Claressa Shields is an American professional boxer who has also fought professionally in mixed martial arts. She has held 20 major world championships across five weight classes, including undisputed titles at light middleweight and middleweight, and later the undisputed female heavyweight title. As an amateur she won Olympic gold in the women middleweight division in 2012 and 2016, becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. The Boxing Writers Association of America named her Female Fighter of the Year in 2018 and 2022, and ESPN ranked her the best female boxer of the 21st century in 2024.
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is an American professional boxer and former professional mixed martial artist
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the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing
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She has held 20 major world championships spanning five weight classes
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is an American professional boxer and former professional mixed martial artist
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