Claressa Shields wins IBF and WBC titles with Detroit defeat of Nikki Adler

ByPA Sport

Published 05/08/2017 at 07:10 GMT+1

Claressa Shields made more boxing history on Friday night with a convincing victory over Nikki Adler.

Claresa Shields beat Nikki Adler in Detroit

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America's two-time Olympic champion landed the IBF and WBC super-middleweight title belts with victory over her German opponent at Detroit's MGM Grand.

The one-sided fight was stopped in the fifth round, giving 22-year-old Shields - who won the women's middleweight tournament at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics - victory by a technical knockout.

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