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Claressa Shields showed why she’s dominating women’s

By Al Faqiih July 27, 2025

Claressa Shields showed why she’s dominating women’s boxing. So what’s next?

Claressa Shields seems to have done it all.

Undisputed world champion in five weight classes. The only boxer, male or female, to hold all four major belts in three weight classes. Two-time Olympic gold medalist. She has beaten champion after champion and taken their belts, piling them onto the tables at the media availabilities ahead of conquering her next victim.

The latest victim, of course, was Lani Daniels, whom Shields defeated by unanimous decision in front of an adoring home crowd of 15,369 at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, July 26.

And so, the question is: Who is left for Shields to fight?

“I don’t know,” Shields said. “These girls are just to easy to beat. Man, people think it’s all about the knockouts. I got in there and I win 10 rounds, easy.”

Daniels didn’t make it that easy, despite what seemed like a lopsided matchup: A 16-0 Shields (with 3 KOs) coming off a win over one of the most feared women’s heavyweight fighters on the circuit in Danielle Perkins. She beat Perkins in February in Flint with a torn labrum to claim the undisputed heavyweight title. The injury meant she couldn’t access one of her most crucial punches – the jab – and she still defeated Perkins.

Daniels didn’t stand much of a chance against a healthy Shields.

Daniels knew that, though. It required a different strategy – “running,” according to Shields.

For the first two rounds, Daniels evaded hit after hit, darting around the ring and forcing Shields to chase her, while not giving her the opportunity to land many hard-hitting punches.

“She knew how strong I was and knew how much bigger I was than her, and she didn’t want to feel that power in the first two rounds,” Shields said. “And I think she was scared. I think she was terrified, but after the first two rounds, after cutting the ring off, and I hit her with a couple body shots, she slowed down, and that’s when she had to fight me.”

By Round 3, Daniels and Shields had settled in. Daniels was still evading whenever possible, but she also crowded Shields into corners to prevent her from using her full range and power to knock Daniels back.

Shields still managed to hit Daniels with more force than anything Daniels could muster, consistently maintaining the upper hand. She also found ways to work herself off the ropes just enough that she could escape any onslaught Daniels attempted. And she thoroughly dominated whenever she was in the center of the ring.

“I’m not a person who’s scared of the ropes,” Shields said. “Once I feel them, I know that they there, but I’m not a person who’s scared to fight off the ropes.”

Shields wanted a knockout, as always, but Daniels’ positioning meant she couldn’t land the uppercut to the head that she wanted. Instead, she went to work on Daniels’ body.

“I was really trying to break her down to the body today,” Shields said. “That’s probably the most body work I’ve done in a lot of fights. Usually they so easy to get to the head. I just take them all down here, take them off the head. But Lani, she got took to hell to the body tonight.”

Ultimately, Daniels’ defense didn’t matter much. Shields won convincingly in front of an adoring crowd.

What’s next for her is unknown, though she has reportedly challenged Laila Ali, the 47-year-old daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali – and a boxing legend in her own right, despite her 2007 retirement – to a fight with a $15 million purse.

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Anthony Joshua could stop boxing in 2026 – Promoter, Eddie Hearn

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, has said Anthony Joshua could stop fighting next year.

He admitted Joshua could have only three more fights left.

Hearn has guided the British boxer’s professional career since he won the Olympic Games gold at London 2012.

The two-time world heavyweight champion is still planning his next move, having not fought since a damaging knockout defeat by fellow Briton Daniel Dubois nine months ago.

“Probably 2026 will be his last year in the sport,” Matchroom boss Hearn told the Ariel Helwani Show.

“You never know, but thinking about it, it’s probably three fights away.

“If I’m advising AJ I’m thinking, ‘We’re back this year, two Tyson Fury fights, what else is there to do?”

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Claressa Shields Flaunts New Papoose Tattoo Ahead Of Lani Daniels Fight

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Claressa Shields and Papoose have been an item for several months, and now, it looks like the professional boxer has gotten a permanent reminder of their love. In a new clip captured by The Shade Room, she’s seen at a weigh-in before her fight against Lani Daniels. Fans were quick to point out a new tattoo she has on her chest, which appears to be of Pap’s name.

