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Undefeated World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World Middleweight
Champion Ema Kozin is set for a
massive unification show-down with
American IBF, WBC and WBA
counterpart Claressa Shields on
February 5 at the Motorpoint Arena
in Cardiff, Wales.
For Slovenian Kozin, 21-0-1 (11),
this will unquestionably be her
biggest fight to date, as two-time
Olympic gold medalist Shields, 11-0
(2), is widely considered one of the
best Pound-for-Pound boxers in
female boxing, and has also unified
world titles at Super Welterweight
and Super Middleweight.
“The
Princess”, still only 23 years old,
is herself a multiple-weight world
champion, as she also holds the WBF
World Super Middleweight crown. The
fight against Shields will be her
fourth defense of Middleweight
honors.
26-year-old “T-Rex” Shields, from
Flint in Michigan, turned
professional after winning her
second Olympic gold at the 2016
games in Rio. She won her first pro
world titles, the WBC and IBF Super
Middleweight, already in her fourth
outing, and has since boxed
exclusively in world championship
fights.
Kozin enters the fight as the
underdog, but has every intention of
shocking the world and replace the
self-proclaimed “GWOAT” (Greatest
Woman of all Time) in the
Pound-for-Pound rankings.
Televised live in the United Kingdom
by SKY Sports, and world-wide on
various outlets, the Kozin vs.
Shields world middleweight
unification fight will be promoted
by Benjamin Shalom´s Boxxer.
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