Negotiations for a Claressa Shields vs Lauren Worth combat are ongoing after the American celebrity reclaimed two international middleweight titles on Saturday.
Shields took again WBC and WBA belts with a ruthless sixth-round stoppage of Kaye Scott because the unbeaten Michigan fighter changed into a middleweight international champion for a 3rd time.
Worth, the unified welterweight champion, may well be the following opponent for Shields and the American’s promoter Dmitriy Salita is raring to finalise phrases for a fight between two Olympic gold medallists.
![Claressa Shields celebrated her victory with promoter Dmitriy Salita [Pic courtesy of Stephanie Trapp/Salita Promotions]](https://e0.365dm.com/26/08/768x432/skysports-claressa-shields_7323645.jpg?20260816215629)
Claressa Shields celebrated her victory with promoter Dmitriy Salita [Pic courtesy of Stephanie Trapp/Salita Promotions]
“We are operating on it as we talk,” Salita instructed Sky Sports activities.
“Our aim is to make the combat. According to my figuring out, we’ve got agreed to all of the requests from [Price’s promotional team] BOXXER and Lauren’s facet.
Lauren Worth admits she would ‘like to proportion the hoop’ with Claressa Shields following her unanimous determination victory over Stephanie Pineiro Aquino
“I invited Lauren and her crew to the combat as a result of my dating with the warring parties we endorse, and indubitably with Claressa, is they know all of the shifting portions and are industry companions in making those choices.
“I sought after Lauren and Claressa to have a possibility to take a seat down in combination and spot if there used to be anything else remarkable. Claressa is very clever and really skilled in making giant fights, and I am positive Lauren is sharp as neatly.
“Sadly, they were not ready to make it, however the conversations are ongoing and we wish to make the combat.”
Shields has additionally been connected with a combat towards WBO and IBF international middleweight champion Tamm Thibeault and fellow American Mikaela Mayer, who faces Chantelle Cameron in a unified international super-welterweight name combat in Birmingham on August 29, survive Sky Sports activities.
“Claressa desires to combat the most productive and be a part of the most important, maximum impactful occasions – that is all the time been transparent,” stated Salita.
“There are a couple of different conversations happening in case the Lauren Worth combat does not come in combination.
“We will decide quickly, however no matter is subsequent, the purpose is for it to be any other legacy-making second for Claressa and for boxing.”
![Terence Crawford was one of the boxing stars who attended the Shields fight [Pic courtesy of Stephanie Trapp/Salita Promotions]](https://e0.365dm.com/26/08/768x432/skysports-claressa-shields_7323647.jpg?20260816215824)
Terence Crawford used to be one of the most boxing stars who attended the Shields combat [Pic courtesy of Stephanie Trapp/Salita Promotions]
Shields attracted an enormous crowd to State Farm Enviornment in Atlanta, together with one of the vital greatest names in boxing and tune, and Salita believes his fighter’s popularity has transcended game.
“It used to be improbable. We have been getting calls and requests from one of the vital greatest stars in hip-hop, tune, boxing and tradition proper up till the overall bell,” he stated.
“Usher, Floyd Mayweather, Kevin Gates, Terence Crawford – and the listing is going on. The ambience used to be electrical.
“It used to be a different evening in a packed area and an actual mirrored image of Claressa’s celebrity energy and the way some distance her achieve has grown past boxing.”