Unsurprisingly, social media users have mixed feelings about the ink. Some are glad to see her putting their romance on full display. Others think this may have been a step too far. “I just hope it last cause this is embarrassing,” one Instagram commenter claims. “That lady is in love!!!,” someone else writes.

Other users are speculating that Shields debuted her new tattoo this way in an attempt to get under the skin of Papoose’s ex, Remy Ma.

Papoose & Claressa Shields

After all, the two of them have exchanged their fair share of harsh words in recent months. In December of last year, for example, Remy hopped online to put Pap on blast. This is when she revealed that he’s in a relationship with Shields. She posted some of their text messages too, accusing him of cheating on her with the athlete.

In response, Pap accused Remy of cheating on him with Eazy The Block Captain. That had been rumored for months leading up to this point, and was later confirmed. Shields got involved by taking to X to jokingly challenge the femcee to a boxing match.

“Claressa Shields vs @RealRemyMa Feb 2nd! Come get yo a** whooped crash out!!,” she wrote at the time. During an appearance on Baby This Is Keke Palmer in March, however, she confirmed that she never had any real intentions of hurting Remy. The two of them were even able to keep things cordial when they attended the same fight earlier this month.

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Claressa Shields vs Lani Daniels: How the fight was made with a DM

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Lani Daniels ’ proposed April fight against Nailini Helu had just been cancelled, when Claressa Shields slid into her DMs on Instagram.

“It was pretty much like ‘you’re scared to fight me,’” Daniels tells DAZN News about Shields’ direct message to her.

The first thought that entered Daniels’ mind?

“I thought she could of at least said hello,” the New Zealand boxer says in jest, flashing a grin worthy of her nickname ‘The Smiling Assassin.’

Daniels’ next thought questioned the legitimacy of message, altogether.

“I thought maybe her account was hacked or something because she’s a big deal.”

Little did Daniels, the IBF light heavyweight world champion , know at the time that her coach and Shields’ team were in talks for Daniels to step up in weight and challenge the ‘GWOAT’ at heavyweight.

Daniels was honest with herself when responding to Shields.

“I was thinking ‘who wouldn’t be scared to fight the GWOAT?’” Daniels said of Shields. “She’s pretty intimidating. So I was thinking, ‘yeah that’s pretty scary but for me, I love a challenge.’ The best way to face fear is head on.

“So I was like ‘yeah, I’m scared of you, but I’ll still beat you.’”

With that, the groundwork was laid to fruition in the form of Daniels challenging for Shields’ undisputed heavyweight crown at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, and live on DAZN , on Saturday night.

If Daniels is to make history by being the first New Zealander to become undisputed heavyweight champion, she’ll have to upset Shields whose place in boxing history is cemented with indelible marks.

Daniels set to shock the GOAT

This past February, Shields (16-0, 3 KOs) became the first and only boxer, male or female, to reach undisputed glory in three different divisions, making heavyweight the latest jewel in her crown. That’s in addition to her two Olympic gold medals.

Dethroning that dominance and the aura of invincibility that surrounds Shields is what Daniels is up against, but it is a monumental task that her team believes can be done.

“She has flaws,” Daniels’ coach John ‘The Rebel’ Conway insists about Shields.

With Conway’s background in Kung Fu and Muay Thai blending into his approach in guiding Daniels, he promises his charge will present an unforeseen puzzle for Shields to solve, including an emphasis on single power shots over operating in a continuous flow state.

“Our punches are going to be a little different from a traditional boxer,” Conway vows of Daniels this weekend. “Our timing is going to be different, our range will be different and the power of Lani’s punches will be different from the other girls. It’s an aggressive, forward-forward motion boxing style.”

He adds: “We want to look at Claressa taking backwards steps and see how she does going backwards. Nobody has really done that before to her.”

It is a daunting task considering how dominant Shields has been in heavyweight action thus far, destroying Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse via second-round TKO to win the WBC title in July 2024 before delivering a unanimous decision over Danielle Perkins for the IBF, WBA and WBO titles in undisputed glory earlier this year.

