Junkie Drawer: Claressa Shields to face new opponent; Usyk-Dubois targeted for Aug. 12

Junkie Drawer: Claressa Shields will face a new opponent on June 3. Meanwhile, Oleksandr Usyk-Daniel Dubois has a Aug. 12 target date.

Editor’s note: This new version of Junkie Drawer is a vehicle to report news items in bite sized portions.

Middleweight titleholder Claressa Shields has a new opponent for the defense of her WBA, WBC and WBO belts on June 3 in Detroit (DAZN).

Her original opponent, Hanna Gabriels, was removed from the card after testing positive for the banned steroid clostebol earlier this month, according to a news release.

Gabriels was replaced by Maricela Cornejo, who is ranked No. 1 by the WBO.

Cornejo (16-5, 6 KOs) is a 36-year-old Los Angeles-based fighter who has lost decisions in three title challenges, once against 160-pounder Kali Reis and twice to 168-pounder Franchon Crews Dezurn.

Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Savannah Marshall in October.

“I told my team to get me the best,” Shields said in a press release. “Cornejo is a tall, tough Mexican full of pride who’s in great shape and wants to beat me. She’s ranked No. 1. That’s exactly what I want for my Detroit homecoming and my fans around the world. I’m looking forward to a great performance on June 3.

Gabriels’ promoter blamed on the positive test on medication applied to her dog. …

Usyk vs. Dubois

The promoter of heavyweight titleholder Oleksandr Usyk told FightFreaks that he will defend against Daniel Dubois on Aug. 12 at the 45,000-seat Wroclaw Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.

K2 Promotions won the WBA purse bid to stage the fight. It’s bidding form also included Aug. 5 as a possible date and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Manchester, England as potential sites.

Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) was expected to face Tyson Fury for the undisputed championship on April 29 but talks fell apart.

Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) has won four consecutive fights since he was stopped by Joe Joyce in November 2020. …

Garcia vs. Roach

Junior lightweight titleholder Hector Luis Garcia (16-1, 10 KOs) will defend his belt against mandatory challenger Lamont Roach (23-1-1, 9 KOs) this summer, according to FightFreaks.

The fight is expected to take place in Las Vegas.

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Claressa Shields motivated by only thing missing in her career: knockouts

Claressa Shields is motivated by the only thing missing in her career: knockouts.

Editor’s note: Hanna Gabriels was removed as Claressa Shields’ opponent Thursday over issues related to drug testing. She was replaced by Maricela Cornejo.

***

Claressa Shields couldn’t have accomplished more than she has.

Two Olympic gold medals. World titles in two divisions. A 13-0 professional record, 10-0 in championship fights. One of the two or three faces of women’s boxing. She is already one of the best to ever do it.

Only one thing is missing: knockouts. Only two of her victories have come by stoppage, the latter of which came in her fourth fight, in 2017.

That continues to bother Shields as she prepares to face Hanna Gabriels in a rematch on June 3 at Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit.

And it serves as motivation. Boxing Junkie asked her whether it’s difficult to get up for her fights given her dominance over everyone she has faced as a professional.

“No, it’s not,” she said. “If I were knocking these girls out in the first or second round, it would be hard to get up. I went 10 rounds and dominate and in my mind … why can’t I knock her out? So for me that’s what gets me up.”

The question is: What will get her knockouts?

The two-minute rounds in women’s boxing don’t help. Women don’t have as much time to wear down their opponents. And, obviously, some fighters simply have more pop in their punches than others.

Shields figures that the KOs will come if she does the right things.

“We gotta figure out how to knock these girls out,” she said. “I already dominate them. So the next level is to KO them. I feel like all these men get knockouts [against inferior opposition] early in their careers.

“I’ve had only tough challenges, girls with more experience, girls who are stronger than me. … I’ve finally caught up to them in experience. I’m more comfortable sitting down on my punches.

“We want quality over quantity, digging the body shot, the good head movement, countering, explosiveness. Now we’re getting into that. I had been winning with pure talent.”

She has a little extra motivation against Gabriels (21-2-1, 12 KOs).

