The G.W.O.A.T., Claressa Shields will defend her World Boxing Federation (WBF) world heavyweight title on July 26 in Detroit, Michigan, USA against current IBF world Light Heavyweight champion Lani Daniels from New Zealand.
The fight will be the main event of a big show promoted by Salita Promotions at the Little Caesars Arena, broadcast live world-wide by DAZN.
Shields, 16-0 (3), who is one of the most accomplished female fighters of all time and has won world titles at Super Welterweight, Middleweight, Super Middleweight; light Heavyweight and Heavyweight, won the WBF title in July of 2024 when she stopped Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in two rounds.
In Daniels, 11-2-2 (1), she will be facing an opponent who is going up in weight, but has already held a world title at Heavyweight. In 2023 she won and defended the IBF world Heavyweight title, before dropping down to win the IBF world title at Light Heavyweight in December of that same year.
Last September she defended her world title with a clear unanimous decision over undefeated Nigerian Bolatito Oluwole, and now she is ready to return to Heavyweight for what will be the biggest fight of her life against Shields.
