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Claressa Shields Reclaims No. 1 Pound-for-Pound After TKO

8/20/2026

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Claressa Shields earned ESPN’s No. 1 women’s pound-for-pound ranking after a sixth-round TKO of Kaye Scott in Atlanta.
She reclaimed the WBC and WBA middleweight titles by moving down from heavyweight.
Shields said she wants to fight champion Lauren Price in December or January.
Dina Thorslund captured the undisputed bantamweight title over Cherneka Johnson on Aug. 8.

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Claressa Shields earned ESPN’s No. 1 women’s pound-for-pound ranking after a sixth-round TKO of Kaye Scott in Atlanta.
She reclaimed the WBC and WBA middleweight titles by moving down from heavyweight.
Shields said she wants to fight champion Lauren Price in December or January.
Dina Thorslund captured the undisputed bantamweight title over Cherneka Johnson on Aug. 8.