On a milestone night for female boxers, Claressa Shields gave herself rave reviews. Referee Harvey Dock stopped the fight 1min 30sec into the fourth, after Shields had landed a strong left-handed punch to the head of Szabados. “I showed my skill, I showed my power, and I showed how I box like Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis mixed together.”Shields controlled the fight from the outset in front of a boisterous crowd in her home state of Michigan. The venue held about 1,000 people, and the atmosphere was spirited, especially when Shields landed a couple solid right hands in the first round to take control. Shields said confidently before this fight that she wouldn’t need all six rounds to defeat Szabados, and that prediction turned out to be accurate.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2017 13:18 UTC