Many already regard Shields as the greatest female fighter in boxing history of all time.
Pound for pound.
But this will solidify that.
Almost crazily, but sure as day, is happening, Shields will challenge Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse for the WBC heavyweight world title on July 27th in Detroit.
Lepage-Joanisse is reported to have weighed over 230 lbs. at times in her career.
So Shields coming up from approximately 160 lbs. is quite something.
Earlier reports said Shields will fight for the heavyweight title in women’s boxing but this is not true.
Shields made an error at the time on X saying on X:
“Light- HEAVYWEIGHT 175lbs”
Shields misspoke and the fact was she did fight for the women’s heavyweight title (update to this article since the fight happened here) and won the heavyweight title per here.
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