The Costa Rican is the only opponent to have ever put Shields on the canvas, turning the trick in the first round of their 2018 fight. Shields ended up winning a wide decision, proving that she was the superior fighter in spite of the early mishap.

Still, Gabriels, now 40, evidently believes she has the power to turn the tables in the rematch. For her part, Shields put the knockdown behind her years ago.

“It made me upset that night that it happened,” he said. “That was it. I’m not thinking about a knockdown five years later like she is. What else did you do? You lost. That’s what everybody else has done inside the ring with me, lose.”

Indeed, if stopping fights early has been a problem for Shields, winning certainly hasn’t. She hasn’t lost a fight since Savannah Marshall outpointed her when she was a 17-year-old amateur in 2012.

And winning supersedes everything else. It would just be nice to have an early finish once in a while.

“Honestly, I just ‘want to’ keep winning, keep getting better, knock these girls out, keep getting faster and stronger, and just continue having a great career,” Shields said. “There’s always somebody who’s up and coming, who wants a shot at world titles.

“I just want to stay ready for them and just fight the best. That’s all I can do right now.”

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Claressa Shields motivated by only thing missing in her career: knockouts

Claressa Shields is motivated by the only thing missing in her career: knockouts.

Editor’s note: Hanna Gabriels was removed as Claressa Shields’ opponent Thursday over issues related to drug testing. She was replaced by Maricela Cornejo.

***

Claressa Shields couldn’t have accomplished more than she has.

Two Olympic gold medals. World titles in two divisions. A 13-0 professional record, 10-0 in championship fights. One of the two or three faces of women’s boxing. She is already one of the best to ever do it.

Only one thing is missing: knockouts. Only two of her victories have come by stoppage, the latter of which came in her fourth fight, in 2017.

That continues to bother Shields as she prepares to face Hanna Gabriels in a rematch on June 3 at Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit.

And it serves as motivation. Boxing Junkie asked her whether it’s difficult to get up for her fights given her dominance over everyone she has faced as a professional.

“No, it’s not,” she said. “If I were knocking these girls out in the first or second round, it would be hard to get up. I went 10 rounds and dominate and in my mind … why can’t I knock her out? So for me that’s what gets me up.”

The question is: What will get her knockouts?

The two-minute rounds in women’s boxing don’t help. Women don’t have as much time to wear down their opponents. And, obviously, some fighters simply have more pop in their punches than others.

Shields figures that the KOs will come if she does the right things.

“We gotta figure out how to knock these girls out,” she said. “I already dominate them. So the next level is to KO them. I feel like all these men get knockouts [against inferior opposition] early in their careers.

“I’ve had only tough challenges, girls with more experience, girls who are stronger than me. … I’ve finally caught up to them in experience. I’m more comfortable sitting down on my punches.

“We want quality over quantity, digging the body shot, the good head movement, countering, explosiveness. Now we’re getting into that. I had been winning with pure talent.”

She has a little extra motivation against Gabriels (21-2-1, 12 KOs).

The Costa Rican is the only opponent to have ever put Shields on the canvas, turning the trick in the first round of their 2018 fight. Shields ended up winning a wide decision, proving that she was the superior fighter in spite of the early mishap.

Still, Gabriels, now 40, evidently believes she has the power to turn the tables in the rematch. For her part, Shields put the knockdown behind her years ago.

“It made me upset that night that it happened,” he said. “That was it. I’m not thinking about a knockdown five years later like she is. What else did you do? You lost. That’s what everybody else has done inside the ring with me, lose.”

Indeed, if stopping fights early has been a problem for Shields, winning certainly hasn’t. She hasn’t lost a fight since Savannah Marshall outpointed her when she was a 17-year-old amateur in 2012.

And winning supersedes everything else. It would just be nice to have an early finish once in a while.

“Honestly, I just ‘want to’ keep winning, keep getting better, knock these girls out, keep getting faster and stronger, and just continue having a great career,” Shields said. “There’s always somebody who’s up and coming, who wants a shot at world titles.

