Claressa Shields Record & Stats
Six years and six months into her professional boxing career, Claressa Shields has fought 14 times with 14 wins and no losses. As of June 2023, Shields' boxing record stands at 14-0 (2 KO wins).
- Born
- Mar 17, 1995
- Age
- 28
- Debut
- Nov 19, 2016
- Record
- 14-0
- Rounds
- 121
- KOs
- 2 (14.3%)
- Height
- 173 cm
- Reach
- 173 cm
- Ape Index
- 0 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | TheRing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sMD w1 d1 | sMD w1 d1 | |||
| MD w1 d6 | MD w1 d5 | MD w1 d6 | MD w2 d1 | MD w1 d3 |
| sWL w1 d0 | sWL w1 d1 | sWL w1 d0 | sWL w1 d1 | sWL w1 d0 |
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Claressa Shields (T-Rex) is an American professional boxer. She was born in Flint, Michigan, U.S. on March 17, 1995. Shields made her professional boxing debut at the age of 21, on November 19, 2016. She is a three-weight-class world champion. Shields is 28 years old, she will turn 29 in nine months and seven days.
Fight Record
| Total Fights | 14 |
|---|---|
| Wins | 14 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No-Contests | 0 |
| KO Wins | 2 |
|---|---|
| Total Title Wins | 13 |
| Title Defenses | 8 |
| Title-Fight KO Wins | 1 |
| Losses via KO | 0 |
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Jun 3, 2023 | 28 | Maricela Cornejo | Win * | UD |
| 13 | Oct 15, 2022 | 27 | Savannah Marshall | Win * | UD |
| 12 | Feb 5, 2022 | 26 | Ema Kozin | Win * | UD |
| 11 | Mar 5, 2021 | 25 | Marie-Eve Dicaire | Win * | UD |
| 10 | Jan 10, 2020 | 24 | Ivana Habazin | Win * | UD |
| 9 | Apr 13, 2019 | 24 | Christina Hammer | Win * | UD |
| 8 | Dec 8, 2018 | 23 | Femke Hermans | Win * | UD |
| 7 | Nov 17, 2018 | 23 | Hannah Rankin | Win * | UD |
| 6 | Jun 22, 2018 | 23 | Hanna Gabriels | Win * | UD |
| 5 | Jan 12, 2018 | 22 | Tori Nelson | Win * | UD |
| 4 | Aug 4, 2017 | 22 | Nikki Adler | Win * | TKO5 |
| 3 | Jun 16, 2017 | 22 | Sydney LeBlanc | Win | UD |
| 2 | Mar 10, 2017 | 21 | Szilvia Szabados | Win | TKO4 |
| 1 | Nov 19, 2016 | 21 | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
World Titles
Shields is a three-weight-division world champion. She has held 13 world titles, three of which were vacant title wins, and the rest 10 were lineal championship wins.
| Weight Division | World Titles Held |
|---|---|
| Super-middleweight | WBC, IBF |
| Middleweight | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO 2x, The Ring |
| Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring |
Statistics
Claressa Shields is 173 cm tall (5' 8.11") with a reach of 173 cm (5' 8.11"). She fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 0.
Shields has a 14.3% KO rate.
Career Summary
Claressa Shields made her professional boxing debut against Franchón Crews-Dezurn at the age of 21 on November 19, 2016, defeating Crews-Dezurn via 4 round unanimous decision.
Shields had her first world title fight at the age of 22 on August 4, 2017 after 3 professional fights, against Nikki Adler for the super-middleweight WBC and IBF titles. She defeated Adler via 5th round TKO to become the super-middleweight champion of the world.
She is a three-time undisputed world champion — at middleweight (2x) and super-welterweight, and a four-time unified world champion — at super-welterweight, middleweight (2x), and super-middleweight, and has won 13 world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Shields' world title wins and defenses refer to "Claressa Shields World Titles".
Some of Shields' best fights and notable victories include wins over Christina Hammer, Savannah Marshall, Ema Kozin, Hanna Gabriels, Marie-Eve Dicaire, Nikki Adler, and Maricela Cornejo.
Shields has never lost a fight in her professional boxing career so far.
Her most recent fight was a middleweight undisputed championship title defense against fellow American boxer Maricela Cornejo on June 3, 2023. Shields won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision, and successfully defended her undisputed title.
