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Claressa Shields will defend her undisputed heavyweight crown against fellow American Franchon Crews-Dezurn in February 2026 in her first outing since signing an $8m (\u00a36.1m) multi-fight deal.<\/b><\/p>\n
Shields, 30, is one of women’s boxing’s biggest stars and rejected interest from Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) to recently sign with Wynn Records and Salita Promotions.<\/a><\/p>\n Her last fight was a win over Lani Daniels in July when she retained her WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC titles to remain unbeaten from her 17 professional outings.<\/p>\n Shields, who has won undisputed titles in three weight classes and is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, will fight 38-year-old American Crews-Dezurn on 22 February at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.<\/p>\n They fought in 2016 in what was the professional debut for both of them and Shields beat Crews-Dezurn by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n Crews-Dezurn has since gone on to become a super-middleweight world champion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n