Claressa Shields

CTL-E-6001 · Person · other · 1995–present

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Combined Graph record U-07231 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6001.

Claressa Shields (born Claressa Maria Shields on 17 March 1995 in Flint, Michigan) is an American professional boxer, self-styled 'GWOAT,' whose career has redrawn what dominance means in women's boxing. Introduced to the sport by her father, she won the middleweight gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics — the first Olympic women's boxing tournament — at seventeen, and repeated the feat at Rio in 2016, becoming the first American boxer to win consecutive Olympic golds. She turned professional in November 2016 and collected world titles across five weight classes, holding all four major belts simultaneously in three divisions, a feat no other boxer, male or female, had achieved in the four-belt era. On 2 February 2025, in her hometown of Flint, she outpointed Danielle Perkins to become the first undisputed women's heavyweight champion in history. She defended that crown against Lani Daniels in July 2025 and, on 22 February 2026 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, won every round on all three cards in a rematch with Franchón Crews-Dezurn, remaining undefeated.

The record

• Also known as: Claressa Maria Shields, T-Rex, The GWOAT

Notes

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Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Claressa Shields' — born Claressa Maria Shields, 17 March 1995, Flint, Michigan; Olympic middleweight golds 2012 and 2016; undisputed heavyweight title won 2 February 2025 vs. Danielle Perkins in Flint; defenses vs. Lani Daniels (26 July 2025) and Franchón Crews-Dezurn (22 February 2026, 100-90 on all cards); only three-division undisputed champion of the four-belt era — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claressa_Shields (primary source · build store)
• Women's Boxing Archive Network (WBAN), 'Biography: Claressa Shields' — born 17 March 1995, Flint; introduced to boxing by her father; gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics; professional debut 19 November 2016 vs. Franchón Crews — https://www.womenboxing.com/biog/cshields.htm (build store)
• BBC Sport report (mirror), 'Claressa Shields vs Lani Daniels: American GWOAT retains undisputed heavyweight title' (2025) — unanimous-decision defense of the undisputed heavyweight title in Detroit — https://bbcinsight.pages.dev/sport/boxing/articles/cly7wr2lzv0o (build store)
• Yardbarker (DAZN card coverage), 'Claressa Shields: We Know What Happened In That First Matchup' (19 February 2026) — undisputed heavyweight champion entering the 22 February 2026 Crews-Dezurn rematch at Little Caesars Arena; dated 2026 vital-status evidence — https://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/claressa_shields_we_know_what_happened_in_that_first_matchup/s1_17348_43497163 (build store)

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