Shields vs Marshall headlines historic all-women's London bill

Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields have confirmed their undisputed middleweight championship fight for September 10 at the O2 Arena in London, live on Sky Sports.

It will be a historic occasion as Shields-Marshall will headline the first televised all-women's professional boxing card in Britain.

The chief support on the undercard will see a top-level super-featherweight unification. Mikaela Mayer, the IBF and WBO titlist, will take on fellow American Alycia Baumgardner, the WBC belt-holder.

The Shields-Marshall fight will unify all four of the major world titles at 160lbs. Hartlepool's Marshall holds the WBO belt, a title she won in 2020 against Hannah Rankin and has subsequently defended three times. Marshall is unbeaten as a pro and has won all her world title fights inside the distance.

Shields, from Flint, Michigan, is one of the best fighters in the women's sport today. She currently is the unified WBA, IBF and WBC titlist and has already previously been the undisputed ruler in the middleweight and super-welterweight divisions, as well as winning super-middleweight belts earlier in her career. The American is also a two-time Olympic champion, having won the middleweight gold medal at both London 2012 and Rio 2016.

It is an impressive track record. But Marshall is the only boxer to have beaten Shields. 10 years ago at the amateur World Championships in China, Marshall outpointed Shields on her way to winning that tournament. Shields went on to excel as an Olympian but the two never fought again.

"This fight has been al ong time coming but we're here now. September 10 I will be the new undisputed middleweight champion of the world," Marshall said.

"I beat you and I'll beat you again," she told Shields. "I'm not