The MMA Debut Date Of Boxing Champion Claressa Shields Is Set
April 14, 2021
Boxing star and Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields is set to make her MMA debut on PFL’s June 10 event being held at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.
Good Morning America, Shields confirmed her fighting date is indeed June 10 and is advocating for equal opportunities for women.
.@Claressashields is the No. 1 women’s boxer in the world and about to make her MMA debut, but the 2-time Olympic gold medalist says sexism is still a major issue within sport: It s mind-boggling to me … I want us to have equal pay, equal opportunity.” @michaelstrahanpic.twitter.com/cZOWoA2Ogu Good Morning America (@GMA) April 13, 2021
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Claressa Shields to make MMA debut on June 10th PFL card
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Undisputed women’s middleweight and junior middleweight boxing champion Claressa Shields’ highly anticipated MMA debut now has a date.
Professional Fighters League announced that Shields (11-0, 2 KOs) will compete on June 10th in a non-tournament bout at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City. No opponent has been announced and neither has the weight class, although considering she’s never fought below 154 lbs in boxing it’s logical to assume she’d be at 155 in MMA.
Shields is just 26 years old and in the prime of her career, having just recently beaten Marie-Eve Dicaire in March to possess all four major world titles at junior middleweight. She became undisputed middleweight champion in 2019 when she unified title by defeating Christina Hammer in what was the first ever women’s fight to headline a Showtime Championship Boxing card.
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