Claressa Shields defeated Danielle Perkins to capture the undisputed heavyweight crown on Sunday night in Flint, winning a 10-round unanimous decision in a contest that was just another day at the office for the self-proclaimed “Greatest Woman of All Time.”
Shields, 29, improved to 16-0 with her Perkins win but it may have come at a cost.
“I actually think I’m going to have to have surgery on my left arm,” Shields said after the fight. “I tore my labrum last week, so the fight almost didn’t happen. I didn’t want to let Flint down, but I really couldn’t use my jab the way that I wanted to, but I did the best that I could. I iced it, I did therapy and now I think I’m going to have a shoulder surgery.”
Perkins, 42, suffered the first loss of her pro career and now stands at 5-1.
“That girl was strong as hell,” Shields added. “She’s super strong. She was definitely a problem. My experience and my skills got me over. And listen, I’ve been in plenty of street fights and I had to use some of my skills in that too.”
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