Claressa Shields became a two-division world champion, and Christina Hammer retained her two world title belts as both scored unanimous decision victories on Friday night on SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION from the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Mich.
And now they have their sights set on one another.
The women’s middleweight world championship between unified WBC and WBO titlist Christina Hammer and former world champion Tori Nelson has been added to the June 22 SHOWTIME telecast from Masonic Temple in Detroit.
In the main event, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and unified 168-pound champion Claressa Shields will attempt to become a two-division champion when she faces unified 154-pound titleholder Hanna Gabriels for the vacant IBF and WBA Middleweight World Championships.
By Jim Dower: IBF/WBC World Female super middleweight champion Claressa ‘T-Rex’ Shields (5-0, 2 KOs) successfully defended her titles on Friday night in defeating 41-year-old previously unbeaten challenger Tori Nelson (17-1-3, 2 KOs) by a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.
By Gav Duthie: It is entirely possible that Claressa Shields 4-0 (2) is just too good. The unified Super Middleweight world champion faces Tori Nelson 17-0-3 (2) tonight. Boxrec has the 41-year-old Nelson at #2 in their rankings so the question is what does Shields do after this.