“I just want to stay ready for them and just fight the best. That’s all I can do right now.”

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Good, bad, worse: Deontay Wilder back with bang, Devin Haney dominates again

Good, bad, worse: Deontay Wilder back with bang, Devin Haney dominates again.

A critical look at the past week in boxing

GOOD

It took only one punch for Deontay Wilder to reassert himself as a heavyweight of consequence.

His comeback fight against Robert Helenius was less than three minutes old when a trimmed down Wilder did what Wilder does, connecting on a short right hand – the third and final punch he landed — that put his opponent to sleep Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Just like that, a rejuvenated Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) was back to destroying big, bad men with arguably the hardest punch in the history of the sport. As they say, the power is the last thing to go. And Wilder’s power obviously hasn’t gone anywhere.

That doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about his two devastating knockout losses at the hands of nemesis Tyson Fury in 2020 and last year, the first of which cost him his WBC title.

Wilder merely reminded us by eviscerating a solid opponent in Helenius (31-4, 20 KOs) that he remains a threat to anyone because of the power in his right hand and his ability to deliver it, including three-belt titleholder Oleksandr Usyk.

So what’s next? That’s difficult to say.

Usyk, who won his belts by upsetting Joshua and then beating him again in their rematch, has expressed interest in facing Wilder. However, I imagine his first priority remains a showdown with Fury for the undisputed championship.

Wilder, who wants to fight three more years, doesn’t seem to be fixated on anyone. He just wants big fights, presumably because he knows a shot at another world title will come sooner rather than later.

That could include Usyk if a fight with Fury can’t be made. My personal favorite would be a meeting with former unified champion Anthony Joshua, who also has paralyzing power. And Andy Ruiz Jr, Joe Joyce and Frank Sanchez are among other interesting possibilities.

The only thing we know with certainty is that Wilder has our attention once again. Whomever he faces next, a lot of people will be watching in anticipation of another spectacular knockout.

“Deontay Wilder is back,” he said immediately after his victory on Saturday. “The excitement in the heavyweight division is back. There’s no heavyweight division without Deontay Wilder. That’s a fact.”

 

BAD

There was nothing bad about undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney’s performance on Saturday in Australia, where he outclassed George Kambosos Jr. a second time en route to unanimous decision victory.

This item is being filed under “bad” because I’m not sure the rematch should’ve happened at all.

I understand the concept of a rematch clause, one of which was included in the contract Haney signed before outpointing Kambosos in June. Haney did the right thing by honoring his agreement.

However, there was no point from a boxing standpoint. The fight was a waste of time and energy, aside from any money it generated.

Haney won by scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 in the first fight, which also took place down under. I scored it 119-109, 11 rounds to one. So I have no idea what the 116-112 judges were watching.

On Saturday (Sunday in Australia) Haney was even more dominating, winning 119-109, 118-110 and 118-110. Boxing Junkie also scored the second fight 119-109.

Kambosos never gave up. He simply doesn’t have the tools to compete against a thoroughbred like Haney, who, at 23, has to be considered among the Top 20 fighters pound for pound in the world.

That was obvious in the first fight, which, again, made the second one unnecessary.

Now it’s on to genuine challenges for Haney. The most-intriguing potential opponents are Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko, two supremely talented, experienced all-around boxers who would make for super fights with Haney.

Only if fights like those materialize will we truly know how good Haney is. Victories over Kambosos – as impressive as they were – only told us so much.

 

WORSE

Robert Helenius didn’t know what hit him. Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images

Helenius’s fate is an example of how cruel boxing can be.

The 38-year-old Finn had been on a roll going into his unfortunate meeting with Wilder, having brutally knocked out once-promising heavyweight Adam Kownacki in back-to-back fights to regain his status as a legitimate title contender.

And he was in a good place both physically and mentally. He was 100% healthy for the first time in years, he had a great training camp, he was genuinely confident … and then he was unconscious.

The sight of him lying on the canvas, staring blankly at the rafters at Barclays Center, would’ve been difficult to see under any circumstances. The fact he had his hopes of becoming his country’s first heavyweight champion dashed in such a violent fashion made it even worse.

