
She opened her statement by thanking Shields. Shields has won two Olympic gold medals and professional titles at super welterweight (154 pounds), middleweight (160 pounds) and super middleweight (168 pounds).Ĭornejo (16-6) hasn’t beaten an opponent with a winning record in more than four years. “The only thing I could have done better than I did tonight was get a knockout, and I think I would have knocked a lot of girls out with the punches I landed.

“You saw the best of me tonight,” she said. Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) won with a score of 100-89 on one card and 100-90 on the other two.

DETROIT (AP) - Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed middleweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over Maricela Cornejo on Saturday night in the first boxing card at Little Caesars Arena.
