The Tuesday morning show Boxxer Promotions and Top Rank Boxing make the advance announcement that the women’s championship doubleheader, which features an undisputed middleweight title fight between undefeated unified titleholder Claressa Shields and WBO champion , Savannah Marshall, returns for October 15.
The promotions also confirmed that the women’s junior lightweight showdown between unified champion Mikaela Mayer and WBC champion Alycia Baumgardner will co-host bouts that are back at The O2 Arena.
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From the launch of Top Rank,
“Unfinished business will finally be resolved as the most anticipated women’s fight of all time has been officially rescheduled for Saturday, October 15.
After being postponed by the British Boxing Board of Control due to the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II last week, the highly anticipated BOXXER: LEGACY – Shields vs Marshall showdown will now take place in just over four weeks at The O2 in London.
The main event, broadcast live and exclusively in the UK and Ireland on Sky Sports, will see bitter rivals Claressa ‘GWOAT’ Shields and Savannah ‘The Silent Assassin’ Marshall collide for the undisputed world middleweight championship, concluding their feud. of a decade. .
All tickets purchased for the original September date remain valid for the new date of October 15 and ticket holders do not need to take any action or obtain new tickets to attend the event.
The last remaining tickets, priced at just £25, are available to buy now via boxxer.com. Tickets in all other price brackets are already sold out.
In association with Top Rank and Matchroom Boxing, WBO/IBF/Ring Magazine Champion Mikaela Mayer and WBC Champion Alycia Baumgardner will square off in a grudge match for the unification of the junior lightweight title. Shields-Marshall and Mayer-Baumgardner will be among the bouts broadcast live and exclusively in the US on ESPN+.
In what will be an iconic night of celebration for women’s boxing, the full card for the first all-female fight card televised in Britain remains the same.
Team GB Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medal hero Lauren Price competes alongside Team GB favorites Karriss Artingstall and Caroline Dubois, who will look to light up the capital in what promises to be a special evening for the sport.” .
The billboard that was scheduled for September 10 at the same O2 Arena but was postponed the day before after the death of Queen Elizabeth II of England at the age of 96. The UK went into mourning and basically shut down all businesses, events, etc. during that weekend.
Shields and Marshall has been a highly anticipated women’s battle for the last year or so.
Shileds, 12-0, 2 KOs, made the third defense of her unified middleweight titles in February, when she defeated Ema Kozin by a 10-round decision. His fight was the co-main event of Cardiff in Wales, on the undercard of the reunion of star UK middleweights Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Williams. Shields is also a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Marshall is also 12-0, but with 10 KOs, including a thunderous third-round knockout of Femke Hermans in Newcastle in April. And bigger for this fight, she handed Shields her only loss as an amateur in world championship competition. The two never met in Shields’ two Olympic-winning tournaments.
American Mayer (17-0, 5 KOs) and Baumgardner (12-1, 7 KOs) have been belittling and trash talking each other for months and both are itching to get back to having their battle on the card with Shields-Marshall.
