Claressa Shields
Two Olympic golds, then undisputed in three divisions.
- Born
- March 17, 1995, Flint, Michigan, US
- Nationality
United States- Height
- 173 cm (5′8″)
- Reach
- 173 cm (5′8″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Technical volume boxer
- Weight
- Light middleweight, Middleweight, Super middleweight, Light heavyweight, Heavyweight
- Active
- 2016–present
- Status
- Active · age 31
The record
Professional boxing, as of her August 2026 stoppage of Kaye Scott (confirmed by Sky Sports and ClickOnDetroit). Also 2-1 in professional MMA (PFL) record
Olympic gold 2012 and 2016 (middleweight); world champion 2014 and 2016
The story
laressa Shields grew up in Flint, Michigan, and was 17 when she won middleweight gold at London 2012, the first Olympics with women's boxing, becoming the first American woman to win Olympic boxing gold. She won again in Rio in 2016, making her the first American boxer with medals at consecutive Games. As a pro she became undisputed middleweight champion in 2019 and undisputed at light middleweight in 2021, the first boxer of the four-belt era to be undisputed in two divisions, and in 2025 she became the first female undisputed heavyweight champion. She has also gone 2-1 in mixed martial arts with the PFL. In August 2026 she stopped Kaye Scott to win back two middleweight belts and move to 19-0.
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- Undisputed middleweight champion (twice, 2019–2024)
- Undisputed light middleweight champion (2021)
- First female undisputed heavyweight champion (2025)
- Only three-division undisputed champion of the four-belt era
- Val Barker Trophy (2016 Olympics)
- BWAA Female Fighter of the Year (2018, 2022)
- Best Boxer ESPY Award (2023, first woman to win it)
- Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (2025)
Defining fights
- 2019WINvs Christina Hammer (UD 10, undisputed middleweight title)
- 2021WINvs Marie-Eve Dicaire (UD 10, undisputed light middleweight title)
- 2022WINvs Savannah Marshall (UD 10, undisputed middleweight title)
- 2025WINvs Danielle Perkins (UD 10, undisputed heavyweight title)
- 2026WINvs Kaye Scott (TKO 6, won WBA and WBC middleweight titles)
Win the jab battle: against Savannah Marshall, Shields landed 44 jabs to 14 and used them to set up her power shots. Start every combination with the jab and count your landed jabs in sparring.
