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RNZ News
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Boxing: Claressa Shields warns Lani Daniels: 'I'mma lay your ass out!'
Daniels meets the reigning queen in Detroit on July 29 in a bid to make New Zealand history as the first ever fighter to unify the world heavyweight belts. Photo: Photosport If the belt was decided by a war of words, Claressa Shields would barely break a sweat against Lani Daniels. The Kiwi appeared visibly intimidated when trading barbs with the larger than life American, alas it will be fists which determine the true baddest woman on the planet. Daniels meets the reigning queen in Detroit on 29 July in a bid to make New Zealand history as the first ever fighter to unify the world heavyweight belts. But standing in her way is the phenom of the women's boxing world, and Shields was quick to remind Daniels of the monumental task awaiting her when they met at today's press conference. After thanking her ancestors, Daniels shared her gratitude for the opportunity. "One thing my coach has taught me is to respect boxing and it will respect you. So I am planning to come here and win and I've been preparing and I am preparing the best that I can to give a mean fight. And I know it's going to an entertaining one and the only way I'm going home is on a stretcher." But Shields wasn't in a cordial mood, and was vicious with her retort. "I promise you - you said stretcher? You will be going out on one!" she said. "Lani, if you come out there and try to stand there in front of me and brawl with get inside the ring and prove your point, there is no woman in the world that can beat me in a fight, I'mma lay your ass out, and then your coach will have to pick you up, I'm not playing around." Daniels and Shields will fight for the undisputed, unified heavyweight championship, an accolade no Kiwi has achieved in any division. After initially predicting a round seven finish, Shields altered this after hearing Daniels' coach John Conway say they plan to brawl. "I was giving Lani round seven, but from what her coach got there and said today, that done piss me clean off, saying that she gonna stand there and fight or third. I'm gonna make Lani quit. I'm gonna make her throw in the towel." Daniels though, offered her own opinion on when the bout will end. "If we are talking numbers, I think I stop her in round nine." Asked what she has to do in order to finish the champ in the ninth... "I have to make it there." Shields vs Daniels Undisputed world heavyweight title July 29 Detroit
The Independent
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Claressa Shields to return on 26 July against Lani Daniels
Claressa Shields returns to the ring on 26 July in Detroit in a card to be broadcast on DAZN. Shields made the announcement on her Instagram page, saying that she will be fighting Lani Daniels for the female version of the heavyweight championship. The fight will take place at the 22,000-seat Little Caesars Arena in the city's Midtown district. In a note accompanying the Instagram post, Shields wrote: 'I'm excited for this one!!!! Summer fights are always the best!!!!! Whoop that trick will be in full affect!' She went on to say that tickets will be released on Friday. The fight is scheduled to be for the IBF, WBC, WBF, and WBO heavyweight titles. Shields, 16-0 (3), will take on the New Zealand fighter Daniels, 11-2 (1), in a ten-round fight with two-minute rounds. Undisputed heavyweight champion Daniels comes into the bout on a seven-fight winning streak but has been defeated twice on points, once unanimously and once by split decision, by Geovana Peres. Both of those fights took place in Auckland. The undefeated Shields will be making the second defence of her titles after wins in July and February over Vaness Lepage-Joanisse and Danielle Perkins. Since turning professional in 2016, Shields has won world titles from light-middleweight to heavyweight. Daniels, for her part, also posted yesterday about the fight. She wrote on her official Facebook page: '8th May 2003, my brother Tukaha lost his fight to Leukaemia. Fast forward 21 years 11 months and 18 days today. It has been announced I will be fighting the Greatest Woman of all time [in] Claressa Shields. Our stars have aligned. Not bad for a Māori girl from Pipiwai who only started back boxing a few years back to lose some weight and fit her fight shorts again.' She added: 'Thank you to everyone who has supported my journey.' Sign up to a DAZN subscription to watch the very best boxing DAZN is the home of combat sports, broadcasting over 185 fights a year from the world's best promoters, including Matchroom, Queensberry, Golden Boy, Misfits, PFL, BKFC, GLORY and more. An Annual Saver subscription is a one-off cost of £119.99 / $224.99 (for 12 months access), that's just 64p / $1.21 per fight. There is also a Monthly Flex Pass option (cancel any time) at £24.99 / $29.99 per month. It is not just about fight night, a DAZN membership also includes access to documentaries and features, weekly magazine shows, live fight watchalongs, press conferences, weight-ins, open workouts, exclusive interviews and access to training camps, and podcasts and vodcasts. Sign up right now to watch the biggest stars and best fights.
