6/3 DAZN: Claressa Shields vs Maricela Cornejo (Gabriels popped dirty) (Undisputed Middleweight Championship)

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For the first time since 2018, Claressa Shields is heading back to Detroit to fight.

Shields will have the first defense of her undisputed middleweight title on June 3 at Little Caesars Arena against Hanna Gabriels, the same fighter she beat by unanimous decision in that fight in the Motor City. The fight will be broadcast on DAZN.

It will be the first time Shields will fight in the United States since 2021, when she became the undisputed junior middleweight champion defeating Marie-Eve Dicaire in Shields' hometown of Flint, Michigan.

Gabriels is the only fighter to knock Shields down during her career -- sending her to the canvas in the first round of a fight Shields eventually won by unanimous decision to win the WBA and IBF middleweight titles.

Gabriels (21-2-1, 12 KO), 40, won her next three fights after losing to Shields, but hasn't fought since April 17, 2021.

Shields, 28, last fought in October as the headliner on a sold-out all-female card at the O2 Arena in London, where she beat Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision for the undisputed middleweight title. The win had avenged the only boxing loss for Shields (13-0, 2 KO) in her career as an amateur or professional.

She is one of the most accomplished fighters, male or female, in boxing history. Shields has held titles at junior middleweight, middleweight and super middleweight in her career. She has been the undisputed junior middleweight champion and twice the undisputed middleweight champion -- including the title she currently possesses.

After fighting the first 11 fights of her career in the United States, Shields fought both of her 2022 bouts in England, beating Ema Kozin by unanimous decision in February and Marshall in October. The last time Shields fought as a boxer in the United States was 2021, when she became the undisputed junior middleweight champion by beating Dicaire, ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer. This will be Shields' first fight in 2023 in either boxing or MMA, where she is 1-1 with the PFL. She last fought in the PFL in 2021, a split decision loss to Abigail Montes in Hollywood, Florida. It is the only loss she has as a professional in boxing or MMA.

 

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Claressa Shields vs. Hanna Gabriels - Undercard Information​

BY RANDOM HITS
Published Mon May 01, 2023, 02:37 PM EDT
Four of Michigan’s top prospects will highlight undercard action as big-time boxing returns to Detroit on Saturday, June 3 headlined by the rematch between Undisputed Middleweight World Champion and Michigan’s own Claressa Shields and four-division world champion Hanna Gabriels live from Little Caesars Arena and streamed on DAZN in the U.S. and Canada.
The lineup will see Dearborn’s Da’Velle Smith take on fellow unbeaten Kahydlian Woods in a six-round middleweight showdown, Grand Rapids’ Joshua Pagan battling the undefeated Ronnell Burnett in a six-round super lightweight attraction, Grand Rapids’ Joseph Hicks Jr. in an eight-round middleweight bout, and Dearborn’s Gheith Karim in a cross-town matchup against Detroit’s Marlon Harrington scheduled for eight rounds in the super welterweight division.
“Saturday, June 3 will be a night to remember from the opening bell, all the way until the world championship main event,” said Dmitriy Salita, President of Salita Promotions. “The card will feature local talent with world class potential fighting in their most significant fights live on DAZN from Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit. Detroit legends like Tommy Hearns and Hilmer Kenty will be looking on at ringside as these contenders will be fighting their most challenging opponents and hoping to prove that they are next in line to continue the elite pedigree of this legendary boxing city.”
The 22-year-old Smith (5-0, 4 KOs) made his pro debut in September 2021, winning the WBC’s inaugural Big Belt Championship by knocking out Ricky Evans in the first round. Smith would follow that triumph with a pair of knockouts in November 2021 and May 2022, before winning a unanimous decision over Devontae McDonald last August. The Kronk Gym-trained prospect most recently stopped Gyorgy Mizsei in February. He will be opposed by the 27-year-old Woods (4-0, 3 KOs). Originally from California and now fighting out of Indianapolis, Woods turned pro last year and scored three-straight knockouts before a split-decision triumph over then unbeaten Ezekiel Scruggs in February.
Pagan (5-0, 2 KOs) won the 2021 U.S. Amateur Welterweight National Championship with a unanimous decision over Keon Davis, completing a big step on his boxing journey that began as a teenager with his father and trainer Tony. The 23-year-old followed that up by turning pro in January 2022 and earning four victories that year. Most recently, Pagan won back-to-back decisions in Detroit to kick off 2023 as he bested Istvan Bela Orban in February and Wesley Rivers in April. He faces Kansas City, Missouri’s Burnett (9-0, 5 KOs), a 32-year-old who has fought professionally since 2017. Burnett earned three wins in 2022, including knockouts of Lantz Nave and dan Abram.
The 29-year-old Hicks (6-0, 5 KOs) started boxing at 19 and became a standout amateur before entering the pro rank. He was set to captain the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2020 summer games, before the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the proceedings. By the time the games were back on, the IOC’s formula for picking fighters in his weight class left him on the outside looking in. Undeterred, Hicks has shined as a pro, including already scoring two wins this year with triumphs over Bilal Quintyne in February and Noah Kidd in April.
Originally from Iraq and now residing in Dearborn, Michigan, Karim (9-0, 3 KOs) is trained by Jonathan Banks out of the world-renowned Kronk Gym in Detroit. The 25-year-old returned from a nearly three-year layoff last June and has won three-straight fights since then, most recently besting Ramses Agaton in March. He takes on Detroit’s own Harrington (8-1, 7 KOs), who trains in the same city as Karim, at Detroit’s World’s Best Boxing Gym. Harrington will be returning to the ring following his first career defeat, which came via decision against Marquis Taylor last October.

