Peter Fury feels good about what Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall accomplished for women’s boxing Saturday night in London.

Tyson Fury’s uncle, who trains Marshall, didn’t have a problem, either, with the United States’ Shields winning their 10-round, 160-pound championship match unanimously over England’s Marshall on the scorecards. What Fury cannot accept, however, is that two judges scored seven of the 10 rounds for Shields, who left the ring at a sold-out O2 Arena with the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO middleweight titles.

Italy’s Luigi Boscarelli and Connecticut’s Frank Lombardi scored Shields a 97-93 winner over the previously unbeaten Marshall, who lost seven rounds apiece on their cards. England’s Steve Gray had it one round closer, 96-94, for Shields.

“I’ve said before this fight, this is a 50-50 fight,” Fury said during their post-fight press conference. “And look, when you’re unifying [titles] and you’re in serious fights, you know, fights can tip either way. And, you know, this is why we need to see more of these type of fights. This was a great fight. They both stepped up and fought out of skin, both of them. So, and they both tested each other to the max. So, like I said, if we can get this fight done again, it’d be fantastic.

“Claressa’s got the win and very best of luck to her. There’s no problem in coming up short in a fight like this. And what I will say is the score 7-3, I thought was ridiculous. You know, I thought the fight could’ve went either way. Claressa’s got it. I’ll have to watch it back. I’ve got no qualms with Claressa winning it. It was one of them type of fights. It’s what you like.”

Shields was very aggressive as soon as their bout began and got off to a strong start. Marshall rallied in the later rounds and made one of the most heavily hyped fights in women’s boxing history more competitive.

CompuBox credited Shields for landing 39 more punches overall than Marshall (175-of-480 to 136-of-397). Shields unofficially connected on more power punches (131-of-324 to 122-of-283) and more jabs (44-of-156 to 14-of-114).

The 27-year-old Shields (13-0, 2 KOs), a two-time Olympic gold medalist from Flint, Michigan, avenged her only loss as a boxer by beating Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs), of Hartlepool, England. Shields hasn’t lost in a boxing ring since Marshall defeated her, 14-8, at the 2012 AIBA Women’s World Championships in May 2012.

“It was a fantastic fight and, you know, I’m very, very happy,” Fury said. “Although we’ve come with a loss, I’m very, very happy the way it went. And also, I’m very, very proud of Savannah. You know, she’s showed a true fighting heart. And that’s what we wanna see more about in boxing – get stuck in, have a fight, you know, blood and guts. That’s what we wanna see. And that’s what I’m into boxing for. They’re the type of fights that I train my fighters for. … So, come up short – win, lose, draw – get stuck in, put your best foot forward. But it was a crackin’ night for women’s boxing.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.