RNZ News
09-05-2025
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'Just another human': Boxer Lani Daniels on fighting the GOAT
Lani Daniels celebrates retaining the IBF Light Heavy World Title belt Wahine Toa II fight week. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/ While Kiwi boxer Lani Daniels will go into her fight with Claressa Shields with nothing to lose, there is also immortality to gain. Daniels is set to step into the ring with the most feared, decorated and consensus greatest female boxer of all time. However, she is not the least bit intimated by her near-mythical opponent. "She's another human being with two hands and two feet at the end of the day. I think that she's achieved some great things, but we're just both two people that are going to get in there and that's all that matters. "If the best me turns up on the night, which I'm preparing to do, I win." Set for 27 July in Detroit, Daniels will fight for the undisputed, unified heavyweight championship, an accolade no Kiwi has achieved in any division. Daniels is embracing her underdog status. "I think I've been an underdog my whole life, so it doesn't phase me. I come from a small town in where I'm not used to things like this. So, I'm excited to show that it doesn't matter where you come from, anything's possible if you really want it and you put in the work to follow it through." A dream fight for Daniels, she admits she never believed she would get the chance to fight Shields. IBF Heavyweight World Title Champion Lani Daniels (R) during her fight against Alrie Meleisea at Eventfinda Stadium in Auckland on Saturday 27 May 2023. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/ "It's something that we've been preparing for but to be honest, I didn't think it will happen," she said. "It's one of those things that you just got to put the work in for and if it pops up, it pops up. I'm just grateful and happy that our hard work's paid off and we've got our opportunity." A huge fan of Savannah Marshall early in her career, Daniels is also looking forward to the chance to avenge her fallen idol. "Savannah's always been my inspiration since I started boxing, but Claressa beat her. So, it's like I get to fight the girl that beat my Inso. Well, I get to beat the girl that beat my Inso." Daniel's said should she get her hand raised against Shields, there will be no luck involved. "I beat her by putting in the hard work before we turn up. The only way you can beat Claressa Shields is by day in, day out, live and breathe boxing, which is what I've been doing the past two years. I've been in camp constantly chipping away." The 36-year-old was already in training, preparing for a fight with Nailini Helu, before that got cancelled and she said she is in the best condition of her life. "I think I will need the mental prep, as well as the hard work physically, but I think this isn't by chance that this has all happened. I think that things have happened the way they have to lead me to this moment, and I think I'm in the best position to grab it with both hands." She said she will proudly carry the weight of a nation to the ring. "I'm so proud to be from New Zealand. We may be small in numbers, but when we go out on the world stage, we rep ourselves well and I'm just another Kiwi out here ready to do the same with my silver fern on my chest." Lani Daniels at D+L Events Boxing Fight Night in 2023. Photo: Andrew Cornaga / Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
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Shields to defend heavyweight titles against Daniels
Undisputed world heavyweight champion Claressa Shields will defend her belts against IBF light heavyweight champion Lani Daniels on 26 July in Detroit. Shields, 30, became the first undisputed women's heavyweight champion with a unanimous points win over fellow American Danielle Perkins in February. The two-time Olympic champion added the IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles to her WBC belt with her 16th professional win. Shields added to her undisputed titles in middleweight and light-middleweight to become boxing's first undisputed world champion in three weight classes. Shields was suspended by the Michigan commission in February after she tested positive for marijuana following her defeat of Perkins. The suspension was dissolved after evidence showed procedural errors occurred during the collection of Shields' samples. New Zealand's Daniels, 36, is a former IBF heavyweight champion. She is unbeaten in her past nine bouts, including two draws. The fight will be held at Little Caesars Arena. Boxing schedule and results 2025 Watch every Born to Brawl episode Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
Yahoo
08-05-2025
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Shields to defend heavyweight titles against Daniels
Claressa Shields has won all 16 of her professional fights [Getty Images] Undisputed world heavyweight champion Claressa Shields will defend her belts against IBF light heavyweight champion Lani Daniels on 26 July in Detroit. Shields, 30, became the first undisputed women's heavyweight champion with a unanimous points win over fellow American Danielle Perkins in February. Advertisement The two-time Olympic champion added the IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles to her WBC belt with her 16th professional win. Shields added to her undisputed titles in middleweight and light-middleweight to become boxing's first undisputed world champion in three weight classes. Shields was suspended by the Michigan commission in February after she tested positive for marijuana following her defeat of Perkins. The suspension was dissolved after evidence showed procedural errors occurred during the collection of Shields' samples. New Zealand's Daniels, 36, is a former IBF heavyweight champion. Advertisement She is unbeaten in her past nine bouts, including two draws. The fight will be held at Little Caesars Arena. More boxing from the BBC