 

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sigh i like gabriels 2..with her sexy ass...very unfortunate

 

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smh yeah that super soldier shyt

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

Gabriels fine ass fukked up her cycle

 

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Lou DiBella: Applying Medication To Her Dog Caused Gabriels To Test Positive For Clostebol​

BY KEITH IDEC
Published Thu May 25, 2023, 05:39 PM EDT
Hanna Gabriels’ promoter contended Thursday that a medication she applied to her dog caused Gabriels to test positive for a banned substance early this month.
Lou DiBella informed BoxingScene.com that Gabriels failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test administered May 2 because clostebol is an ingredient in a medication Gabriels spread on her dog’s surgically repaired abdomen. According to DiBella, Gabriels had her husband spread the medication on their dog’s stomach after a VADA tester informed her that a banned substance was a component in her dog’s medication.
Costa Rica’s Gabriels was nevertheless removed from her middleweight championship rematch with Claressa Shields, which was scheduled for June 3 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
Dmitriy Salita, Shields’ promoter, announced Thursday that Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) will instead defend her IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 160-pound championships against Los Angeles’ Maricela Cornejo (16-5, 6 KOs) a week from Saturday night in a 10-round main event DAZN will stream worldwide. Cornejo, who was already training for a fight, is the number one contender for Shields’ IBF, WBC and WBO middleweight crowns.
“I’m not blaming Claressa for this,” DiBella said. “And I’m not complaining that Claressa picked another opponent. I understand that Hanna tested positive for a banned substance. I’m just explaining what happened here.”
Gabriels got a rematch with Shields primarily because she is the only opponent to knock women’s boxing’s pound-for-pound queen to the canvas during her six-year, 13-fight professional career. Shields, a three-division champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist from Flint, Michigan, got up from that flash knockdown and decisively defeated Gabriels (21-2-1, 12 KOs) on all three scorecards in a 10-round bout that took place in June 2018 at Masonic Temple in Detroit.
“The real victim in this situation is Hanna,” DiBella said. “She hasn’t had a payday in [25] months and now she’s out of a big fight. Her dog had major abdominal surgery. She applied the medication to her dog and that’s how it got in her bloodstream. As soon as she found out that she shouldn’t have touched the medication, she stopped doing it. If I’m wrong, analyze the amounts and show me the amounts in her system that prove she was cycling or microdosing or whatever.”
The 40-year-old Gabriels last fought in April 2021, when she stopped Mexico’s Martha Lara (11-10, 6 KOs) in what was officially a heavyweight bout at Fiesta Casino in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Salita was sympathetic toward Gabriels’ predicament, but he stressed he had no choice but to replace Gabriels because clostebol is a banned, performance-enhancing drug.
“I’m not blaming Hanna Gabriels,” Salita told BoxingScene.com. “It’s not for me to judge whether it was an accident or intentional. I accept that it was an accident. Fine, no problem. However, physiologically she had this banned substance in her body, which puts Claressa at a disadvantage. This is not opinion. It’s a scientific fact and I’m going by what the scientific facts state.
“Once she’s clean and clear, and she proves her innocence, then maybe we’ll revisit the rematch in the future. But it would be beyond irresponsible and another black eye for the sport to allow a competitor with performance-enhancing substances in her system to fight somebody. Not to play basketball or to run, but to fight with somebody.”


