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Claressa Shields and Marie-Eve Dicaire are set to fight for the undisputed junior middleweight championship on Friday, Mar. 5, with Shields defending the WBC and WBO titles, and Dicaire the IBF, with the vacant WBA also on the line.
Shields (10-0, 2 KO) was her usual outspoken self at today’s final presser.
“I’ve never been off boxing for 13 months and I’ve never wanted to get back in the ring so much. Training is OK and sparring is cool, but I don’t have the same intensity that I have when it comes to the fight and the belts are on the line and I’m fighting against a whole other country,” Shields said.