{"id":98255,"date":"2022-10-15T22:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/claressa-shields-savannah-marshall-mikaela-mayer-alycia-baumgardner-live-boxing-results-and-analysis\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T22:52:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:52:16","slug":"claressa-shields-savannah-marshall-mikaela-mayer-alycia-baumgardner-live-boxing-results-and-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/claressa-shields-savannah-marshall-mikaela-mayer-alycia-baumgardner-live-boxing-results-and-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall, Mikaela Mayer-Alycia Baumgardner live boxing results and analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Claressa Shields is once again the undisputed middleweight champion of the world.<\/p>\n

Shields defeated Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision, 96-94, 97-93, 97-93 at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday night to retain the WBC, IBF and WBA belts and win the WBO belt in a high-action, close fight .<\/p>\n

For Shields, it avenges her only loss in a boxing ring — a decade ago as an amateur. Shields outlanded Marshall, 174-132 and landed more percentage of punches, 37 to 34.<\/p>\n

Full recap coming up…<\/i><\/p>\n\n

Shields-Marshall round-by-round analysis:<\/h3>\n

Round 10:<\/b> Marshall appeared to land a little more and be a little more aggressive in the final round. Very, very, very close round but have to give it to Marshall. Marshall 10-9. Shields 96-94.<\/p>\n

Round 9:<\/b> Marshall was more aggressive this round and while she didn’t put Shields in trouble at all, appeared to handle the round well. Marshall 10-9. Shields 87-84.<\/p>\n

Round 8:<\/b> Shields was the clear aggressor in the round and landed what looked like the two best punches of the round as well. Shields 10-9. Shields 78-74.<\/p>\n

Round 7:<\/b> Another close round and while Marshall looked like she threw a lot, it didn’t look like any of those landed clearly. Shields, meanwhile, landed some body work as she’s done all fight. Shields 10-9. Shields 68-65.<\/p>\n

Round 6:<\/b> Close round, but Marshall landed perhaps the biggest punch of the round. This round could go either way. But Marshall might have edged this round here. Marshall 10-9. Shields 58-56.<\/p>\n

Round 5:<\/b> Marshall had her best 30 seconds of the fight to open the round. The body work from Shields helped her rebound a bit as did a strong hook at the end of the round, but felt like Marshall’s best round. Marshall 10-9. Shields 49-46.<\/p>\n

Round 4:<\/b> Maybe the closest round so far and Marshall had some good offensive moments, but Shields’ ability to handle it might have given her a close round. Shields 10-9. Shields 40-36.<\/p>\n

Round 3:<\/b> Shields’ counter punching and aggressiveness continues to show. Her gameplan has been clear and solid so far. Marshall landed a few, but Shields once again wins the round — perhaps fairly clearly here. Shields 10-9. Shields 30-27.<\/p>\n

Round 2:<\/b> Marshall landed a strong right hand early in the round, seeming to stun Shields for a second. Shields handled the first few seconds well to respond and have a better overall round. Shields 10-9. Shields 20-18.<\/p>\n

Round 1:<\/b> Excellent round for Shields. Smart defense and aggressive offense as well. Marshall had a good end to the round but not enough. Shields 10-9.<\/p>\n\n

Baumgardner edges Mayer, becomes unified champion at 130 pounds<\/h3>\n
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Alycia Baumgardner unifies the junior lightweight belts with a split-decision victory over Mikaela Mayer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Alycia Baumgardner was saying for months she would dominate Mikaela Mayer. While that didn’t happen, Baumgardner did do enough to become the unified junior lightweight champion.<\/p>\n

In a fight that could have gone either way after months of trash talking between the two, Baumgardner won on two of the cards, 96-95, with Mayer taking the third card, 97-93, giving Baumgardner the WBC, IBF and WBO titles .<\/p>\n

It started off slow for Mayer, who had held the IBF and WBO titles, with Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KO) taking clear control in the early rounds of the fight. Mayer settled down in the fourth round and rebounded, but almost every round in the back half of the fight was incredibly close.<\/p>\n

“I worked my a– off to get here,” Baumgardner said on the broadcast following the fight.<\/p>\n

It capped a life-changing 12 months for Baumgardner, who stepped into the high-level scene by knocking out Terri Harper on Nov. 13, 2021 to win the WBC title. It also started the back-and-forth with Mayer. After a win over Edith Soledad Matthysse in April, Baumgardner agreed to fight Mayer in May.<\/p>\n

And on Saturday, she put herself into the conversation of the best fighters in the sport.<\/p>\n