Claress Shields becomes an undeniable heavyweight champion and history after winning Danielle Perkins | Boxing news
Claress Shields added her dazzling resume by becoming Danielle Perkins the first indisputable world heavyweight champion.
Shields is also the first boxer, female or male, to achieve an indisputable status in three different divisions in the four -belt era (heavy, medium weight, lightweight weight) after winning over the previously undeniable perkins.
Shields, boxing in his native Flint, took his untreated record as a professional until 16-0 after Perkins floors with his right hook in the 10th and the last round.
The 29-year-old said afterwards, “That’s not enough. That’s what I mean.
“I don’t think I got my flowers for so many years, so even though I get them now, that’s not enough. I deserve more than that.
“I’m fighting for a million dollars. I should get a salary five. That’s not. So for me, the fire comes from there.”
Perkins, who won in his first five fights, had an advantage in weight and height, but was the second best throughout the competition despite the Shields despite the absorbing of numerous shots.
Shields said the fight could have happened at the Barclays Center in New York, but it was determined to bring the first undisputed heavyweight competition in the women’s boxing history in Michigan.
Now he wants a rematch with Hanna Gabriels to defeat Costa Rica in 2018 to capture the headlines of IBF and WBA middle weight.