Claressa Shields vs Lani Daniels live updates: How to watch, fight time, price
That would be Lani Daniels, a New Zealander with an irrepressible smile she wears everywhere but inside the boxing ring.
Daniels, 37, held the IBF world heavyweight title in 2023 and currently holds the IBF light heavyweight title. Quick and athletic, she's won seven fights in a row. Yet she's still a significant underdog against Shields, and for good reason.
Daniels did not start boxing until she was 24. Shields, 30, started her boxing career at 15 and since then has won two Olympic gold medals, world titles five divisions and undisputed world titles in three divisions.
In Shields' 80 fights as an amateur and pro, she has lost once (to Savannah Marshall in 2012). It's unlikely Daniels will hand Shields loss No. 2.
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Claressa Shields will face Lani Daniels on Saturday, July 26 at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
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