Getty Claressa Shields reacts after defeating Christina Hammer (not pictured) and becoming the women's undisputed middleweight champion at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall on April 13, 2019 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Gold medalist and world champion boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields is heading home for her next match. T-Rex’s next location, date and opponent have been revealed. Shields announced the bout on the Olympic Channel:
She said, “I always have some kind of history, groundbreaking thing I’m doing in boxing, always. Fastest boxer in history to become a three-time division world champion. My next fight is May 9 in Flint, Michigan at the Dort Federal Event Center, and I’ll be fighting for the chance to become a two-division undisputed world champion. The first in history to do it in the four-belt era.”
T-Rex’s bout will be against Canadian Marie-Eve Dicaire. The current IBF Super Welterweight Champion, Dicaire, has a perfect professional boxing record of 17-0 and has defended her belt three times since winning it in December of 2018.
Shields said, “I’m going to beat Marie-Eve Dicaire for sure.”
T-Rex boasts a 10-0 record and has held multiple titles, including winning the vacant WBC light middleweight title and the WBO light middleweight title in her last bout against Ivana Habazin.
Shields is currently ranked by BoxRec as the best active female light middleweight in the world.
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T-Rex Gives Her Take on the Match with Dicaire
Shields said in a statement ,and transcribed by The Ring, “She is a really good, heavy-handed boxer. Even though she has zero kayoes! She does hurt the girls she fights and moves a lot on her feet, but she fights more than Christina Hammer. She actually comes forward. I look forward to us fighting.” All of Dicaire’s 17 wins have come via decision.
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