Claressa Shields

Claressa Shields Makes Weight Ahead of Tomorrow’s Bout in Detroit

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (2-0, 1 KO) weighed in at 162.4 pounds today in Detroit while her opponent, Sydney LeBlanc weighed in at 164 pounds even.

Photo courtesy of Salita Promotions

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (2-0, 1 KO) weighed in at 162.4 pounds today in Detroit while her opponent, Sydney LeBlanc weighed in at 164 pounds even.

The two will meet in the main event of the latest installment of Dmitriy Salita’s “Detroit Brawl” tomorrow night at the Masonic Temple roughly one hour south of Shield’s hometown of Flint, Michigan.

The card will be streamed live on FightTyme.com beginning at 8:00 pm, EST.

Leblanc (4-1-1) is a last minute replacement for Shield’s original foe Mery Rancier who was unable to travel to the United States this week from the Dominican Republic due to an issue with her travel visa.

This will be the second consecutive time Shields appears on card promoted by Salita, a New Yorker who regularly promotes cards in Detroit where Shields has been busy building her fan base.

“Thanks to FightTyme.com boxing fans will get the opportunity to watch Claressa take another step towards making her dreams come true,” said Salita.

“We are honored to be working with Dmitriy and Salita Promotions,” said Khalif-Delence A. Sheares Sr., Chairman & Chief Globalization Officer of Fight Tyme Promotions.

“We developed the Fight Tyme platform for these very specific situations where we can focus on world class boxing and we are honored to bring the world a world class Olympic fighter like Claressa Shields.”

Fight Tyme will make “Detroit Brawl” available in over 188 countries on cyber enabled devices such as smart phones, tablets and on both Android and Apple.

“We created a pay-per-stream for the new generation of boxing fans and are honored to forge a legacy with Salita Promotions and allow the world to watch Claressa Shields fight,” added Sheares, Sr.

Shields is the first American boxer–male or female–to win consecutive gold medals and the first female boxer to headline a card on premium cable.

This past March, Shields stopped Szivis Szabados in four rounds on the main event at the MGM Theater in Detroit, which was broadcast live on Showtime.

In the evening’s co-feature, Russian Cruiserweight Alexey Zubov (14-1, 9 KOs) weighed in at 197.4 pounds and his opponent Demetrius Banks (9-0, 4 KOs) weighed in at 195.4 pounds.

The official weights for the rest of the card are as follows:

Jarico O’Quinn 117 vs. David Martino TBD Bakhtiyar Eyubov 147.8 vs. Cesar Soriano 150 Serdar Hudayberdiyev 159.8 vs. Antonio Urista 154.6 Dimash Niyazov 137.8 vs. Ramon Guevara 136.6 Jacob Bonas 147.4 vs. Anthony Brooks 147.2 Darren Gibbs 173 vs. Scott McCurdy 176

 

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