{"id":493639,"date":"2026-02-23T07:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493639\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:27:14","slug":"claressa-shields-remains-undisputed-heavyweight-boxing-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493639\/","title":{"rendered":"Claressa Shields remains undisputed heavyweight boxing champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed heavyweight titles with a unanimous decision victory over Franchon Crews-Dezurn on Sunday, Feb. 22, in Detroit. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"398\">The bout, held at Little Caesars Arena, drew a crowd of 18,000 spectators, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/alladminv\/index.php?page=news&amp;action=create\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/boxing\/2026\/02\/22\/claressa-shields-franchon-crews-dezurn-live-results-updates\/88800627007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">foreign media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"795\">Crews-Dezurn opened strongly, taking the initiative in the first round. However, Shields gradually took control in the rounds that followed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"795\">Both fighters showed aggression early, but Shields found her rhythm as the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/new-wbc-welterweight-champion-as-garcia-routs-barrios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fight<\/a> progressed, landing sustained combinations against a tiring Crews-Dezurn. Although Crews-Dezurn attempted to rally in the later rounds, she was unable to shift the momentum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"928\">The win marks Shields\u2019 second victory over Crews-Dezurn, with their first meeting dating back to their professional debuts in 2016.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"1000\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Shields improves her record to 18-0, while Crews-Dezurn drops to 10-3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/nijat-babayev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Nijat Babayev<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed heavyweight titles with a unanimous decision victory over Franchon Crews-Dezurn on Sunday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,11569,8823,151915,86137,82],"class_list":["post-493639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-claressa-shields","tag-detroit","tag-franchon-crews-dezurn","tag-heavyweight-champion","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}