This is boxing. One minute you’re in a groove, then next you’re forced to make difficult decisions.

Helenius isn’t ancient by heavyweight standards. And it wasn’t as if he took a prolonged beating against Wilder, who landed only three punches, according to CompuBox. He could continue to fight if that’s what he wants.

At the same time, it took him years grueling, painful work in the gym and ring to climb back into title contention. Does he want to go through that process again as he approaches his 40s?

I’m guessing that the answer to that question is no. We’ve probably seen the last of Robert Helenius in the ring.

 

RABBIT PUNCHES

Claressa Shields continues to do her part in lifting women’s boxing to new heights. She and Savannah Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) delivered a terrific brawl on the all-female card Saturday at O2 Arena in London. Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) deserved the unanimous decision victory to become undisputed 160-pound champion – she landed the cleaner punches – but the fight was compelling and competitive throughout, which is a credit to both women. Marshall should be proud of her performance. Is Shields the GWOAT? I still apply that label to Hall of Famer Lucia Rijker, who you had to see to understand how good she was. Shields is definitely one of the two or three best today and no woman is more important than she is in terms of what she does for women’s boxing. … Who knew? Caleb Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) has earned the reputation of being an excellent boxer and athlete, which led him to the top of the 168-pound division. He showed us something new against Anthony Dirrell (34-3-2, 25 KOs) on the Wilder-Helenius card, a one-punch knockout of an elite opponent. He was winning a rough fight through eight-plus rounds when he connected on a left hook (almost an uppercut) that instantaneously knocked out Dirrell in Round 9. That was a much needed statement following his own knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez in May. Plant is now in position to get a big fight against the likes of David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo. … I understand that he and Dirrell generated genuine bad blood between them but I didn’t like his behavior after the stoppage, repeatedly acting out the process of digging a grave. Dirrell was still struggling to get up at that point. I’ll chalk Plant’s actions up to adrenaline … and hope he doesn’t behave that way again. … Alycia Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KOs) defeated Mikaela Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) by a split decision in a 10-round bout to unify three 130-pound titles in a break-through victory for her on the Shields-Marshall card. The scores were 96-95, 96-95 and 93-97. I scored it 95-95, a draw. Baumgardner seemed to say afterward that she wasn’t interested in a second fight with the now-former titleholder. Mayer probably earned one.

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Good, bad, worse: Deontay Wilder back with bang, Devin Haney dominates again

Good, bad, worse: Deontay Wilder back with bang, Devin Haney dominates again.

A critical look at the past week in boxing

GOOD

It took only one punch for Deontay Wilder to reassert himself as a heavyweight of consequence.

His comeback fight against Robert Helenius was less than three minutes old when a trimmed down Wilder did what Wilder does, connecting on a short right hand – the third and final punch he landed — that put his opponent to sleep Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Just like that, a rejuvenated Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) was back to destroying big, bad men with arguably the hardest punch in the history of the sport. As they say, the power is the last thing to go. And Wilder’s power obviously hasn’t gone anywhere.

That doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about his two devastating knockout losses at the hands of nemesis Tyson Fury in 2020 and last year, the first of which cost him his WBC title.

Wilder merely reminded us by eviscerating a solid opponent in Helenius (31-4, 20 KOs) that he remains a threat to anyone because of the power in his right hand and his ability to deliver it, including three-belt titleholder Oleksandr Usyk.

So what’s next? That’s difficult to say.

Usyk, who won his belts by upsetting Joshua and then beating him again in their rematch, has expressed interest in facing Wilder. However, I imagine his first priority remains a showdown with Fury for the undisputed championship.

Wilder, who wants to fight three more years, doesn’t seem to be fixated on anyone. He just wants big fights, presumably because he knows a shot at another world title will come sooner rather than later.

That could include Usyk if a fight with Fury can’t be made. My personal favorite would be a meeting with former unified champion Anthony Joshua, who also has paralyzing power. And Andy Ruiz Jr, Joe Joyce and Frank Sanchez are among other interesting possibilities.

