Showtime announced that Shields, the undisputed middleweight champion, will face Habazin for the vacant WBO and WBC junior middleweight titles on January 10, 2020.
I'd love to fight her," said Shields, who said this week that she would cross over and fight in an MMA bout before the end of the year. ESPN also scored it 100-89 for Shields.The eighth round was action-packed as they slugged it out from bell to bell with each woman taking punishment. I'll go home to Sweden to get back to training," she said.
That's all.
Andre Ward [who was ringside] said, 'Sis, take her to the body.' She's so professional. "But when I relaxed, the punches just came.
In the back-and-forth ninth round, Cederroos opened a cut over Napoleon Espinosa's right eye, which dropped blood down her face throughout the 10th round. "I want more belts.
Ennis dropped him to his knees seconds later with an onslaught of punches and laid a beating on him with accurate, fast punches.Eyubov (14-2-1, 12 KOs), 33, of Kazakhstan, took a massive uppercut to close the third round and there was conversation in the corner about stopping the fight. We had a fight in the ring and I hope now we are friendly.
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... Boxing Legends. "I'd love to face Elin Cederroos. Later in the 10th, Cederroos, who was making the first defense of the vacant belt she won in March and fighting in the United States for the first time, began bleeding heavily from her nose as they closed the fight trading shots.Ennis (25-0, 22 KOs) said beforehand that he wanted the fight -- the highest-profile bout of his career so far -- to be a coming-out party and he sure looked good.It was a surprise Eyubov made it out of the round, but he came back for more punishment in the second round, which Ennis happily dished out.Cederroos (8-0, 4 KOs), 34, who began boxing after having two children, had clearly lost the first round and was getting dominated in the second round when she landed a clean left hook with 20 seconds left to drop Napoleon Espinosa into the ropes.The fight was rescheduled for Oct. 5, also in Flint, but at the weigh-in the day before the bout, Habazin's trainer, 68-year-old James Ali Bashir, was attacked and seriously injured. Report. It is what it is, but I don't think that I lost this fight.
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"We knew he was coming to fight and bring pressure, so we mixed it up," said Ennis, the younger brother of former pros Derek and Farah Ennis.
"I'm focused on this fight.
"I thought that it was fairly close, but I thought I was ahead.
It feels so wonderful. I want to grow women's boxing," Shields said. "In a close fight that featured plenty of back-and-forth action, Elin Cederroos knocked Alicia Napoleon Espinosa down in the second round and went on to win a unanimous decision to unify two women's super middleweight world titles.Napoleon Espinosa's most effective weapon was her right hand, and she landed a solid one in the opening seconds of the seventh round to briefly knock Cederroos off balance. "I'm so happy. I wanted victory.
Ivana Habazin and Claressa Shields will not fight their junior middleweight title bout as scheduled Saturday night.. Nikki Adler vs. Claressa Shields Full fight 2017-08-04. He was hospitalized with head and facial injuries and the fight was called off. Browse more videos. I was too hyped. I showed that I can box and take a war," Cederroos said.
I was [trying to punish her]. "This feels great -- I did it in 10 fights," Shields said.
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"All three judges scored the fight 95-94 with the knockdown being the difference between Cederroos winning and a draw.Cederroos did not sound too interested in taking her place. Once I calmed down and got into my rhythm, that was it.Besides the satisfaction of making history -- what Shields calls "herstory" -- she also ended her feud with Habazin that goes back to August, when the fight was supposed to take place in Shields' hometown of Flint, Michigan, but was postponed when she dislocated her right knee during training in late June. "I want to share a card with Deontay Wilder and Errol Spence.
It continued, but not for long.
I appreciate him taking the fight because a lot of guys don't want to fight me. "Now I'm No. Third time's the charm for a junior middleweight title bout between Claressa Shields and Ivana Habazin.
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