At 37 and feeling like her window of opportunity is getting thinner, Daniels (11-2-2, 1 KO) will try for the massive upset in her heavyweight debut and first fight outside of New Zealand.

Daniels and her team know Detroit will pack supporters for Flint, Michigan native Shields and Conway boldly declares “we welcome the hostile crowd.”

That DM paved the way for this fight to happen. Now, Daniels views the fight itself as her moment to send tremors through the boxing world.

“There’s no other option for me. I’m going in there to win,” she says confidently. “She tends to take people’s souls and I’m going to take hers.

“I know she wants to make me quit, but that’s one thing … I’ll never quit.”

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Claressa Shields vs. Lani Daniels live results, round-by-round updates, ring

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Claressa Shields vs. Lani Daniels live results, round-by-round updates, ring walks, start time for heavyweight title fight

Uncrowned has Claressa Shields vs. Lani Daniels live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Shields vs. Daniels fight card on Saturday night at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Two-time Olympic champion and Michigan native Shields looks to make the first defense of her undisputed heavyweight championship against underdog Daniels in the main event.

Shields (16-0, 3 KOs) is Uncrowned’s No. 2 pound-for-pound women’s boxer in the world. A five-division world champion who has held 17 major world titles, Shields is the only boxer in history — regardless of gender — to become undisputed champion across three weight classes, having done so at super welterweight, middleweight, and most recently, heavyweight. Shields accomplished the latter feat in February with a dominating victory over Danielle Perkins to unify all four major heavyweight titles. Generally regarded as one of the greatest female boxers in history, Shields was also the subject of the recent Hollywood biopic, “The Fire Inside.”

New Zealand’s Daniels (11-2-2, 1 KO) steps into the biggest opportunity of her career riding a seven-fight win streak that culminated in a September 2024 defense of the IBF light heavyweight title over Bolatito Oluwole. In addition to that belt, Daniels also previously held the IBF heavyweight title in 2023.

Shields vs. Daniels begins at 6 p.m. ET on DAZN. Main event ring walks are expected at 10 p.m. ET.

Follow all of the action with Uncrowned’s live results and play-by-play of the main card below.

Main card (6 p.m. ET, DAZN)

Undisputed heavyweight title: Claressa Shields vs. Lani Daniels

Middleweight: Tony Harrison vs Edward Diaz

Heavyweight: Pryce Taylor vs Robert Simms

WBA super lightweight interim title: Samantha Worthington vs Victoire Piteau

Featherweight: Caroline Veyre vs. Licia Boudersa

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Anthony Joshua’s biggest problem that’s hurt his career and ‘nobody will

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Anthony Joshua’s biggest problem that’s hurt his career and ‘nobody will dare tell him’

Anthony Joshua has suffered a fall from grace following his defeat to Daniel Dubois, and one ex-world champion has questioned those in AJ’s camp.

Former cruiserweight world champion Johnny Nelson believes Anthony Joshua’s opportunity to compete for boxing’s most prestigious titles has passed. Nelson has pinned the former world No.1’s decline on his lack of a support system that would push him to peak performance. Just three years ago, Joshua, 35, was positioned to unify the heavyweight division before back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk.

The Olympic gold medallist then seemed to be mounting a comeback after stringing together four consecutive victories, only to endure a crushing fifth-round knockout loss to Daniel Dubois last year. Nelson, who hung up his gloves in 2006 following a decade without defeat, reckons the boxing world has “seen the best” of Joshua and he has partly attributed his tumble from the world title scene to ‘AJ’ lacking the proper individuals in his camp.

“It’s very hard to have people around you that’ll tell you how it is,” ‘The Entertainer’ told the Mirror, courtesy of NewBettingSites.uk. “You’re going to have people around you that want to stay in your employment, stay in that circle. So they’re going to tell you stuff that you want to hear.

“They’re not going to tell you, ‘You need to be doing this, you need to get a hand up, you’re getting hit, you’re getting beat up by this guy here. Why are you doing that? Why aren’t you running this time? Why are you going to open that crisp packet when you should be in the gym?'”

Nelson claimed: “Nobody on his squad are going to dare tell him that with any conviction. And so now all of a sudden the roles have changed, whereas when you’re hungry, and you need it, they want to drag you up.

