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The Sun
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Savannah Marshall risks wrath of former sparring partner Tommy Fury with Jake Paul decision
SAVANNAH MARSHALL laughs when she admits to switching allegiances to Jake Paul's camp over Tommy Fury. Marshall, a former middleweight world champion, spent years sparring with a young Fury on their way up the ranks. 3 But now she is one of Paul's latest signings in the YouTuber-turned-boxer's ever evolving roster of women stars. So if her new boss was ever to rematch old pal Fury, there is only one man Marshall can cheer on now. She told SunSport with a laugh: "Jake's paying me now, so I know where my bread's buttered now!" Paul, 28, suffered his first and so far only defeat in 2023 against Fury, 26, losing a split-decision in Saudi Arabia. But he has since bounced back with five wins on the spin, most recently in November against Mike Tyson. Tyson caused controversy by coming out of retirement aged 58 but over 100 MILLION watched the fight on Netflix - including Marshall. She said: "I watched the Mike Tyson one and I think I watched when he boxed Mike Perry. So I've seen a few. "I watched that one (Fury vs Paul) as well. I always forget about that. So look, I've watched quite a few. I'm a bit of a fan." Paul returns on June 28 against ex-middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 39, dropping back down to cruiserweight. And just two weeks later, he promotes Katie Taylor's trilogy bout in New York against Amanda Serrano following the Irish legend's two wins over her great rival. Marshall, 34, features on the undercard against American Shadasia Green, 35, for the IBF and WBO super-middleweight titles. She said: "I've had trouble getting on shows and that sort of thing and this has come about and it's for the unified world title which is brilliant. "I'm really happy. She's a formidable opponent. She's strong, she can whack. "And to be honest, I believe it would be one of the better fights on the show." 3
The Independent
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Savannah Marshall delves into her return to boxing as part of Jake Paul's super-team
Savannah Marshall is back. After a detour in MMA, the former undisputed boxing champion is trading the confines of a cage for more familiar, roped surroundings. If the boxing ring is the place, perhaps twilight is the time; Marshall is 34 now, and has done it all as an Olympian, two-weight world champion, undisputed title holder, and headliner of Britain's first-ever all-female boxing card. At that event in 2022, she fought at a packed O2 Arena, and in July, she can tick off New York City's iconic Madison Square Garden – to go along with past adventures in Las Vegas and at York Hall. After competing and winning under mixed martial arts rules last July, Marshall's title fight with Shadasia Green at MSG will mark her first boxing outing since July 2023. On that occasion, the Hartlepool boxer gained undisputed status at super-middleweight, outpointing Franchon Crews Dezurn to add to her previous success at middleweight. When she faces Green, Marshall can reclaim one of the belts she lost during her absence from the sport: the WBO title. "I was a little bit annoyed that I got stripped,' Marshall tells The Independent, saying two-time undisputed status is her main motivation in what could be the final chapter of her career. 'Let me get all my belts back, then maybe I'll get that fulfilment that I've been chasing for the 23 years I've been boxing!' One senses that, for Marshall, true fulfilment would come in avenging her sole professional loss, her defeat by Claressa Shields at the O2. With an amateur win over Shields to her name, Marshall remains the only boxer to have beaten the American, but the Briton craves one more victory over her rival. However, 'I am actually in doubt, for the first time ever, that I will get that,' she admits. 'I've waited two-and-a-half years, switched to MMA and signed with the PFL because she was with them, so... Look, maybe that's not ever gonna happen for me.' Indeed, Marshall hoped that chasing Shields into MMA might lead to the rematch she desired, but it did not. The foray was not fruitless, though. Marshall says her biggest takeaway from her MMA endeavour is enhanced strength. 'I feel 10-times stronger,' she explains, 'and I think that's down to the wrestling and jiu-jitsu. They beat any form of strength and conditioning. Even though I'm 34, and you'd think I'd have matured a lot sooner, my body has just transformed and thickened up.' Yet there have been challenges in readjusting to her preferred sport. 'You have to be very square on in boxing, so everything that benefited me in boxing did not benefit me at all in MMA,' she says. 'I had 18 months of totally changing my style, and now I've come back to boxing... even at the start of the year, I was finding it hard. I was coming in very side on. Thankfully muscle memory kicked in, and I've gone back to how I used to box; I'm getting my feet right. Eighteen months to get there, four to get back.' In that sense, there might have been a silver lining in Marshall not fighting at March's all-female sequel at the Royal Albert Hall, where Boxxer followed up on its 2022 event from the O2. Marshall expressed frustration at being announced for the Albert card only to be left out, but has since parted ways with Boxxer. 'It's just unfortunate,' she reflects. 'These things happen, relationships end, we don't all get what we want.' Now, Marshall is focusing on the positives. While she admits a return in March would have likely been 'more suited to me, so the opponent wouldn't have been of [Green's] calibre', she has ended up with more time to hone her old style. Furthermore, her return will come in front of a global audience on Netflix, under Jake Paul 's Most Valuable Promotions (MVP). Marshall is one of numerous high-profile women's boxers to have signed with the company, and her fight with Green will serve as an appetiser for Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 3. Their first clash also took place at MSG, while their rematch – on the Paul vs Mike Tyson undercard – was reportedly the most-watched women's sporting event ever. 'I think it's unbelievable,' Marshall effuses. 