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NEW YORK (11월. 8, 2017) – Unified Women’s Super Middleweight World Champion Claressa Shields will defend her 168-pound titles against undefeated IBF mandatory challenger Tori Nelson on Friday, 월. 12 쇼 타임에 살고.
두 시간 올림픽 금메달리스트, 방패 (4-0, 2 KOS 호텔) 의 메인 이벤트에서 그녀에게 두 번째 연속 무패 상대를 직면하게 될 것이다 ShoBox의: 새로운 세대 라이브 10 시이. AND/PT 베로나 스톤 리조트 카지노를 켜기에서, 뉴욕 주.
Shields dethroned previously unbeaten Nikki Adler 8월. 4 on SHOWTIME to pick up the WBC and vacant IBF titles less than one year after she became the first American boxer to capture back-to-back Olympic gold medals. The 22-year-old native of Flint, 미시간., returns to face Nelson, a seven-year veteran with seven times the professional ring experience.
“I’m truly excited to have the chance to demonstrate my skills against an opponent the caliber of Tori Nelson,"방패는 말했다. “I’m honored to be headlining the firstShoBox의 의 2018, and I know 1월 12 will be a great night for the fans. This will be the beginning of a historic year for me and for women’s boxing.”
넬슨 (17-0-3, 2 KOS 호텔) 에서 미들급 세계 선수권 대회 우승 2011 그리고 이전에 져 알리시아 나폴레옹과 미아 세인트 이상의 승리를 소유. 요한 복음. 41 세의 애쉬, 버지니아., 기본 외모는 여성의 권투에서 가장 빠른 상승 스타와 함께 대결에서 그녀의 두 번째 세계 타이틀을 캡처.
“Ever since Claressa turned pro, I have wanted this fight,"넬슨은 말했다. “She’s young and talented, but my experience will make the difference. Since I became a boxer, I have dreamed of being in big fights on television. I am confident that I will win this fight and remain undefeated. And I plan to retire as an undefeated world champion.”
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“Claressa’s determination to challenge the best available contenders shows why she is one of the most accomplished fighters in the sport today,” promoter Dmitriy Salita said. “This is a great matchup and I am confident that we will witness another memorable performance.”
Said Gordon Hall, 의 제작 이사 ShoBox의: 새로운 세대: “Claressa is a star both in and out of the ring who possesses all the intangibles to become the face of women’s boxing. In just four professional fights, two as headliners on ShoBox의, she is already unified champion at 168 with plans to conquer the 160 and 154-pound divisions. Tori Nelson is undefeated, 전 챔피언, and represents what should be the toughest test of Claressa’s young career. 단지 시간이 말해 줄 것이다, but I don’t know if there is any fighter in the world who can stop Claressa Shields.”
Shields compiled an amateur record of 77-1 and won her first Olympic Gold when she was only 17 years old in the inaugural women’s boxing competition at the 2012 런던 게임. She won a second gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and turned professional 나중에 3 달.
월에서 2017 디트로이트, Shields stopped Hungary’s Szilvia Szabados in four rounds in the first women’s main event in premium television history. Shields returned to headline her second ShoBox의 telecast in August, knocking out Adler in the fifth round to become unified champion in just her fourth professional fight. 승리, Shields became the 70제 world champion in the history of the prospect developmental series.
Active in her community, Shields advocates for several social issues and serves as an inspirational figure in her hometown of Flint, a city beset by problems.
Nelson turned professional at the age of 29 and won the WBC 160-pound title in just her fifth professional fight. She twice fought to a draw in middleweight world title bouts with Teresa Perozzi.
The high-pressure Nelson is one fight removed from a unanimous decision over the previously unbeaten Napoleon, and is fresh off a second round knockout of Latashia Burton in her first hometown fight in Ashburn, 의지.
Undercard bouts for the ShoBox의 telecast will be announced in the coming weeks.