this is a new excuse

 

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Gabriels fine ass fukked up her cycle

Stupid...
Maricela and Shields are friends....didn't see this coming..lol

 

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Lou DiBella: Applying Medication To Her Dog Caused Gabriels To Test Positive For Clostebol​

BY KEITH IDEC
Published Thu May 25, 2023, 05:39 PM EDT
Hanna Gabriels’ promoter contended Thursday that a medication she applied to her dog caused Gabriels to test positive for a banned substance early this month.
Lou DiBella informed BoxingScene.com that Gabriels failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test administered May 2 because clostebol is an ingredient in a medication Gabriels spread on her dog’s surgically repaired abdomen. According to DiBella, Gabriels had her husband spread the medication on their dog’s stomach after a VADA tester informed her that a banned substance was a component in her dog’s medication.
Costa Rica’s Gabriels was nevertheless removed from her middleweight championship rematch with Claressa Shields, which was scheduled for June 3 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
Dmitriy Salita, Shields’ promoter, announced Thursday that Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) will instead defend her IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 160-pound championships against Los Angeles’ Maricela Cornejo (16-5, 6 KOs) a week from Saturday night in a 10-round main event DAZN will stream worldwide. Cornejo, who was already training for a fight, is the number one contender for Shields’ IBF, WBC and WBO middleweight crowns.
“I’m not blaming Claressa for this,” DiBella said. “And I’m not complaining that Claressa picked another opponent. I understand that Hanna tested positive for a banned substance. I’m just explaining what happened here.”
Gabriels got a rematch with Shields primarily because she is the only opponent to knock women’s boxing’s pound-for-pound queen to the canvas during her six-year, 13-fight professional career. Shields, a three-division champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist from Flint, Michigan, got up from that flash knockdown and decisively defeated Gabriels (21-2-1, 12 KOs) on all three scorecards in a 10-round bout that took place in June 2018 at Masonic Temple in Detroit.
“The real victim in this situation is Hanna,” DiBella said. “She hasn’t had a payday in [25] months and now she’s out of a big fight. Her dog had major abdominal surgery. She applied the medication to her dog and that’s how it got in her bloodstream. As soon as she found out that she shouldn’t have touched the medication, she stopped doing it. If I’m wrong, analyze the amounts and show me the amounts in her system that prove she was cycling or microdosing or whatever.”
The 40-year-old Gabriels last fought in April 2021, when she stopped Mexico’s Martha Lara (11-10, 6 KOs) in what was officially a heavyweight bout at Fiesta Casino in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Salita was sympathetic toward Gabriels’ predicament, but he stressed he had no choice but to replace Gabriels because clostebol is a banned, performance-enhancing drug.
“I’m not blaming Hanna Gabriels,” Salita told BoxingScene.com. “It’s not for me to judge whether it was an accident or intentional. I accept that it was an accident. Fine, no problem. However, physiologically she had this banned substance in her body, which puts Claressa at a disadvantage. This is not opinion. It’s a scientific fact and I’m going by what the scientific facts state.
“Once she’s clean and clear, and she proves her innocence, then maybe we’ll revisit the rematch in the future. But it would be beyond irresponsible and another black eye for the sport to allow a competitor with performance-enhancing substances in her system to fight somebody. Not to play basketball or to run, but to fight with somebody.”


this is a new excuse

Hahahahaha

 

[Recca Gatsby]

That excuse is terrible lol

But gotdamn Maricela got body like a MUTHAFUKKA

 

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reportedly this event hasnt been selling

 

[Recca Gatsby]

Replacement chick got body like a MUTHAfukkA gotdamn

 

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Replacement chick got body like a MUTHAfukkA gotdamn

one track minded breh lol

 

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Replacement chick got body like a MUTHAfukkA gotdamn

She's tall..been following her for years

 

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