Claressa Shields wins world title in fifth weight class after KO of Lepage-Joanisse
Claressa Shields knocked out WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in the second round on Saturday, earning titles in a fourth and fifth division
June 2023
Claressa Shields coasts past Maricela Cornejo to defend undisputed crown
Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed middleweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over Maricela Cornejo on Saturday night
May 2023
Former UFC champion Francis Ngannou signs with PFL after contentious split
Francis Ngannou’s reign as one of the top heavyweights in MMA will continue in the Professional Fighters League after his acrimonious split with the UFC
December 2022
2022 in Culture
Through the looking glass: Guardian portraits of the year – in pictures
From Steve-O and Samantha Morton to nudists and pigeon racers, here are the Guardian and Observer’s best portraits – and features – of the year
October 2022
Claressa Shields: ‘You gotta be great to survive all I did – Savannah Marshall is gonna be shocked’
Three-belt world middleweight champion fought back from a tortured childhood and tells Donald McRae of her hopes to avenge the only loss of her career
June 2021
Olympic boxing champion Claressa Shields wins MMA debut by TKO
Claressa Shields: ‘I can drive through Flint now and not get flashbacks’
March 2021
Amanda Serrano: the knockout artist making her pound-for-pound case
Claressa Shields beats Dicaire to become first four-belt champion at two weights
April 2019
Claressa Shields unifies middleweight titles, then calls out Savannah Marshall
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields remained undefeated with a unanimous decision over Christina Hammer to unify all four belts at 160lbs
Claressa Shields outpoints Christina Hammer to unify middleweight championship – as it happened
Round-by-round report: Claressa Shields defeated Christina Hammer to unify all four middleweight title belts at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall
Claressa Shields takes center stage on women's boxing's biggest night
The double Olympic champion headlines the biggest women’s boxing match in a generation against Christina Hammer on Saturday night in Atlantic City
February 2019
Fiery Claressa Shields prods cool Christina Hammer before blockbuster
Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer are fixed to unify all four middleweight belts in perhaps the most significant women’s fight ever
April 2018
Claressa Shields to face Hanna Gabriels in bold middleweight takeover bid
The only American boxer to win multiple Olympic gold medals is moving down in weight in her bid to win world titles across three weight divisions
March 2018
Flint Town: Netflix docu-series shines light on the harsh reality of US policing
Flint, Michigan’s understaffed, underfunded police force is the focus of a new, eight-part documentary series
April 2017
Claressa Shields: from Flint to Olympic gold – in pictures
Raw portraits of an Olympic boxer, and her sister who stayed behind
March 2017
Claressa Shields: 'I box like Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis mixed together'
Shields, who became the first woman to headline a fight card on premium cable TV, wins the NABF middleweight championship
Andre Ward beats Sergey Kovalev for unified light heavyweight title – as it happened
Round-by-round report: Andre Ward won a close, controversial decision to capture Sergey Kovalev’s WBA, WBO and IBF light heavyweight titles
Andre Ward scores controversial points victory over Sergey Kovalev
The Olympic gold medalist survived a early knockdown on Saturday night to do just enough to win a narrow decision over Sergey Kovalev in a battle of unbeaten light heavyweights
Olympic boxing champion Claressa Shields wins her professional debut
Two-times Olympic gold medalist defeats Franchon Crews by four-round unanimous decision in professional debut
