SHOWTIME Sports released “FIGHT NIGHT: Shields vs. Hammer,” a 20-minute feature that captures all the drama of the undisputed middleweight world championship event between undefeated Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer last Saturday in Atlantic Cit...
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The biggest fight of Claressa Shields’ career drew slightly lower viewership than her previous appearance on Showtime. Nielsen Media Research viewership figures released Tuesday revealed that the Shields-Christina Hammer fight drew a peak audience of...
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Claressa Shields is a winner. It’s almost all she’s ever known as a competitor. She had one loss as an amateur, posting a 77-1 mark with two world championships and two Olympic Gold medals. Now, just nine fights into her professional career, Shields...
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Shields, Hammer Fight Photos Gallery - Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields remained undefeated with a unanimous decision over Christina Hammer in a middleweight championship bout and one of the most anticipated fights in women's boxing hi...
Claressa Shields is the undisputed middleweight champion of the world. The 24-year-old Flint, Mich. native delivered the best performance of her career and cruised to a unanimous decision over Germany’s Christina Hammer Saturday on SHOWTIME in arguab...
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By Keith Idec - ATLANTIC CITY – Claressa Shields backed up virtually every word Saturday night. The brash, unbeaten women’s middleweight champion proved her superiority in what was supposed to be the most difficult fight of her two-year pro career. S...
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Claressa Shields, Christina Hammer Scorecard BoxingScene Live - ATLANTIC CITY– Undefeated middleweight champions Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer went face-to-face one final time during a tension-filled official weigh-in for the most significant...
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by Cliff Rold - It’s not the biggest women’s fight of all time. Fans of a certain age remember Laila Ali and Jackie Frazier gracing the cover of TV Guide together when that was still a big deal. Considering the career Ali went on to have, what was tr...
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Christina Hammer has for years craved a showdown with Claressa Shields. It’s why she agreed to travel to the Flint, Mich. hometown of the two-time Olympic Gold medalist last June, with the two appearing on the same Showtime card. It’s also why she sa...
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NEW YORK – Claressa Shields takes offense to those that think sex should sell in women’s boxing. The unbeaten IBF/WBA/WBC middleweight champion cannot comprehend why some might find that narrative acceptable in 2019. If women’s boxing is going to pro...
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NEW YORK – The chip on Claressa Shields’ shoulder has helped put her in the appropriate, mean frame of mind mere hours before the biggest fight of her career. Like many male boxers, the IBF/WBA/WBC middleweight champion has used detractors on social...
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Olympic champion Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer will change the face of women's boxing, the German said in preparation of the biggest bout of her career. The 28-year-old Hammer, a multiple world champion over two weight divisions, is undefeate...
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Shields, Hammer Weights Photos Gallery - ATLANTIC CITY– Undefeated middleweight champions Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer went face-to-face one final time during a tension-filled official weigh-in for the most significant event in women’s boxin...
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Claressa Shields easily eliminated any lingering doubts Friday afternoon about being able to make 160 pounds. The IBF/WBA/WBC middleweight champion made weight without issue for her 160-pound title unification fight against Christina Hammer on Saturd...
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NEW YORK – Christina Hammer doesn’t just view her fight against Claressa Shields as an opportunity to advance her own career. She sees their 10-round middleweight title unification fight as a chance to change women’s boxing. By showcasing their skill...
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