After becoming undisputed at 160 in April, 2-time gold medalist Claressa Shields is moving to 154 to become the fastest 3-division champ in boxing history. Should she win, she'll accomplish this in 10 fights, beating Vasyl Lomachenko's record of 12 fights. This fight will also be for the vacant WBO title and the WBC Diamond title. Claressa says she'll stay at 154 if she likes how she feels at the weight. She's not naturally this small, and keep in mind that there's more and stiffer competition in women's boxing as you go down in weight. She running TO the smoke, essentially.

As for the mechanics of the fight, we know what Shields can do. She can fight inside or outside, has good hand speed, great head movement, and almost always gets the better of exchanges, but who is Ivana Habazin? Well she has a lot of the same attributes but I'd say to a lesser extent. However, this is similar to the Shawn Porter situation where we're gonna see the best version of her. You can already see VAST improvements in her game over the past 6 years or so. 1st Lady Cecilia Braekhus defeated her by decision in 2014 but hasn't wanted to rematch her. This fight won't look like Shields' fight with Christina Hammer fight. Hammer didn't like fighting inside. Ivana counters *very* well, likes to fight on the inside, and is gonna let her hands go if it gets rough for her. She ain't goin' out like Hammer. This is gonna be good, possibly great fight.

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Days like this I miss Sha Mecca