Claressa Shields will have a front row seat when Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano change the sport of boxing tonight.
The 27-year-old, one of the most decorated names in the game, will be ringside at Madison Square Garden to watch history unfold as the undisputed lightweight queen Taylor puts her titles on the line against seven-weight world champion Serrano. With the legendary Madison Square Garden playing host, it is quite simply the biggest fight in the history of women’s boxing.
For much of her amateur and professional career, Shields has been chasing down records of her own. On that journey, Taylor and Serrano have both served as inspirational figures in their own ways.‘This fight is raising the bar for women’s boxing and women’s sport. I’m just happy I’m on the right side of history of being here in the sport at this time,’ Shields told‘I am a pioneer in the sport myself.
‘It is all about the kind of opponent you fight. When you are talking about punching power you always have to look at the opponents they have fought,’ Shields said. ‘Amanda has fought some good fighters across those seven divisions but Katie is different with that amateur pedigree. It is really a style we haven’t really seen.
Given the skill levels of both fighters in New York tonight, Shields sees nothing but a gruelling 10-round contest – but believes Serrano will have enough to take it and set up an equally titanic rematch.
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