Who Won The Claressa Shields Fight — Claressa Shields and her place among American heavyweights
Who Won The Claressa Shields Fight is now answered: Claressa Shields beat Franchon Crews-Dezurn in a unanimous decision, a result that reinforces her standing as the best American heavyweight and the sole American holder of a world heavyweight title. The victory matters because it folds a high-profile win into a career already defined by Olympic gold, multiple weight-class belts and a landmark commercial deal.
Who Won The Claressa Shields Fight: unanimous decision over Franchon Crews-Dezurn
Claressa Shields beat Franchon Crews-Dezurn in a unanimous decision, a result listed among the Claressa Shields vs Franchon Crews-Dezurn results and fight card highlights. The outcome adds a marquee name — Franchon Crews-Dezurn — to a Shields résumé that continues to expand as she competes at heavyweight.
Shields’ record, titles and Olympic pedigree
Shields enters this stretch with a 17-0 record and 3 KOs. She is the reigning WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO women’s heavyweight champion and the single American heavyweight currently in possession of a world title. She is also a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having won gold in 2012 and 2016.
Weight-class history and professional dominance
Prior to her move to heavyweight, Shields won world titles at super welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight. The context emphasizes she was seldom troubled and never close to losing at those weights, a run that the piece links directly to her capacity now to walk and talk like a heavyweight.
Age, films and an $8 million contract mapping two years
At the age of 30, Shields already has a documentary titled "T-Rex" and a feature film called "The Fire Inside" about her life. Back in November she announced an $8 million contract with Wynn Records and Salita Promotions that will map out the next two years of her fighting career. That deal is described as the most lucrative in women’s boxing history.
How Shields fits into the American heavyweight lineage and 2026’s landscape
The framing contrasts Shields with the long list of famed American heavyweight nicknames: "The Greatest, " "The Brown Bomber, " "The Rock, " "Jersey Joe, " "Smokin’ Joe, " "The Galveston Giant, " "The Manassa Mauler, " "Sonny, " "The Big Bear, " "Big George, " "The Easton Assassin, " "Iron Mike, " "The Real Deal" and "Big Daddy. " The narrative says we have historically thought of strong men, dominant men, violent men who had the ability to unite a nation and break faces — proud American men. In 2026, the piece says, the talent pool is shallower and the search broadened; as a result the traits tied to great American heavyweights now appear not in American men so much, but in a woman: Claressa Shields.
Promotions, peers and Shields’ stance on signing with MVP
The coverage notes many of Shields’ peers signed with Jake Paul and his Most Valuable Promotions outfit. In recent years MVP has become a one-stop shop for women’s boxing, framed as a testament to MVP’s investment in the sport’s women and as a sign that only a few women in boxing have the power and confidence to lead, not follow. Shields has criticized neither the moves nor the signees; she said, "I don’t think there’s anything wrong with what those girls have done. I could have done the same thing [signed with MVP], but I just like knowing that when I accomplish something it’s because I did it. I don’t like feelin" — the rest of that sentence is unclear in the provided context.
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