Claressa Shields Cleans Up On Her First Pro Debut

Flints very own Claressa Shields made her pro debut over this weekend at the T-Mobile arena in Vegas and result came out as expected from the two time Olympic gold winner.

Claressa Shields v Franchon Crews

Shields steps into the ring for her first pro debut and completely shuts down her opponent Franchon Crews. Shields upon stepping into the ring put on a clinic for crews in the super-middle weight fight. Now this being a new setting for Shields people were interested in seeing how she would hold up competing without headgear.

And from the looks of it. She didn't have a problem at all...

-Claressa Shields

“It was really different getting hit with the head gear off, but I proved a lot to myself and everyone else,” Shields said. “The gloves are smaller, and even though I have never KO’d anyone, I know for a fact that I can! I came so close.”

 

Source: Detroit Free Press