Claressa Shields © Getty Pictures
Claressa Shields from Flint, Michigan, USA, retained the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO, and WBF girls’s global middleweight titles on a large ten-round unanimous issues resolution over Maricela Cornejo on Saturday night time on the Little Caesars Enviornment in Detroit, Michigan.
The sores had been 100-90 two times and 100-89.
The 28-year-old Shields ruled from the hole around, scoring at will with lefts and rights to the rugged Cornejo, 36, who got here in as a overdue substitute and sucked up the punishment.
Shields, who has a file of 14-0; 2, attempted for a knockout as she received each minute of each around towards Cornejo, who had peak and succeed in benefits however was once not able to attain towards her skilful opponent.
At the identical card junior middleweight Ardreal “Bossman” Holmes Jr. (14-0; 5) received on an eight-round technical cut up resolution towards Wendy Toussaint (14-2; 6) in a conflict for the vacant girls’s IBF USBA identify.
Toussaint pressed ahead and attempted to unsettle Holmes however was once warned various instances through the referee prior to he deducted some extent within the fourth around.
A conflict of heads in around 8 ended in an enormous gash on Toussaint’s brow and the struggle went to the scorecards.
The ratings had been 77-74 and 76-75 for Holmes and 77-74 for Toussaint as the gang booed the verdict.
In a middleweight bout Joseph Hicks (7-0; 5) received on an eight-round unanimous issues resolution towards Antonio Todd (14-8; 8) for the WBC Americas silver identify.
The ratings had been 80-72 on all 3 judges’ scorecards.
RODOLFO OROZCO STOPS ELIAN TREJO IN FOUR ROUNDS
Junior middleweight Rodolfo Orozco (32-3-3; 24) from Sinaloa, Mexico, stopped fellow Mexican Elian Trejo (8-3; 5) within the fourth around of an eight-round major match on Friday night time on the Salon Villia Flamingos in Mexico Town.
Trejo did smartly within the opening around as he harm Orozco a number of instances.
On the other hand, Orozco got here again within the subsequent 3 rounds prior to the stoppage.
MARIUZ WACH WINS IN FIVE
Former global heavyweight identify challenger 43-year-old Mariusz “Viking” Wach (37-9; 20) received on a fifth-round technical knockout towards Jakub Sosinski (8-3-1; 3) on Saturday night time in Katy Wroclawskie, Poland.
