Behind the ropes Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall

We're not electing a president to a charity. Favoring Marshall to win due to Shields' bad personality is not rational.

Maybe Shields talks too much or she may be rude, however maybe she helps the needy people around her. Maybe she has a golden heart. We can't know. We shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Nevertheless, Shields is a much better fighter than Marshall and she will win by unanimous decision, wide. Probably 118-112, if the judge trio is fair.

 

Oh, is the fight lasting twelve?

 

You know the script!

 

@Marcus S. I don't know. Shields will lose a maximum of 2 rounds to Marshall, with a. Fair judge trio.

 

Word.

 

I watched that 'fight' live because guys here were hyping it up. First time I'd paid real attention to a laydeebox bout, attempting to be fair and open-minded, and, hoooooooooo-boy!, peeeeeeeeee-ew!, did it stink. After all the pre-fight stuff I'd read here about a jab that didn't, Hammer's boxing was laughable and all it took was Shields walking in square and spamming powder-puff washerwoman combos to beat her.

From the relatively little I've seen, Marshall is no doubt significantly better and more concussive than Hammer and should win this bout. But she needs Peter to have done the full number on her psyche, because history says she's a choker when it comes on top. Womens' title bouts amount to twenty minutes of boxing. If you take ten minutes to get your nerves in check and get going in there, that's half the fight gone. Shields' self-belief and chutzpah could win her the fight regardless of Marshall possessing the bigger guns and the more sophisticated style. The mental aspect shouldn't be overlooked here.