Claressa Shields becomes the first women’s undisputed champion

Say hello to boxing’s first-ever women’s undisputed heavyweight champion.

Claressa Shields made history in her hometown of Flint, Mich. defeating Danielle Perkins by unanimous decision.

In her win, Shields became the only multi-division champion, male or female, in the four-belt era.

Shield is 16-0, including 3 KOs. Her strength is her strong jab, but that was a non-factor in her fight on Sunday night.

In a post-fight interview, she explained that she could not use her powerful jab because of a torn labrum in her left shoulder just nine days before the fight.

With this win, Shields is now crowned the undisputed No. 1 pound-for-pound women’s boxer worldwide.

Instead of focusing on the negative, she used her overhand right on the southpaw Perkins. Shields realized that going with that strategy would guarantee a victory.

Shields hurt Perkins for the first time in Round 3 after an overhand right and nearly knocked Perkins out.

In the seventh round, Shields buzzed Perkins with a straight right shot, but the strong finish that Shields was looking for didn’t come.

Perkins became more aggressive in the last three rounds, looking for some upper hand against Shields.

Shields was awarded every round of the fight all on one scorecard, 100-89.

Nine rounds on a second scorecard, 99-90, and seven rounds on a third card, 97-92.

In a post-fight interview, Shields said she wants to fight twice in 2025.

Among the list of potential opponents, Shields wants retired boxing legend Laila Ali, daughter of boxing great Muhammad Ali.