Claressa Shields finally got her revenge against Savannah Marshall … but it wasn’t easy. Shields had to dig deep to defeat Marshall by a unanimous decision to become undisputed middleweight champion at O2 Arena in London on Saturday night. The scores – 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94 – don’t really reflect how competitive the back-and-forth battle was. Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) got off to a strong start, using speed and movement to outbox the bigger Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) and land clean, eye-catching punches. However, Marshall soon picked up steam and took the fight to Shields, plowing forward, throwing a high volume of punches and often pinning her more celebrated opponent against the ropes. Shields did some good work in those situations, countering effectively
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