Career Highlights
Shields has fought a total of 14 times till today, which includes 11 world-title fights at three weight divisions — middleweight, super-welterweight, and super-middleweight. She is among the very best of her generation and is known for her great performances in her fights. These nine fights are the highlight of her career.
August 4, 2017: Shields becomes a unified super-middleweight world champion by beating Nikki Adler via 5th round TKO, in her first world-title fight. She now holds the WBC and IBF super-middleweight world-champion belts.
June 22, 2018: Shields becomes a unified middleweight world champion by beating Hanna Gabriels via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBA and IBF middleweight world-champion belts.
November 17, 2018: Shields becomes a unified middleweight world champion by beating Hannah Rankin via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBA, IBF, and WBC middleweight world-champion belts.
December 8, 2018: Shields successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and IBF middleweight titles against Femke Hermans, winning the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
April 13, 2019: Shields becomes the undisputed middleweight world champion by defeating Christina Hammer via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring middleweight world-champion belts.
January 10, 2020: Shields becomes a unified super-welterweight world champion by beating Ivana Habazin via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBC and WBO super-welterweight world-champion belts.
March 5, 2021: Shields becomes the undisputed super-welterweight world champion by defeating Marie-Eve Dicaire via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBC, WBO, WBA (Super) , IBF, and The Ring super-welterweight world-champion belts.
February 5, 2022: Shields wins the middleweight title from Ema Kozin, by beating Kozin via 10 round unanimous decision.
October 15, 2022: Shields becomes the undisputed middleweight world champion by defeating Savannah Marshall via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring, and WBO middleweight world-champion belts.
Claressa Shields Fights
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Shields' boxing career; all the way from her debut, to winning world-titles, to her latest win against Maricela Cornejo.
Claressa Shields vs. Maricela Cornejo
Fight page: Shields vs. CornejoOn June 3, 2023, a 28-year old Claressa Shields (13-0, 2 KO) faced fellow American boxer Maricela Cornejo, who was 36 years old with a record of 16-5 in an undisputed middleweight championship bout. Cornejo was on a three-fight win streak with 6 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage over Shields. Coming into this fight, Cornejo had five losses, but had never been stopped.
Shields defeated Cornejo via 10 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and Ring Magazine middleweight titles. She is now on a 14-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall
Fight page: Shields vs. MarshallOn October 15, 2022, a 27-year old Claressa Shields (12-0, 2 KO) faced an undefeated British boxer Savannah Marshall, who was 31 years old with a record of 12-0 in an undisputed middleweight championship bout. Marshall was on a 12-fight win streak with 10 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 9 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage over Shields.
Shields defeated Marshall via 10 round unanimous decision to win the WBO middleweight title and retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and Ring Magazine middleweight titles. She handed Marshall the first loss of her career, and put an end to Marshall's 12-fight win streak. Shields is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Ema Kozin
Fight page: Shields vs. KozinOn February 5, 2022, a 26-year old Claressa Shields (11-0, 2 KO) faced an undefeated Slovenian boxer Ema Kozin, who was 23 years old with a record of 21-0-1 in a middleweight title-defense fight. Kozin was on a seven-fight win streak with 11 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 1 cm reach advantage over Shields.
Shields defeated Kozin via 10 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and Ring Magazine middleweight titles. She handed Kozin the first loss of her career, and put an end to Kozin's 7-fight win streak. Shields is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Marie-Eve Dicaire
Fight page: Shields vs. DicaireOn March 5, 2021, a 25-year old Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KO) faced an undefeated Canadian boxer Marie-Eve Dicaire, who was 34 years old with a record of 17-0 in an undisputed super-welterweight championship bout. Dicaire was on a 17-fight win streak with 0 KO wins. Shields was the taller of the two by 3 cms but Dicaire had a 7 cm reach advantage over Shields.
Shields defeated Dicaire via 10 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA , IBF, and Ring Magazine super-welterweight titles and retain the WBC and WBO super-welterweight titles. She handed Dicaire the first loss of her career, and put an end to Dicaire's 17-fight win streak. Shields is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Ivana Habazin
Fight page: Shields vs. HabazinOn January 10, 2020, a 24-year old Claressa Shields (9-0, 2 KO) faced Croatian boxer Ivana Habazin, who was 30 years old with a record of 20-3 for Habazin's WBC (vacant) and WBO super-welterweight titles. Habazin was on a five-fight win streak with 7 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms but Shields had a 4 cm reach advantage over Habazin. Coming into this fight, Habazin had three losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Shields defeated Habazin via 10 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC and WBO super-welterweight titles. She is now on a 10-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Christina Hammer
Fight page: Shields vs. HammerOn April 13, 2019, a 24-year old Claressa Shields (8-0, 2 KO) faced an undefeated German boxer Christina Hammer, who was 28 years old with a record of 24-0 in an undisputed middleweight championship bout. Hammer was on a 24-fight win streak with 11 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 7 cm reach advantage over Shields.