'I can't believe promoters have never really cottoned on to: 'Female boxing sells, why don't we sign a load of female boxers, some of the best in the world, and put them all on one platform?' It's mad to think it's taken Jake Paul, who essentially is a YouTube influencer... but what a businessman. Boxing is his passion, he's seen an opening in the market, and he's capitalised.' Boxxer, of course, has highlighted women's boxing in Britain, but MVP seeks to go one further, emulating Boxxer's all-female bills but reaching a wider audience. 'I haven't had a conversation with Jake, it's all been through his team, through Nikisa [Bidarian],' Marshall continues. 'Jake's got a great team, and MVP have got the Netflix platform, whose viewing figures blow Sky, TNT, Amazon out of the water. The likes of [promoters] Eddie [Hearn], Frank [Warren], Bob Arum, they don't have that platform. Jake has it, and he's pushing female sport. Fair play to him, because not a lot of promoters – especially in the UK – push female fighters like he is.' A great, big push for women's boxing, and one last push by Savannah Marshall.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Marshall, Cameron & Ali added to Taylor-Serrano card
IBF super-middleweight champion Savannah Marshall will face WBO title holder Shadasia Green in a unification bout on 11 July in New v Green will feature on the undercard of Katie Taylor's trilogy fight against Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Chantelle Cameron and Ramla Ali have also been added to the all-women event. Cameron faces Jessica Camara at light-welterweight while Ali will fight Brazil's Lila Furtado at undisputed champion Cameron, who has a win over Ireland's Taylor, will defend her position as the WBC's number one and Serrano fight for the undisputed light-welterweight championship in the main event and Northampton's Cameron is hopeful of fighting the was due to fight Green in 2023 after becoming undisputed super-middleweight champion, before injury ruled her three women announced recently they had signed promotional deals with Jake Paul's Most Valuable British trio join a stacked undercard at Madison Square Garden, with Ellie Scotney, Alycia Baumgardner and Dina Thorslund all defending their world titles. Ali returns with new team Ali, 35, has not fought since June 2024 when she suffered her second defeat, to Yamileth was the second time in three fights Ali had lost, but she did avenge her loss to Julissa Alejandra Guzman in late activist and model says she took a break from competition to "refine her skills and recalibrate her approach" and to link up with a new coach."This past year away from competition has been challenging but necessary - it's reignited the fire that first drew me to boxing," she said."Working with John Ryder and Tony Simms has completely transformed my approach to the sport, and their combined expertise has helped me develop as a fighter."Furtado, 33, has just two defeats on her record, to England's Karriss Artingstall and Raven will face Furtado in an eight-round contest and hopes to fight her way to the top of the division."[This] isn't just my comeback fight, it's a statement that I'm here to keep my place among the elite," Ali said.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Cameron and Marshall join Paul's Most Valuable Promotions
British duo Chantelle Cameron and Savannah Marshall have signed with Jake Paul's Most Valuable United States-based promotion has been securing some of the world's best female boxers in recent months, signing the likes of Ellie Scotney, Ramla Ali and American Alycia Baumgardner."MVP represents the most dominant roster of UK women's athletes in boxing," said Paul and his MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian after the latest women are expected to make their promotional debuts on the undercard of Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano 3, on 11 July in New 33, is a former undisputed champion at light-welterweight and is the only fighter who holds a win over Ireland's Katie Taylor in the professional Northampton fighter swapped Matchroom for Queensberry last year, but has now decided to part ways with Frank Warren in favour of YouTuber-turned-boxer 33, has not fought since 2023 when she became the then second undisputed boxing world champion from England, behind Cameron, by collecting all four super-middleweight world titles. The Hartlepool fighter has tried her hand at MMA with the PFL since then, and was previously with Ben Shalom's Boxxer. Cameron and Marshall join a growing stable of female pound-for-pound greats at MVP, with Denmark's two-weight world champion Dina Thorslund recruited this year and seven-weight world champion Amanda Serrano leading the female takes on Taylor in their trilogy fight at Madison Square Garden, topping an all-women card with Scotney and Baumgardner set to defend their world Cameron has spent the past year chasing a third fight with Taylor, and will be hopeful of fighting the winner of Taylor v Serrano 3 later this is a divisive figure in boxing, but continues to be one of the biggest draws in the 28-year-old American has championed the female code through MVP, with Serrano and Taylor earning the biggest purse for female fighters in a bout which will be streamed on Netflix.
The Star
08-05-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Boxing-Shields set to defend undisputed heavyweight crown against Daniels in July
FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Claressa Shields v Savannah Marshall - IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO World Middleweight Titles - O2 Arena, London, Britain - October 15, 2022 Claressa Shields celebrates winning her fight against Savannah Marshall Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo (Reuters) -Undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields will defend her belts against Lani Daniels on July 26, Shields announced in a post on X on Wednesday. Undefeated Shields, 30, became the first undisputed women's heavyweight champion with a unanimous decision win over fellow American Danielle Perkins in February, adding the IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles to her WBC belt. The two-time Olympic champion's 16th professional win also crowned her boxing's first undisputed world champion in three weight classes, as she added to her undisputed titles in middleweight and light-middleweight. New Zealand's Daniels, 36, is the IBF light heavyweight champion and former IBF heavyweight champion who is unbeaten in her last nine bouts, which include two draws. (Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Saad Sayeed)
