From ESPN
Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed heavyweight crown with a unanimous decision victory versus tough-nosed New Zealand native Lani Daniels at the Little Caesars Arena on Saturday night.
The judges scored the bout 100-90, 99-91, 99-91 in favor of Shields, who was on her A-game.
"She fought a hard fight, and I hit Lani with some big shots," Shields said. "I broke her to the body. I broke her down to the head. I mixed it up on her. Lani is just very, very tough, and I knew she would be tough just from watching her fights and I could tell she worked on her speed."
The victory marked the first time that Shields (17-0, 3 KOs) had fought twice in a calendar year since 2022. She said she welcomes all the big challenges going forward in her career, including retired champion Laila Ali and a potential showdown against welterweight champion Mikaela Mayer at 154 if they are seriously interested.
"I'm going to stay at heavyweight and hopefully get the big fights with Franchon Crews, Che Kenneally. I want to fight Laila Ali," Shields said. "We put up the $15 million for the fight and we ain't heard nothing back yet.
Lani Daniels RUNS AWAY from Claressa Shields while MOCKING her, then makes Shields MISS in ROUND 1 💨#ShieldsDaniels | #WomensBoxing | #Boxingpic.twitter.com/LlffKepyj4
— RINGOFHIGHLIGHTS (@ringofhighlight) July 27, 2025
The “GWOAT” does it again 🍿
— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) July 27, 2025
Claressa Shields made it look too easy in her undisputed heavyweight title defense vs Lani Daniels 👊 pic.twitter.com/CpdLf4Cr6r
Claressa Shields FULL POST-FIGHT vs Lani Daniels; SENDS Laila Ali NEW MESSAGE & TALKS WHAT’S NEXT #Boxing pic.twitter.com/kP2f6dO2Nc
— SYED SALMAN (@salmantheboxing) July 27, 2025
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