US EditionBoxing Champion Claressa Shields Announces 2026 Title Defense in Detroit
Claressa Shields starts her $8 million multi-fight contract with a rematch against Franchon Crews-Dezurn, returning at full health after recent injuries.
- On Feb. 22, Claressa Shields will face Franchon Crews-Dezurn at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, opening her multi-fight $8 million deal announced last month.
- The multi-fight arrangement with Wynn Records and Salita Promotions lists Claressa Shields as a partner, and promoters said the Wynn tie will amplify her reach and reunite long-time collaborators.
- Shields and Crews-Dezurn first met professionally on Nov. 19, 2016, when Shields beat Crews-Dezurn at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas; Shields is 17-0 while Crews-Dezurn is 10-2.
- Shields returns to the site of a 15,366 sellout after her Michigan Sports Hall of Fame induction, and promoters call Feb. 22 a landmark moment for women's boxing.
- A special presale opens Thursday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. ET with code GWOAT; the event is promoted by Salita Promotions, Wynn Records, and co-promoted by 313 Presents, and Shields said in a statement the fight will "pick up from round five.
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Claressa Shields to defend heavyweight titles against Franchon Crews-Dezurn in February
Flint native and Undisputed Heavyweight World Champion Claressa Shields will return to the ring in a long-anticipated rematch with Franchon Crews-Dezurn at Little Caesars Arena on Feb. 22, 2026.
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Claressa Shields facing Franchon Crews-Dezurn in Detroit in first bout of her $8M, multi-fight deal
Claressa Shields will face Franchon Crews-Dezurn on Feb. 22 at Little Caesars Arena in the first bout of the $8 million, multi-fight deal she landed last month.
A Decade in the Making: Claressa Shields Returns Home for High-Stakes Rematch with Franchon Crews-Dezurn
When Claressa “The GWOAT” Shields walks into Little Caesars Arena on Feb. 22, 2026, she won’t just be defending her undisputed heavyweight crown. She’ll be stepping back into a story that began nearly a decade ago — one that shaped two champions, launched two careers, and left one question lingering: What would happen if they ever did it again? Detroit’s own undefeated superstar (17-0, 3 KOs) is coming home for a rematch with Franchon Crews-Dezu…
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