Claressa Shields Set to Defend Title Against Maricela Cornejo

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-division champion boxer, Claressa “G.W.O.A.T” Shields is set to face-off with Maricela Cornejo @maricornejoboxing on Saturday, June 3 from Little Caesars Arena in Detroit @littleceasersarena.

Shields, 28, will de defending her title in front of 15,000 fans. Shield’s original opponent Hanna Gabriels was replaced by Maricela Cornejo due to a failed VADA drug test.

@claressashields made her MMA debut in 2021 between defenses of her boxing titles, scoring a come-from-behind knockout over Brittney Elkin. She is the only boxer in history, irrespective of gender, to simultaneously capture boxing’s four major titles in two different divisions, reports MMA Fighting.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday she said “I can do whatever I put my mind to. I beat a girl who was a brown belt and had been doing MMA for 13 years. I went I there and I was able to beat her, so I just know that I’m dangerous whether it’s in a boxing ring or it’s in a cage.”

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