“Now he’s the boss. They work for him. And so that’s where the problem is. And I think that along with time, along with age, along with experience, along with appetite, once they get out of kilter [it’s over]. AJ’s in that position.”

A clear tone of disappointment could be detected in AJ’s voice as he watched Usyk’s brutal knockout of Dubois at Wembley on Saturday. Promoter Eddie Hearn informed his fighter they “should have beaten Dubois,” with the former world champion responding plainly: “I know.”

Joshua’s perfect record was shattered when he endured another shocking defeat in June 2019, suffering a seventh-round stoppage against Andy Ruiz. Whilst he secured revenge just six months afterwards, it provided yet another illustration of the Briton’s misjudgement.

His pair of points losses to Usyk can scarcely be deemed disgraceful considering the Ukrainian’s triumphs since stepping up to heavyweight. However, the same cannot necessarily be argued regarding his IBF title bout with Dubois, especially given the condition he displayed during that period.

Nevertheless, it’s arguably significant that both of those shocking defeats to Ruiz and Dubois occurred during periods when AJ was experiencing tremendous momentum in his career.

The first materialised when Joshua boasted a perfect 22-0 record and possessed the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles, whilst Dubois conquered him precisely when it appeared he had regained his dominance, having stopped each of his preceding three opponents.

He now confronts an uncertain future, with a potential bout against YouTuber Jake Paul being suggested, whilst rumours of a Tyson Fury encounter are perpetually circulating.

Nelson proceeded to compare Joshua’s predicament to that of former training partner Prince Naseem Hamed, who was once a world-beater himself.

“I’ve been around Prince Naseem, an amazing fighter. And I was around him from the very beginning of his career,” Nelson continued. “But then all of a sudden he started to surround himself with yes men. He deleted all the people that kept him grounded and said it how it was to him to keep him real.

“And the more yes men he surrounded himself with, the more his boxing life turned into chaos. He lost fights he shouldn’t have done.

“He was surrounding himself by the swimming pool in Bob Hope’s house when [Marco Antonio] Barrera was up in the mountains training. And he’s saying, ‘Yeah, I don’t have to do this.’ There was nobody around him to say, ‘What are you doing?’ It’s the same with a lot of modern fighters now.”

The earnings for top-tier boxers today are higher than ever, and Nelson is pleased that Joshua has amassed enough wealth to comfortably retire from the sport. However, there’s a lingering question as to why Britain’s former golden boy hasn’t fully realised his potential, with some suggesting that those in Joshua’s circle may share some responsibility.

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‘Usyk Trilogy, Not Anthony Joshua’s Fight Can Bring Me Out of

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

‘Usyk Trilogy, Not Anthony Joshua’s Fight Can Bring Me Out of Retirement’

Tyson Fury is more motivated by boxing Oleksandr Usyk a third time, than by coming out of retirement to fight his British rival, Anthony Joshua.

At the start of the year, still embittered after a second points reverse to Usyk, Fury announced that he would retire.

But Fury would return to boxing for a trilogy fight with Usyk. “We’ll see but he likes that fight and he wants that fight, and they were close fights by the way,” promoter Frank Warren told Sky Sports News.

“Anything can happen in this business, maybe that fight can be made if indeed Usyk wants to do it and Tyson wants to do it.

“I’m sure there’d be an appetite for it.” Though no date and venue has been set for it, Fury’s comeback could take place in April of next year.

“I don’t know. We’d like to see it happen. That’s all I can tell you at this stage,” Warren said. “He’s out of action this year.

“It’ll probably be early new year, April [that he returns]. We’ve got to have a conversation. The last thing Oleksandr wants to be talking about is fights. He’s been in a hard training camp; he’s got the victory and he’s back home with his family now enjoying the fruits of his labour.”

There would of course be tremendous public interest in Fury finally fighting Joshua. But Fury’s focus is on Usyk.

“The public all want to see him fight AJ and it’s a fight that’s not happened,” Warren said.

“It’s one of those fights that maybe should have happened a few years ago but it didn’t for various reasons. There’s a massive appetite for that fight too.”

