Claressa Shields LOSES to Savannah Marshall

It's evident to me that Shields usually dominates every round, hits her opponents with dozens of her best punches yet they come out for the last round little less combative than they did for the first. Whereas Marshall, once she gets into her flow, starts putting full power behind her punches, quickly degrades her opponent's condition: they are battered till they have to go down just to get a breather (Rankin), capitulate on the floor after a couple of knockdowns with Marshall hardly out of first gear (Lindberg), are punched to a defenceless standstill (Muzeya) or are knocked cold (Hermans). I get the feeling that Marshall is punching harder with every fight.

 

Martial is sparking Shields out early, if she's even brave enough to take the fight.

 

Or the great Toney...

 

Marcus Antonius I love you but I have told you before Shields is going to beat Marshall. Skills pay the bills. My babe is called the GWOAT for a reason. Marshall will fall.

 

Martial may as he is a bloke but Marshall is getting has ass spanked by Claressa Shields.

 

Just re-watching some of Claressa's fights I noticed how even though little of any consequence is coming back at her, after a few rounds her mouth is wide open and she spends a portion of each round standing still showboating. Also that there is a big difference between her hands and feet: she has great hands but her footwork is quite crude and plodding. If Savannah can impose anything like her usual pressure, Claressa could start to gas quite badly. Another point is that Savannah's assault to head and body could quite quickly slow Claressa drastically. Watching Savannah against Muzeya I can't remember seeing a clearer illustration of how quickly speed can vanish. At the beginning of the fight, Muzeya is pretty fast, leaping to the attack- in the mid 2nd round she's still coming forward but looks like she's wading through treacle- and by the end of the round she's come to a defenceless standstill. If Savannah's heavy shots can rob Claressa of her speed, she's in big trouble.

 

Dream on.

 

No dream baby Shields is better.

 

Styles make fights. Shields is going to be dancing on the canvas like Wilder did.

 

Other way round because Shields has excellent fundamentals and skills Wilder did not.

 

Shields lacks knockout power, Marshall doesn't.

 

Power dint mean ****, skills wins fights. Proven time and again. If Marshall is relying on power I feel sorry her I really do.

 

Power doesn't mean **** until it lands, which it will.