whatever. I don’t know the situation.
“So in the meantime I have to stay busy and fight my way back, so let’s see.
“I feel like I still have a little bit to give, so let’s see what we can do to finish the season on a high.
“I’m training now and I want to come back in May or June.
“Now it’s just a matter of training and seeing what comes out on this kind of date.”
The former world title challenger from Brixton has not fought since a crushing first-round knockout defeat to rising contender Moses Itauma last August in Riyad.
Former world champion Parker won six times on spin before being stopped in the 11th round against Wardley, losing the WBO interim title and a shot at unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
The 34-year-old says he is going through this process after failing the test and hopes it will be resolved soon.
“Let’s hope so [I’m back] soon,” Parker said Professional boxing fans.
“I’m just going through the process and practicing patience.
“We just have to be patient and learn from what they say happened.
“I know what happened and I handed over everything, so let’s see.”
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Tony Yoka has broken his silence on Lawrence Okolie’s failed test that canceled their scheduled heavyweight fight.
On Saturday in Paris, Yoka was scheduled to face Okolie in a fierce heavyweight fight.
But on Tuesday, the Briton failed a VADA test, reportedly for GHRP 2 and its metabolite M8, a synthetic substance that stimulates the body to release human growth hormone.
Promoter Frank Warren tried to find a slow replacement, but later canceled the entire show.
Yoka (33) admits that he was bitterly disappointed with the situation.
“I was disappointed because I wanted to fight,” said the 33-year-old talkSPORT.
“Of course I was ready.
“It’s not like it happened a few months before, it was three, four days before the fight.
“It was a great opportunity.
“It would have put me in a really good position, so it really worried me.
“What was more disappointing to me was that they just canceled the entire show, but I understand it’s a business.”
The Frenchman says he won’t wait too long and has been told he will either fight on the card Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois May 9 in Manchester or on the bill Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic on May 16 in Doncaster.
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Okolie, the WBC’s number one contender for Oleksandr Usyk’s title, promised in a statement to clear his name.
“Before anyone starts imagining the worst, after last year’s bicep injury, I suffered an elbow injury on the same shoulder during this camp.
“I underwent treatment and now we are here.
“I hope common sense will prevail.
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“I will of course cooperate fully with all relevant authorities and I am confident that any investigation will clear my name.
“I will not be making any further comments at this time.
“Thank you for all your support and see you soon.”
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David Benavidez is already looking to the future ahead of next week’s showdown with Zurdo Ramirez.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBO and WBA cruiserweight world titles next Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” is moving up from lightweight heavyweight, where he holds the WBC crown, in a bid to become a three-division world champion.
An undisputed 175-pound title fight with Dmitry Bivol has so far eluded the undefeated 29-year-old, but he insists he will return to the weight class after the Ramirez fight in an attempt to lure Bivol to fight him.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the lightweight heavyweight division,” Benavidez said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
Bivol, the holder of the remaining IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger Michael Eifert on May 30 in Russia.
The 35-year-old won the undisputed crown, among others revenge victory over Artur Beterbiev in his last appearance last February.
The Russian gave up the WBC belt, which Benavidez currently holds, in pursuit of a third meeting with Beterbiev, which ultimately did not take place.
Benavidez, who stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyad in November, is also hoping to fight former undisputed lightweight heavyweight champion Beterbiev, who hasn’t fought since his only professional loss to Bivol.
“After this fight [against Bivol] when I win the titles,” he added.
“I’m going to fight Beterbiev.
“I’m probably most excited about Beterbiev.
“These are two monsters heading on a collision course.
“Beterbiev was a bogeyman for a long, long, long time.
“Being the monster I am, I have to go in there and get rid of the bogeyman.”
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