But the promoter added: “Tyson what he feels he wants is he wants to try and put the record straight with Usyk. That’s the fight he would like.”

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First Clip Surfaces Of Gervonta Davis After Release From Jail On Battery Charges

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Gervonta Davis found himself in hot water again after he was arrested on July 11 in Miami Beach on charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

Reports emerged that Davis slapped his former girlfriend in the face and hit her on the back of the head which left her with a cut inside her lip. Her mother also recorded a video where the WBA lightweight champion was seen throwing objects at the victim.

The incident occurred on Father’s Day, June 15, when Davis went to pickup his children from his exes home in Coral Gables. The former couple shares two children together.

Davis was released on bail Saturday morning and cameras were there to capture the first images of him since his arrest. He was seen walking out covering his face with a t-shirt, while multiple police officers escorted him to a vehicle, which can be viewed below.

Fans have reacted on social media to his arrest and release, with many taking a firm stance against it.

“face of boxing don’t wanna show his face “

“He’s a disgrace to the sport of boxing.”

However, Davis still had some supporters in his corner.

Davis needs to stay away from that women she wants to destroy him and the worst part nobody is on his side because his a violent boxer.

Although Gervonta Davis is one of the biggest superstars in boxing, he’s certainly no role model outside the ring, often finding himself in trouble with the law. And this most recent incident put his rematch against Lamont Roach in jeopardy.

Their first encounter ended in a majority draw as ‘Tank’ took a deliberate knee but didn’t have a knockdown scored against him. Considering the controversy surrounding the fight, the rematch is massive for both fighters. Roach has claimed that the fight is still on course despite the recent turn of events.

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Lennox Lewis claims it would be a ‘travesty’ if Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua never

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Lennox Lewis claims it would be a ‘travesty’ if Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua never happens

Britain’s most recent undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis believes Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury must face each other in the ring before walking away from the ring for good, stating otherwise it would be a ‘travesty’.

The often-rumoured fight between the two Brits has been on fight fans’ wishlists for years, but despite Fury and Joshua’s spells as heavyweight world champions, the pair have yet to cross paths in the ring.

Fury, who retired yet again at the start of 2025, has stated that he will be coming out of retirement in 2026 to face Oleksandr Usyk a third time.

However that fight is yet to have been confirmed by anyone other than Fury himself, whilst Joshua is currently sidelined following elbow surgery.

‘The Gypsy King’ last fought in December 2024, in a unanimous decision loss to Usyk, whilst Joshua was stunned at Wembley Stadium in September by then-IBF champion Daniel Dubois.

Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith suggested that Joshua could return towards the end of 2025, whilst boxing’s kingmaker Turki Alalshikh is reportedly keen on seeing the pair finally fighting in 2026.

Lewis feels that after years of a bout between AJ-Fury never materialising, boxing fans in the UK would be hard done by if they never saw the pair exchange blows.

Speaking to The Ring, former WBC, WBA, and IBF heavyweight champion Lewis shared: “It would be a travesty if they never fight each other.

“I think everybody’s looking at the Tyson Fury fight for Joshua and I think that’s a good fight for both guys. We need to see that fight. I think they owe it to the British public.”

In recent weeks Joshua has been linked to fighting YouTuber-turned-cruiserweight Jake Paul, in a bout where the financial benefits will clearly outweigh the sporting merits.

Lewis felt that if Joshua wanted to prove something upon his return to the ring, then he must fight another contender.

He continued: “It really depends on what he wants to prove.

“If he wants to prove that he’s still got it then he’s got to come back and box somebody that’s still about it.”

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Anthony Joshua reveals plan to retire from boxing

By Al Faqiih July 26, 2025

Anthony Joshua has suggested that he will retire from boxing this year.

The 35-year-old has not fought since he was knocked out by Daniel Dubois in the fifth round at Wembley last September.

Joshua required elbow surgery after his defeat to Dubois and the two-time unified heavyweight champion does not have another opponent lined up, although his promoter, Eddie Hearn, has held talks over a possible fight with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.

Boxing fans are also holding out hope of Joshua finally facing Tyson Fury, who announced his retirement from boxing in January after his rematch defeat to Oleksandr Usyk the previous month.

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