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Eric WoodyardJul 27, 2025, 12:50 AM ET
- Eric Woodyard covers the Detroit Lions for ESPN. He joined ESPN successful September 2019 arsenic an NBA newsman dedicated to the Midwest portion earlier switching to his existent relation successful April 2021. The Flint, Mich. autochthonal is simply a postgraduate of Western Michigan University and has authored/co-authored 3 books: "Wasted," "Ethan's Talent Search" and "All In: The Kelvin Torbert Story". He is simply a arrogant genitor of 1 son, Ethan.
DETROIT -- Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed heavyweight crown with a unanimous determination triumph versus tough-nosed, New Zealand autochthonal Lani Daniels astatine the Little Caesars Arena connected Saturday night.
The judges scored the bout 100-90, 99-91, 99-91 successful favour of Shields.
The triumph marked the archetypal clip that Shields (17-0, 3 KOs) has fought doubly successful a calendar twelvemonth since 2022. In February, she made past arsenic the archetypal boxer -- antheral oregon pistillate -- to execute undisputed presumption successful 3 value divisions with a unanimous determination triumph implicit Danielle Perkins arsenic a heavyweight successful her hometown of Flint, Michigan.
Daniels, the reigning IBF airy heavyweight champion, past fought successful September and had won 7 consecutive fights earlier the bout against Shields.