Shields defeated Hammer via 10 round unanimous decision to win the WBO and Ring Magazine middleweight titles and retain the WBA, WBC, and IBF middleweight titles. She handed Hammer the first loss of her career, and put an end to Hammer's 24-fight win streak. Shields is now on a nine-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Femke Hermans
Fight page: Shields vs. HermansOn December 8, 2018, a 23-year old Claressa Shields (7-0, 2 KO) faced Belgian boxer Femke Hermans, who was 28 years old with a record of 9-1 in a middleweight title-defense fight. Hermans was on a three-fight win streak with 3 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height and same reach. Coming into this fight, Hermans had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Shields defeated Hermans via 10 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, and IBF middleweight titles. She is now on a eight-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Hannah Rankin
Fight page: Shields vs. RankinOn November 17, 2018, a 23-year old Claressa Shields (6-0, 2 KO) faced Scottish boxer Hannah Rankin, who was 28 years old with a record of 5-2 in a middleweight title-unification fight. Rankin was on a one-fight losing streak. Both the boxers were of the same height and same reach. Coming into this fight, Rankin had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Shields defeated Rankin via 10 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC middleweight title and retain the WBA and IBF middleweight titles. She is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Hanna Gabriels
Fight page: Shields vs. GabrielsOn June 22, 2018, a 23-year old Claressa Shields (5-0, 2 KO) faced Costa Rican boxer Hanna Gabriels, who was 35 years old with a record of 18-1-1 for Gabriels' WBA (vacant) and IBF middleweight titles. Gabriels was on a five-fight win streak with 11 KO wins. Shields was the taller of the two by 3 cms but both had the same reach. Coming into this fight, Gabriels had a single loss, which was via stoppage.
Shields defeated Gabriels via 10 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA and IBF middleweight titles. She is now on a six-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Tori Nelson
On January 12, 2018, a 22-year old Claressa Shields (4-0, 2 KO) faced Tori Nelson in a super-middleweight title-defense fight. She defeated Nelson via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBC and IBF super-middleweight titles. She is now on a five-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Nikki Adler
Fight page: Shields vs. AdlerOn August 4, 2017, in her 4th professional fight, a 22-year old Claressa Shields (3-0, 1 KO) had her first world title fight against an undefeated Croatian boxer Nikki Adler for Adler's WBC and IBF super-middleweight belts. Adler was 30 years old with a record of 16-0. Adler was on a 16-fight win streak with 9 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height and same reach.
Shields defeated Adler via 5th round TKO to win the WBC and IBF super-middleweight titles. She handed Adler the first loss of her career, and put an end to Adler's 16-fight win streak. Shields is now on a four-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Sydney LeBlanc
Fight page: Shields vs. LeBlancOn June 16, 2017, a 22-year old Claressa Shields (2-0, 1 KO) fought fellow American boxer Sydney LeBlanc, who was 33 years old with a record of 4-1-1. LeBlanc was on a one-fight losing streak, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 2 cm reach advantage over Shields. Coming into this fight, LeBlanc had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Shields defeated LeBlanc via 8 round unanimous decision. She is now on a three-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Szilvia Szabados
On March 10, 2017, a 21-year old Claressa Shields (1-0) fought Szilvia Szabados in her 2nd professional fight. She defeated Szabados via 4th round TKO. She is now on a two-fight winning streak.
Claressa Shields vs. Franchón Crews-Dezurn
Fight page: Shields vs. Crews-DezurnOn November 19, 2016, a 21-year old Claressa Shields successfully debuted against fellow American boxer Franchón Crews-Dezurn, who was also making her professional boxing debut.
Shields defeated Crews-Dezurn via 4 round unanimous decision.
FAQs
How many KOs does Claressa Shields have on her record?
Shields has knocked out 2 of his 14 opponents so far. Her KO ratio currently stands at 14.3%. Of her total 14 wins, two of them have been via KO (14.3%).