Claressa Shields’ showdown with Danielle Perkins for the Undisputed Heavyweight World Championship airs live on boxing streaming provider DAZN tonight at 8 p.m.
The full fight card taking place at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, MI will air live globally on DAZN at 8 p.m. Viewers must make an account and subscribe to DAZN on the website.
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For those in Flint, doors open at 5:30 pm ET with the first fight to begin at 5:30 p.m. as well. Tickets are on sale online or at the Dort Financial Center box office.
Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Shields is en route to making boxing history again as she will battle to become an Undisputed World Champion in a third weight division. Recently defeating Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse for the WBC heavyweight title, Shields will square off against Brooklyn’s Perkins for the Undisputed Heavyweight World Championship as the WBA, IBF, and WBO each have agreed to sanction the bout for their respective women’s heavyweight world titles.
The card will also see Brandon Moore (16-1, 10 KOs) of Lakeland, FL make his promotional debut against the undefeated Skylar Lacy (8-0-2, 6 KOs) in the highly anticipated co-main event.
With Michigan being a hotbed of boxing talent, the card will see various local stars showcase their skills.
Opening up the night of fights will be Flint’s rising Jaquan McElroy (2-0, 1 KO) taking on Nathan Mitchell (1-3, 1 KO) of Senatobia, MS
Hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, Undefeated fan-favorite Joseph Hicks (11-0, 7 KOs) returns to action when he takes on Louisiana’s Keon Papillion (10-0-1, 7 KOs) in a welterweight showdown.
Also featured on the televised card is undefeated Joshua James Pagan (11-0, 4 KOs) of Grand Rapids, MI who looks to continue his dominance in the ring when he squares off against Venezuela’s Ronal Ron (16-7, 13 KOs).
Coming from a rich bloodline of fighters, Leon Lawson III (16-1, 9 KOs) returns to the Dort Financial Center on the heels of an emphatic knockout victory over Argentina’s Luis Alberto Veron in September. Opposite the Flint star, Christopher Thompson (9-2, 6 KOs) of Kansas City, MO.,
Four women’s bouts will be featured throughout the talent-stacked card. Recently signed with Salita Promotions Paris’ Carolyne Veyre (8-1) will square off against Carmen Vargas (5-2-1) of Houston ,TX for the Women’s WBA Inter-Continental Featherweight Title.
Opening up the televised main card and recently signed to the Salita Promotions banner, the first-ever female Olympic boxer in Puerto Rico, Ashleyann Lozada, will make her professional debut against Denise Moran (3-0) of San Diego, CA.
Fighting for a world title opportunity, the undefeated No. 5-world ranked Samantha Worthington (10-0, 7 KOs) fighting out Folsom, CA., looks to claim another statement victory in the women’s super lightweight division against Lithuania’s Vaida Masiokaite (10-26-1, 1 KO).
I estimate the main event will start around 10:45 p.m. to 11 p.m.