The only thing we know with certainty is that Wilder has our attention once again. Whomever he faces next, a lot of people will be watching in anticipation of another spectacular knockout.

“Deontay Wilder is back,” he said immediately after his victory on Saturday. “The excitement in the heavyweight division is back. There’s no heavyweight division without Deontay Wilder. That’s a fact.”

 

BAD

There was nothing bad about undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney’s performance on Saturday in Australia, where he outclassed George Kambosos Jr. a second time en route to unanimous decision victory.

This item is being filed under “bad” because I’m not sure the rematch should’ve happened at all.

I understand the concept of a rematch clause, one of which was included in the contract Haney signed before outpointing Kambosos in June. Haney did the right thing by honoring his agreement.

However, there was no point from a boxing standpoint. The fight was a waste of time and energy, aside from any money it generated.

Haney won by scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 in the first fight, which also took place down under. I scored it 119-109, 11 rounds to one. So I have no idea what the 116-112 judges were watching.

On Saturday (Sunday in Australia) Haney was even more dominating, winning 119-109, 118-110 and 118-110. Boxing Junkie also scored the second fight 119-109.

Kambosos never gave up. He simply doesn’t have the tools to compete against a thoroughbred like Haney, who, at 23, has to be considered among the Top 20 fighters pound for pound in the world.

That was obvious in the first fight, which, again, made the second one unnecessary.

Now it’s on to genuine challenges for Haney. The most-intriguing potential opponents are Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko, two supremely talented, experienced all-around boxers who would make for super fights with Haney.

Only if fights like those materialize will we truly know how good Haney is. Victories over Kambosos – as impressive as they were – only told us so much.

 

WORSE

Robert Helenius didn’t know what hit him. Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images

Helenius’s fate is an example of how cruel boxing can be.

The 38-year-old Finn had been on a roll going into his unfortunate meeting with Wilder, having brutally knocked out once-promising heavyweight Adam Kownacki in back-to-back fights to regain his status as a legitimate title contender.

And he was in a good place both physically and mentally. He was 100% healthy for the first time in years, he had a great training camp, he was genuinely confident … and then he was unconscious.

The sight of him lying on the canvas, staring blankly at the rafters at Barclays Center, would’ve been difficult to see under any circumstances. The fact he had his hopes of becoming his country’s first heavyweight champion dashed in such a violent fashion made it even worse.

This is boxing. One minute you’re in a groove, then next you’re forced to make difficult decisions.

Helenius isn’t ancient by heavyweight standards. And it wasn’t as if he took a prolonged beating against Wilder, who landed only three punches, according to CompuBox. He could continue to fight if that’s what he wants.

At the same time, it took him years grueling, painful work in the gym and ring to climb back into title contention. Does he want to go through that process again as he approaches his 40s?

I’m guessing that the answer to that question is no. We’ve probably seen the last of Robert Helenius in the ring.

 

RABBIT PUNCHES

Claressa Shields continues to do her part in lifting women’s boxing to new heights. She and Savannah Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) delivered a terrific brawl on the all-female card Saturday at O2 Arena in London. Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) deserved the unanimous decision victory to become undisputed 160-pound champion – she landed the cleaner punches – but the fight was compelling and competitive throughout, which is a credit to both women. Marshall should be proud of her performance. Is Shields the GWOAT? I still apply that label to Hall of Famer Lucia Rijker, who you had to see to understand how good she was. Shields is definitely one of the two or three best today and no woman is more important than she is in terms of what she does for women’s boxing. … Who knew? Caleb Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) has earned the reputation of being an excellent boxer and athlete, which led him to the top of the 168-pound division. He showed us something new against Anthony Dirrell (34-3-2, 25 KOs) on the Wilder-Helenius card, a one-punch knockout of an elite opponent. He was winning a rough fight through eight-plus rounds when he connected on a left hook (almost an uppercut) that instantaneously knocked out Dirrell in Round 9. That was a much needed statement following his own knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez in May. Plant is now in position to get a big fight against the likes of David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo. … I understand that he and Dirrell generated genuine bad blood between them but I didn’t like his behavior after the stoppage, repeatedly acting out the process of digging a grave. Dirrell was still struggling to get up at that point. I’ll chalk Plant’s actions up to adrenaline … and hope he doesn’t behave that way again. … Alycia Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KOs) defeated Mikaela Mayer (17-1, 5 KOs) by a split decision in a 10-round bout to unify three 130-pound titles in a break-through victory for her on the Shields-Marshall card. The scores were 96-95, 96-95 and 93-97. I scored it 95-95, a draw. Baumgardner seemed to say afterward that she wasn’t interested in a second fight with the now-former titleholder. Mayer probably earned one.

