Boxing history was made on May 20 when undisputed super lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron handed boxing legend Katie Taylor her first professional defeat at the 3Arena in Dublin.
The 32-year-old Cameron earned a 10-round unanimous decision over her old amateur rival, and a jump up the pound-for-pound list was therefore inevitable.
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The Sporting News recently gathered opinions from a half dozen members of its combat team and updated its rankings accordingly:
1. Claressa Shields
- Record: 13-0 (2 KOs)
- Titles held: Two-time undisputed middleweight champion, former undisputed super-middleweight champion, former IBF, WBA, and The Ring light-middleweight champion
The self-proclaimed “G.W.O.A.T.” has earned that nickname, as she has backed up all of her trash talk.
Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, turned pro in 2016. At only 13-0, Shields is a three-time undisputed champion, having held all the titles at super-middleweight once and the middleweight division twice.
The 27-year-old won two fights in 2022, her last bout being a unanimous decision win over Savannah Marshall in October. She avenged the only loss of her career (in the amateurs) against Marshall, and became the undisputed middleweight…
