Claressa Shields

Name: Claressa Shields
Alias: T-Rex
Birth Name: Claressa Maria Shields
Hometown: Flint, Michigan, USA
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Reach: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Manager: Mark Taffet (2018-)

Claressa Shields won the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal, at middleweight, in women’s boxing, the first time the international competition recognized the sport. She also won the middleweight Gold Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

T-Rex, a 2015 documentary film, is about Shields's 2012 Olympic Games campaign.

She was featured on the cover of the December 2016 issue of The Ring magazine (only the third female to be so featured: along with Cathy Davis and Ronda Rousey).

She finished her amateur boxing career with a record of 77-1 (18).

Professional Records

• Has defeated 14 opponents (2 KOs) in world title fights.
• Has a record of 8-0 (1 KO) against former or current world titlists (secondary belts excluded):
  • Won against Nikki Adler, Tori Nelson, Hanna Gabriels, Femke Hermans, Christina Hammer, Ivana Habazin, Marie Eve Dicaire & Savannah Marshall.
• First female to become undisputed in two weight classes.
• First female to become undisputed in three weight classes.

Olympic Games Results

2012 (in London, England)

• Defeated Anna Laurell (Sweden) 18-14
• Defeated Marina Volnova (Kazakhstan) 29-15
• Defeated Nadezda Torlopova (Russia) 19-12

2016 (in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

• Defeated Yaroslava Yakushina (Russia) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Dariga Shakimova (Kazakhstan) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Nouchka Fontijn (Netherlands) Decision 3-0

Pan American Games results

2015 (in Toronto, Canada)

• Defeated Flávia Figueiredo (Brazil) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Lucía Pérez (Argentina) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Yenebier Guillén (Dominican Republic) Decision 3-0

World Amateur championship results

2012 (in Qinhuangdao, China)

• Defeated Pooja Rani (India) 27-10
• Lost to Savannah Marshall (England) 8-14 (The only amateur loss for Shields)

2014 (in Jeju City, South Korea)

• Defeated Helen Baleke (Uganda) TKO 1
• Defeated Lidia Fidura (Poland) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Yaroslava Yakushina (Russia) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Ariane Fortin (Canada) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Li Qian (China) Decision 3-0

2016 (in Astana, Kazakhstan)

• Defeated Sarah Scheurich (Germany) TKO 4
• Defeated Nafisakhon Askarova (Uzbekistan) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Violleta Knyazeva (Kazakhstan) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Chen Nien-chin (Chinese Taipei) Decision 3-0
• Defeated Nouchka Fontijn (Netherlands) Decision 3-0

Regional & Minor Titles

• NABF Female Middleweight Title (March 2017-2017; 0 defenses)
• WBC Silver Female Super Middleweight Title (June 2017-2017; 0 defenses)
• WBAN Lineal Super Middleweight Title (January 2018)

World Titles

• WBC World Female Super Middleweight Title (August 2017; 1 defense)
• IBF World Female Super Middleweight Title (August 2017; 1 defense)
• IBF World Female Middleweight Title (June 2018; 2 defenses)
• WBA World Female Middleweight Title (June 2018; 2 defenses)
• WBC World Female Middleweight Title (November 2018; 1 defense)