(Reuters) -Undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields will defend her belts against Lani Daniels on July 26, Shields announced in a post on X on Wednesday. Undefeated Shields, 30, became the first undisputed women’s heavyweight champion with a unanimous decision win over fellow American Danielle Perkins in February, adding the IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles […]
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(Reuters) -Undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields will defend her belts against Lani Daniels on July 26, Shields announced in a post on X on Wednesday.
Undefeated Shields, 30, became the first undisputed women’s heavyweight champion with a unanimous decision win over fellow American Danielle Perkins in February, adding the IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles to her WBC belt.
The two-time Olympic champion’s 16th professional win also crowned her boxing’s first undisputed world champion in three weight classes, as she added to her undisputed titles in middleweight and light-middleweight.
New Zealand’s Daniels, 36, is the IBF light heavyweight champion and former IBF heavyweight champion who is unbeaten in her last nine bouts, which include two draws.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Saad Sayeed)