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Claressa Shields def. Savannah Marshall: Best photos

Check out these photos highlighting Claressa Shields’ boxing win over Savannah Marshall at The O2 in London.

Check out these photos highlighting [autotag]Claressa Shields[/autotag]’ boxing win over Savannah Marshall at The O2 in London. (Photos by James Chance–Getty Images)

Photos: Claressa Shields’ unanimous decision victory over Savannah Marshall

Photos: Claressa Shields’ unanimous decision victory over Savannah Marshall on Saturday in London.

Claressa Shields defeated Savannah Marshall by a unanimous decision to become the undisputed middleweight champion Saturday at O2 Arena in London.

Here are images from the fight. All photos by James Chance of Getty Images.

Claressa Shields avenges amateur loss to Savannah Marshall by unanimous decision in spirited battle

Claressa Shields finally got her revenge against Savannah Marshall – but it wasn’t easy.

[autotag]Claressa Shields[/autotag] finally got her revenge against Savannah Marshall … but it wasn’t easy.

Shields had to dig deep to defeat Marshall by a unanimous decision to become undisputed middleweight champion at O2 Arena in London on Saturday night.

The scores – 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94 – don’t really reflect how competitive the back-and-forth battle was.

Shields (13-0, 2 KOs) got off to a strong start, using speed and movement to outbox the bigger Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) and land clean, eye-catching punches.

However, Marshall soon picked up steam and took the fight to Shields, plowing forward, throwing a high volume of punches and often pinning her more celebrated opponent against the ropes.

Shields did some good work in those situations, countering effectively. But Marshall undoubtedly earned some points for effective aggression.

That’s how it went for most of the 10 rounds, with both fighters working as hard as one another and each having positive moments in what was a difficult fight to score.

In the end, Shields evidently won over the judges with those aforementioned clean shots. When she landed punches to Marshall’s head or body, you couldn’t miss them.

Thus, Shields avenged her only loss as a boxer. She was outpointed by Marshall when she was 17 years old in the 2012 AIBA Women’s World Championships.

Shields has now become an undisputed champion in a third division, which is a record for men or women.

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Alycia Baumgardner defeats Mikaela Mayer by split decision to unify three titles

Alycia Baumgardner defeated Mikaela Mayer by a split decision to unify three 130-pound titles Saturday in London.

Alycia Baumgardner has arrived.

The Detroit fighter defeated previously unbeaten Mikaela Mayer by a split decision in a 10-round fight to unify three 130-pound titles on the Claressa Shields-Savannah Marshall card Saturday in London.

The scores were 96-95, 96-95 and 93-97. Boxing Junkie had it 95-95, a draw.

The fight was relatively uneventful, as neither boxter could take complete charge of the action.

Baumgardner got off to a strong start, controlling the first two rounds by outworking Mayer and landed the cleaner, harder punches.

Mayer adjusted by the third round, pushing the action by fighting behind her jab and landing well timed, accurate power punches through the sixth round.

Then, with Mayer cut above her right eye in the seventh, Baumgardner reclaimed the momentum by outworking Mayer and landing some of the biggest shots of the fight.

Mayer bounced back again to have a good ninth round, while the last round was close.

Thus, the fight seemed to be up in the air when it went to the cards. And no one, except Mayer, was surprised that the scoring was close.

The victory was the biggest of Baumgardner’s career, making her a major player in women’s boxing.