Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall on Friday weighed in for their long-awaited middleweight bout on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London (ESPN+).
Both boxers weigh in at 159.3 pounds, one pound below the division limit.
Shields (12-0, 2 KOs) and Marshall (12-0, 10 KOs) will fight for the undisputed 160-pound championship.
Marshall, British, is the only boxer to beat an American opponent – amateur or professional. She beat 17-year-old Shields in the 2012 AIBA Women’s Boxing Championship.
Additionally, in another standout match, Mikaela Mayer (17-0.5 KOs) and Alycia Baumgardner (12-1, 7 KOs) weighed on their junior lightweight title unity. ..
